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Subject: s/steely_dan/razor_boy.crd
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 18:41:02 PDT

Razor Boy
By Steely Dan (Becker/Fagen)
Transcribed by Joe Hankin
Off the album "Countdown to Ecstasy"

Capo 1

F#m                       D           A      G
I hear you are singing a song of the past; I see no tears 
F#m                           D          A        G
I know that you know that it may be the last for many years 
G                     A                  D            A      G
You'd gamble or give anything to be in with the better half 
G                  A                      D            A         G
But how many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh 

Dm  G   Dm  G  F

A                               B       
Will you still have a song to sing when 
       D                                  F#m              E F#m
The razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
F#m                  C#m               D        C#m   E      D E
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day? 


F#m                                 D            A         G               F#m
You know that the coming is so close at hand, you feel all right 
F#m                          D          A         G        
I guess only women in cages can stand this kind of night 
G             A                    D             A           G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose 
G              A                          D             A    G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse 

Dm G Dm G F

[Chorus]

[Solo: 1st half of verse chords]

G             A                  D              A          G
I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose 
G              A                        D            A     G
You think no tomorrow will come when you lay down you can't refuse 

Dm G Dm G F

[Chorus]

[Ending: F#m D A]

This should be pretty close to accurate. I welcome any questions, 
comments or corrections: email me at wetzil@hotmail.com. I just play the 
chords in the first position: the F#m is 244222 and the C#m is x46654. 
You have to put a capo on the first fret to play with the record, but 
otherwise the song is very straightforward.

Joe Hankin
wetzil@hotmail.com