KID CHARLEMAGNE
Steely Dan

INTRO:  C7#9

VERSE 1:
Am                          G6
 While the music played you worked by candle light
      F6/9                                Bb13
Those San Francisco nights, you were the best in town
Am                            G6
 Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl
    F6/9                                    Bb13
You turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around
F6         G        Am      G6            Dm7    G6 F6
  Did you feel like Jesus?     Did you realise
                Em7               Fmaj7   Em7  Dm7
That you were a champion in their eyes?

INSTRUMENTAL:  C7#9

VERSE 2:
Am                          G6
  On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
    F6/9                              Bb13
But yours was kitchen clean. Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motorhome
Am                        G6
  Every A-frame had your number on the wall
    F6/9                              Bb13
You must have had it all. You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone
F6          G    Am    G6                    Dm7   G6 F6
  Could you live forever?  Could you see the day?
                  Em7               Fmaj7    Em7  Dm7
Did you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away?

CHORUS:
Dm7      Em7       Dm7      Em7
Get along            Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7     Em7                F7    G7     C7#9
 Get along Kid Charlemagne

VERSE 3:
Am                         G6
 Now your patrons have all left you in the red
     F6/9                                     Bb13
Your low rent friends are dead. This life can be very strange
Am                             G6
  All those day-glo freaks who used to paint their face
        F6/9                                Bb13
They've joined the human race, some things will never change
F6         G       Am     G6               Dm7    G6 F6
  Son, you were mistaken       You are obsolete
                Em7              Fmaj7   Em7  Dm7
look at all the white men on the street

CHORUS:
Dm7      Em7       Dm7      Em7
Get along            Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7     Em7                F7    G7     C7#9
 Get along Kid Charlemagne

INSTRUMENTAL:
E7#9 A7       Dm7    F/C     Bdim E7
Am     G6     Fmaj7  C6/E    Dm7 B7
Em7           D6             Cmaj7         Em7 Bm7/E
Am            G6             F6/9          Bb13
F      G      Am     G6      Dm7    G6 F6
Em7  Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
C7#9

VERSE 4:
Am                              G6
  Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
      F6/9                                      Bb13
Those test tubes and the scale, just get it all out of here
Am                       G6
 Is there gas in the car?  Yes, there's gas in the car
F6/9            Bb13
  I think the people down the hall know who you are
F6        G        Am    G6                 Dm7   G6 F6
  Careful what you carry  'cause the man is wise
                 Em7             Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
You are still an outlaw in their eyes

CHORUS:
Dm7      Em7       Dm7      Em7
Get along            Get along Kid Charlemagne
Dm7     Em7                F7    G7     C7#9
 Get along Kid Charlemagne

OUTRO:
Fmaj7     Em7     Dm7     Cmaj7 Em7  (repeat and fade)

CHORDS:
C7#9:   x 3 2 3 4 x    Dm7:    x 5 7 5 6 5    A7:     5 x 5 6 x x
Am:     x 0 7 5 5 5    Em7:    x 7 9 7 8 7    F/C:    8 x A A A x
G6:     3 x 5 4 5 3    Fmaj7:  x 8 A 9 A 8    B7:     8 A 8 9 8 8
F6/9:   x 8 7 7 8 8    F7:     x 8 7 8 6 x    E7:     x 7 9 7 9 7
Bb13:   6 x 6 7 8 8    G7:     x A 9 A 8 x    D6:     x 5 7 7 7 7
F6:     1 x 3 2 3 1    C7:     x x A 9 B 8    Cmaj7:  x 3 5 4 5 3
G:      3 x 5 4 3 3    E7#9:   0 7 6 7 8 x    D6/E:   x 7 7 7 7 7
   (Note: "A" = 10, "B"= 11)                  F:      1 3 3 2 1 1