Deacon Blues Chords by Steely Dan

[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ This is [Dm] the day of the [G] _ [F] expanding man.
[D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ That shape is [Dm] my shade, there where [G] I [Em] used to stand.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ It [D] seems like only [C] yesterday I gazed through the [Gm]
glass
[E] at ramblers, [B] wild gamblers, _ [Dm] that's [E] all in the [B] past. _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ Call [Dm] me a fool, you [Gm] say it's [G] a crazy [Cm] scheme. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ This one's [Dm] for real, I [G] already bought [F#m] the three. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [C] _ So useless [D] to ask me why, [Am] _ throw a kiss, [A#]
say goodbye.
[E] _ [F] _ I'll [C] make it this time, _ [F#] _ I'm ready to cross [C] that fine line.
Learn to work [G] the _ saxophone, _ [F] I [Em] play just what I [Am] feel.
[Dm] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all [Em] night long, [Am] _ _ [G] and die [Am] _ [C] behind the wheel.
They got a name for [Em] the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ I want a [G] name when I lose, [A#] they call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Tide.
_ [Am] _ _ [C]
Call [F] me [Am] Deku, _ _ [Em] Deku.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ My back [Dm] to the wall, a victim [G] of [Dm] laughing chants.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ This [Dm] is for me, the essence [G] of true [Bm]
romance.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] Sharing the things we know and love, it's more than [G#] my kind.
_ [E] Libations, _
_ [B] sensations, _ [F] that [E] staggers our minds.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ I crawl [D] like a viper through these [Bm] [G] suburban streets.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ Make love [Dm] to these women, [Bm] languid and [F#m]
bittersweet.
_ I'll _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
rise when [Fm] the sun goes [Am] down, cover every [A#] gain and down.
[F] _
A [C] world of my own, _ [D] _
[Am] I'll make it [C] my home sweet home.
Learn to work [Em] the saxophone, _ [Dm] _
I [G] play just what I [C] feel.
[A#] Drink scotch and whiskey [C] all [Em] night long, [F] _
and [Em] _ [F] die [Am] behind the wheel.
They got a name [Em] for the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _
I want [G] a name when I lose, [A#] they call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Tide.
[Am] _ _
_ _ [C] [Am] Call me Deku, _ _ [Em] Deku.
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[E] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
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[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
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[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
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[F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
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This [Dm] is the night of the [Em]
[G] expanding man.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _
I take [Dm] one last drag as [G] I [F#m] approach the stand.
_ _ _ [C] _
I cried [Fm] when I wrote this [Am] song, sue me if [A#] I played [E] wrong.
[F] _
This [C] brother is free, _ [F#] _ _
I'll be [C] what I want to [Am] be.
I learn to work [G] the _ saxophone, [Dm] _ _
I [Em] play just [C] what I feel.
[Dm] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all [Em] night _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Em] long, [F] and die [Am] behind the wheel.
They got a name [Em] for the weirdest in the [Dm] world.
I [C] want a name when I lose, [A#] they call Alabama [Am] the [Em] Crimson Tide.
[Am] _
_ _ [C] Call [F] me [C] Deku, _ _ [Em] Deku.
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