Cm7 Cm6  Cm7 Cm6 
Cm7 
 And they


[Verse 1]
 Fm7      Gm7       Dm7
 wandered in from  the city 
      Eb/Ab   Dm7  
of St.John without a
Cm7
dime,  Wearing
 Fm7         Gm7           Dm7
 coats that shine both red and       
      Eb/Ab                      Dm7     
green colors from their sunny is -- 
Cm7
land,  From their


[Verse 2]
 Fm7       Gm7             Dm7
 boats of iron they looked upon
        Eb/Ab                  Dm7  
--- the promised land where surely  
Cm7   
life was sweet, on the
Fm7    Gm7             Dm7            
rising tide to New York -- 
         Eb/Ab     Dm7    
City did they ride into the  
Cm7                
 street, See the


[Chorus]
Fm7          Ebmaj7   Dm7       
glo--ry ,see the ---  glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
of the royal 
Cm7     
scam,  They are


[Verse 3]
Fm7     Gm7         Dm7    
hounded down to the bottom 
         Eb/Ab    Dm7  
of a bad town amid   the
Cm7      
ruins,  where they
 Fm7     Gm7         Dm7
learn to fear an angry race 
   Eb/Ab              Dm7  
of fallen kings their dark com 
Cm7         
panions,  while the


[Verse 4] 
Fm7      Gm7               Dm7
memories of their southern sky 
    Eb/Ab        Dm7   
was clouded by a savage  
Cm7       
winter,  Every
   Fm7  Gm7               Dm7  
 patron saint hung on the wall, 
Eb/Ab                Dm7    
shared the room with twenty 
Cm7                
sinners,   See the
 

[Chorus]
 Fm7          Ebmaj7   Dm7 
 glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7 
Of the royal  
Cm7     
scam 


[Interlude]                  
Gm7  Am7 Em7  F/Bb Em7  Gm7   E7 
Am7  F9       Gbmaj7    Emaj7    
Cm7  Cm6  Cm7  Cm6
Cm7
By the


[Verse 5]
    Fm7       Gm7             Dm7
the blackened wall he does it all 
      Eb/Ab               Dm7    
 he thinks he's died and gone to
Cm7    
heaven,  Now the
 Fm7     Gm7         Dm7
 tale is told by the old man 
      Eb/Ab        Dm7     
back home he reads the
Cm7       
letter, How they are


[Verse 6]
 Fm7      Gm7     Dm7  
 paid in gold jst to babble   
            Eb/Ab   Dm7                      
in he back room all night and waste their
Cm7       
and waste their time,  And they
Fm7         Gm7       Dm7
wandered in from  the city 
      Eb/Ab       Dm7  
of St.John without a  
Cm7          
dime,  See the   
 

[Chorus]
  Fm7        Ebmaj7  Dm7 
glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal scam .
Cm7            
scam,  see the        
  Fm7        Ebmaj7  Dm7 
glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal 
Cm7              
scam,  see the       
  Fm7        Ebmaj7  Dm7 
glo--ry ,see the --- glo -- ry 
Eb/Ab  Gm7    
Of the royal   
Cm7   
scam