Chords for Deacon Blues

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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] This [F] is the day of [A] the expanding man.
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_ _ [G] _ That shape [F] is my shade, there [A] where I [Em] used to stand. _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ It [E] seems like only [Am] yesterday _ I gazed through the [Bb]
glass
_ [E] at ramblers, _ [B] wild gamblers, that's all in [E] the past. _
_ [G] _ _ _ You call me [Dm] a fool, you [E] say it's a crazy [D] scheme. _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Gb] This one's for [F] real, I [E] already [A] bought the dream. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ So useless [Fm] to ask me [E] why, _ [Am] throw a kiss and [Gm] say goodbye.
[Gb] _ _ [F] I'll [C] make it this time, _ _ [D] _ I'm ready to [C] cross that line.
[Am] Learn to work [Em] the saxophone, _ [Dm] I play just what I feel.
_ [Bb] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all [Em] night long.
[F] _ _ And die [Am] behind the wheel, they got a name for [Em] the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] I want [C] a name when I lose, [Bb] they call Alabama the [G] Crimson Tide.
[F] _ _ _
Call me [Am] Deku, _ _ Deku.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ My back to [Dm] the wall, a victim of [F] laughing chance.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ This is [F] for me, the essence [G] of true [D] romance.
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Sharing [D] the things we know [Am] and love, but those are not [Ab] kind.
[E] _ Libations, _ _ [B] sensations _ that stagger the [E] mind.
_ _ _ [Em] _ I crawl like a [F] viper [E] through these suburban [A] streets.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Make love to [Dm] these women, [E] languid and bittersweet.
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I'll rise when [Fm] the sun goes down, [Am] cover every [Gm] game town.
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A [C] world of my own, _ [E] _
I'll make it [C] my home sweet [Am] home.
Learn to work [Em] the saxophone, _ [Dm] _
I play [C] just what I feel.
[Bb] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all [Em] night long.
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_ [Em] And die behind [Am] the wheel, they got a name [Em] for the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ _
I want [C] a name when I lose, [Bb] they call Alabama [Am] the Crimson Tide.
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[F] Call _ [C] _ me [Am] Deku, _ _ [Em] Deku.
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This [Dm] is the night of [E] the expanding [Gm] man.
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I take [F] one last drag as [E] I approach the [Gbm] stand.
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I cried [D] when I wrote this [Am] song, sue me if I [Gm] play along.
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This brother [C] is free, _ [Gb] _ _
I'll be [C] what I want to [Am] be.
I'll learn to work [Em] the _ saxophone, [Dm] _ _
I [C] play just what I feel.
[Bb] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] night long.
[Em] And die [Am] behind _ _ the wheel, [Em] they got a name for the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ _
I want [C] a name when I lose, [Bb] they call Alabama [Am] the Crimson [G] Tide.
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_ [C] _ Call me [Am] Deku, _ _ _ [Em] Deku.
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