DEACON BLUES - Steely Dan
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From the album AJA
Chords by Howard Wright (spxhaw@uk.ac.cf.thor)
INTRO:
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/ / / /
E7#9
VERSE 1:
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This is the day of the expanding man
That shape is my shade there where I used to stand
It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass
At ramblers, wild gamblers
B7#9 B7#9
That's all in the past
You call me a fool you say it's a crazy scene
This one's for real I already bought the dream
So useless to ask me why
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
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I'll make it this time
I'm ready to cross that fine line
CHORUS:
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I'll Learn to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink scotch whiskey all night long
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And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the crimson tide
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Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)
/ / E7#9
VERSE 2 : (Chords as VERSE 1)
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My back to the wall a victim of laughing chance
This is for me the essence of true romance
Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind
Libations, sensations which stagger the mind
I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets
Make love to these women languid and bittersweet
I'll rise when the sun goes down
Cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home
CHORUS:
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As before except for the last line of chords. Play these instead :
/ / /
Then it goes into .....
INSTRUMENTAL:
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D7#5#9 B7#9
F#7#9 B7#9
Repeat these two lines once
Then play the INTRO chords to lead into the last verse...
Verse 3:
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This is the night of the expanding man
I take one last drag as I approach the stand
I cried when I wrote this song
Sue me if I play too long
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This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be
CHORUS
OUTTRO:
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Same as first half of 1st Verse - except play D9-5 instead of D9
Keep repeating this half verse to fade
Chord Shapes
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As before, A=10, B=11 to make the shapes simpler to type out
(Note that Dmaj7 becomes ABBA !!!)
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
8X998X 7X778X 6X776X 5X556X AXBBAX 9X99AX
/ / /
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x68786 07678x 353453 3x345x 131231 1x123x
E7#9
(Take your pick !)
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x0543x x5455x 133210 07676x 5x5555 6x678x
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
020100 x24242 x2123x 3x3333 2x332x x7x788
B7#9 /
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x321x x79787 x57565 x02210 3x2210 2x2210
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x8a9a8 x54566 242355 3x443x x5x554
D7#5#9 F#7#9
Any mistakes with words or chords - please let me know.
I don't think I missed out any shapes , but I might have let one slip...