Deacon Blues

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From: [email protected] (Howard Wright (Hman))

Subject: *** CRD : Deacon Blues - Steely Dan ***

DEACON BLUES - Steely Dan

From the album AJA

Chords by Howard Wright ([email protected])

INTRO:

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VERSE 1:

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

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

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

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

Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)

VERSE 2 : (Chords as VERSE 1)

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

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:

Repeat these two lines once

Then play the INTRO chords to lead into the last verse...

Verse 3:

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

This brother is free

I'll be what I want to be

CHORUS

OUTTRO:

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Keep repeating this half verse to fade

Chord Shapes

8X998X 7X778X 6X776X 5X556X AXBBAX 9X99AX

x68786 07678x 353453 3x345x 131231 1x123x

(Take your pick !)

x0543x x5455x 133210 07676x 5x5555 6x678x

020100 x24242 x2123x 3x3333 2x332x x7x788

3x321x x79787 x57565 x02210 3x2210 2x2210

x8a9a8 x54566 242355 3x443x x5x554

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...