Chords for Steely Dan - WHAT A SHAME

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C

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G

Am

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Steely Dan - WHAT A SHAME chords
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[Am]
[D] [Am]
[G] [C]
[D] [C] [Gm]
[C] [Dm] [C]
[D] [C] [G] [Dm]
[C] I was grinding through my day gig, [D] stacking [C] cutouts at the [Eb] strand.
[Dm] [C] Quentin was friendly from NYU.
[D] We [C] were quiet at night [Dm] and back then.
We talked about our films and shows and CDs.
Don't know what [Bb] else.
[G] She said, [C] yeah, Hollywood's been good to me, [D] but tell [C] me how about [Em] [Dm] yourself?
[E] I'm still working on [F] a [Eb] novel, but I'm just [F] about to quit.
[D] I'm worried about [Db] the future [B] now, or maybe [Gm] this is it.
[Am] It's not all that [Eb] I [Db] thought it would be.
[Bb] What [Eb] a shame about me.
[Dm]
[G] [C]
She said, talk to me.
Do you ever see anybody else from our [E] old crew?
[C] Bobby kind of won the Bunker [D] Prize.
[C] He's coming out with [G] something new.
[Dm] Now I own the chain of [C] steamer [Dm] heavens.
Barry is a [F] stockware king.
And [Am] as somebody told me in [C] the early [Dm] [D] days, this is [C] gonna be the next big thing.
[D]
[Em] Well, now that was [F] just a [Eb] rumor, but I guess [F] I'm doing fine.
[D] Three weeks out of [Db] the [B] rehab, living one [Dm] day at a time, [Am] sneaking up on [Dm] that new century.
[Db]
[Bb] What [Eb] a shame about [Dm] me.
[C] What a shame [Bb] about me.
[F]
I'm [Db] thinking of a me today.
[C] [Fm] Spits on the fire.
[Gm] God is [Eb] on the fire.
It's [Ab] [Dbm] you.
[Abm] [Gb]
[Dbm] We
[F] [B] [Gb]
[B] [Db]
[Am] both ran out of small talk.
[Bm] [C] Connection seemed [E] to go [C] dead.
I was about to say, hey, have a nice life.
[Gb] [Am] Touch my [Dm] hand and say,
[Dm] I just had a great idea.
Be very [G] cool.
[F] Why don't [Am] you grab a cab from my [Em]
hotel [D] and make [Am] a leave back at our [G] old school?
[E] I said, you [F] look [Eb] delicious and you're standing [F] very close.
[D] Like this [Gb] is lower [Ab] Broadway.
And [Eb] you're talking [Bb] to a ghost.
[Am] Hey, God, [Dm] it's easy [Db] to see.
[Dm] What [Eb] a shame about [E] me.
[F]
What [D] a shame about [Db] me.
[D]
[C] Shake.
[D] [C] A [G] [Ab]
[Dm] shame [C] about me.
[D]
[C] [Gm] [Bm]
[C]
[Dm] [D] [C] No.
[G] [Gm] A [C] shame about me.
[G]
[Dm] [C] [G]
[Am] So.
[C]
[D] [C] [Dm] A [C]
shame about me.
[D] [C] [D]
[C] Shake.
Shake.
[D] [C] [G] A shame about [C] me.
[G] Oh.
[D] [C] [Bm]
[F] [Am] [Dm] [C]
[Em] [E] Oh.
[D]
Key:  
C
3211
D
1321
Dm
2311
G
2131
Am
2311
C
3211
D
1321
Dm
2311
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
[C] I was grinding through my day gig, [D] stacking [C] cutouts at the [Eb] strand. _
[Dm] _ [C] Quentin was friendly from NYU.
[D] We [C] were quiet at night [Dm] and back then.
_ We talked about our films and shows and CDs.
_ Don't know what [Bb] else.
[G] She said, [C] yeah, _ Hollywood's been good to me, [D] but tell [C] me how about [Em] _ [Dm] yourself?
[E] I'm still working on [F] a [Eb] novel, but I'm just [F] about to quit.
[D] I'm worried about [Db] the future [B] now, or maybe [Gm] this is it.
[Am] It's not all that [Eb] I [Db] thought it would be.
[Bb] What [Eb] a shame about me.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
She said, talk to me.
Do you ever see anybody else from our [E] old crew?
_ [C] _ Bobby kind of won the Bunker [D] Prize.
[C] He's coming out with [G] something new. _
[Dm] _ Now I own the chain of [C] steamer [Dm] heavens.
_ Barry is a [F] stockware king.
And [Am] as somebody told me in [C] the early [Dm] [D] days, this is [C] gonna be the next big thing.
[D] _
[Em] Well, now that was [F] just a [Eb] rumor, but I guess [F] I'm doing fine.
[D] Three weeks out of [Db] the [B] rehab, living one [Dm] day at a time, [Am] sneaking up on [Dm] that new century.
[Db] _ _
[Bb] What [Eb] a shame about [Dm] me. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ What a shame [Bb] about me.
[F] _ _ _
I'm [Db] thinking of a me today.
[C] [Fm] Spits on the fire.
[Gm] _ God is [Eb] on the fire.
It's [Ab] _ [Dbm] you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ We _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] both ran out of small talk.
_ [Bm] _ [C] Connection seemed [E] to go [C] dead.
I was about to say, hey, have a nice life.
[Gb] [Am] Touch my [Dm] hand and say, _
[Dm] _ I just had a great idea.
_ Be very [G] cool. _
[F] Why don't [Am] you grab a cab from my [Em]
hotel [D] and make [Am] a leave back at our [G] old school? _
[E] I said, you [F] look [Eb] delicious and you're standing [F] very close.
[D] Like this [Gb] is lower [Ab] Broadway.
And [Eb] you're talking [Bb] to a ghost.
[Am] Hey, God, [Dm] it's easy [Db] to see.
[Dm] What [Eb] a shame about [E] me.
[F] _ _
What [D] a shame about [Db] me.
[D] _ _
_ [C] Shake. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ A _ [G] _ [Ab]
[Dm] shame [C] about me.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [D] _ [C] No.
_ [G] _ [Gm] A [C] shame about me.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] So.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] A [C]
shame about me. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ Shake. _ _ _ _
Shake.
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] A shame about [C] me.
_ _ [G] Oh. _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[F] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Oh.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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