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DEACON BLUES - Steely Dan

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From the album AJA

All chord shapes given at the end.

INTRO:

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Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Bbmaj7 Fsus2/A Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B

Ebmaj7 E7#9

VERSE 1:

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G13 F13 G/A F13

This is the day of the expanding man

G13 F13 G/A D9

That shape is my shade there where I used to stand

Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Bb13

It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass

E7 B7

At ramblers, wild gamblers

B7#9 E7 B7#9 E7

That's all in the past

G13 F13 G/A F13

You call me a fool you say it's a crazy scheme

G13 F13 G/A A7

This one's for real I already bought the dream

Fmaj7 E7-9

So useless to ask me why

Am7 Gm7 F#7-5 Fmaj7Throw a kiss and say goodbye

Csus2/E

I'll make it this time

D9 F/G

I'm ready to cross that fine line

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CHORUS:

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Am7 Em7

I'll Learn to work the saxophone

Dm7 Cmaj7

I play just what I feel

Bbmaj7 Am Am/G F#7-5 Fmaj7

Drink scotch whiskey all night long

Csus2/E Fmaj7(Viii) Am7

And die behind the wheel

Em7

They got a name for the winners in the world

Dm7 Cmaj7

I want a name when I lose

Bbmaj7 Am Am/G F#7-5 Fmaj7

They call Alabama the crimson tide

Csus2/E Fmaj7(Viii) Am7 Em7

Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)

Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Ebmaj7 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:-------

As before except for the last line of chords. Play these instead :

Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Bb13 Gsus2/B

Then it goes into .....

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INSTRUMENTAL:

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Cmaj7 Em7 A13 D7#5#9 G13 B7#9 Em7 A13

Fmaj7 F#7#9 Gmaj7 B7#9

Repeat these two lines once

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

Verse 3:

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G13 F13 G/A F13

This is the night of the expanding man

G13 F13 G/A A7

I take one last drag as I approach the stand

Fmaj7 E7-9

I cried when I wrote this song

Am7 Gm7 F#7-5 Fmaj7

Sue me if I play too long

Csus2/E

This brother is free

D9 F/G

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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A=10, B=11 to make the shapes simpler to type out

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

8X998X 7X778X 6X776X 5X556X AXBBAX 9X99AX

Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Bbmaj7 Fsus2/A Dmaj7 Asus2/C#

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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x68786 07678x 353453 3x345x 131231 1x123x

Ebmaj7 E7#9 G13 G13 F13 F13

(Take your pick !)

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x0543x x5455x 133210 07676x 5x5555 6x678x

G/A D9 Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Bb13

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

020100 x24242 x2123x 3x3333 2x332x x7x788

E7 B7 B7#9 Gm7 F#maj7 Csus2/E

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE3x321x x79787 x57565 x02210 3x2210 2x2310

F/G Em7 Dm7 Am Am/G F#7-5

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x8a9a8 5x567x x54566 242355 3x443x x5x554

Fmaj7(Viii) A13 D7#5#9 F#7#9 Gmaj7 D9-5

EADGBE

5x56xx

A7