Steely Dan - What A Shame About Me Chords

Am7/D
I was grinding through my day gig
                              
Stackin' cutouts at the Strand*
 
When in walks Franny from NYU
 
We were quite an item back then


   Dm7/G 
We talked about her films and shows and Cds
 
And I don't know what else* 


                Am7/D
She said, yeah, Hollywood's been good to me
 
But tell me - how about yourself 


          Cmaj7           F13
I'm still working on that novel


        Ebmaj7/F       F13 
But I'm just about to quit


           D                  Db7 
'Cause I'm worrying about the future now


   B7            Bbmaj7
Or maybe this is it
 


     Fmaj7          B7+9             Bbmaj7  E13-9
It's not all that I thought it would be 


       Bb/C    B7+9    Gsus4/Bb  Bbmaj13
What a shame a bout me 


Am7/D
        She said, talk to me, do you ever see

Anybody else from our old crew*

Bobby Dakine won the Bunsen Prize

Now he's coming out with something new 


Dm7/G
Alan owns a chain of Steamer Heavens 

And Barry is the software king* 


    Am7/D
And somebody told me in the early 80's 



You were gonna be the Next Big Thing 


         Cmaj7           F13
Well now that was just a rumour 


      Ebmaj7/F        F13
But I guess I'm doin' fine 


D                      Db7
Three weeks out of the rehab 


       B7           Bbmaj7
Living one day at a time 


         Fmaj7     B7+9   Bbmaj7   E13-9
Sneaking up on the new century 


       Bb/C     B7+9     Gsus4/Bb   Bbmaj13
What a shame a  bout me 


Am7/D                      Gm7/C
        What a shame about me 



                  Bbm7/Eb           Fmaj9
I'm thinking of a major Jane Street sunrise 


        Bb13           Csus4/Eb   Ebm7/Ab
And the goddess on the fire     escape was you 


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   Am7/D
We both ran out of small talk 

The connection seemed to go dead*
 
I was about to say, hey, have a nice life
 
When she touched my hand and said:


     Dm7/G 
You know I just had this great idea
 
This could be very cool*
 
Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel 


                       Am7/D
And make believe we're back at our old school 


       Cmaj7            F13
I said babe you look de licious

           Ebmaj7/F      F13
And you're standing very close 


         D             Db7
But like this is Lower Broadway 

           B7           Bbmaj7
And you're talking to a ghost 


       Fmaj7          B7+9    Bbmaj7  E13-9
Take a good look it's easy to see 


       Bbmaj7  Ebmaj9     E7  F        
What a shame  about me 

       Bb/C    B7+9     Gsus4/Bb  Bbmaj13   
What a shame a bout me 


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   Shame!                      Shame about me?


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