Deacon Blues Chords by Steely Dan

[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ This is [Dm] the day of the [D] _ [F] expanding man.
[D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ That shape is [Dm] my shape, there [G] where I [E] 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] _ You call [Dm] me a fool, you say [G] it's a crazy [A] scheme. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ This one's [Dm] for real, I [G] already bought [F#m] the dream. _
_ _ [Em] _ [C] _ So useless [Fm] to ask me why, [Am] _ throw a kiss [A#] and say goodbye.
[E] _ [F] _ I'll [C] make it this time, _ [F#] _ I'm ready [Am] to cross that fine line.
Learn to work [G] the _ saxophone, [Dm] I _ [Em] play just what I feel.
[F] Drink scotch and [Am] whiskey all [Em] night long.
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
[F] They _ [Am] _ got a name for [Em] the winners in the world.
[Dm] _ I want a [G] name when I lose, [A#] they call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Child.
_ [Am] _ _ [C]
Call [F] me [Am] Deacon Boosh, _ [Em] Deacon Boosh.
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D#] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ My back [Dm] to the wall, a victim [G] of [Dm] laughing chants.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ This [Dm] is for me, the [G] essence of [Bm] true romance.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Sharing the things we know and love, but those are not [G#] kind.
_ _ [E] Libation, _
_ [B] sensation, _ [F] that [E] staggers the mind.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ I crawl [D] like a viper through [Bm] these [G] suburban streets.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Em] Make love [Dm] to these women, [D] languid and _ [F#m]
bittersweet.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
I'll rise when [Fm] the sun goes [Am] down, cover [A#] every game town.
_ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] 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] _ _
_ [Em] And [F] I'm behind [Am] the wheel, they got a name for [Em] the winners in the world.
[Dm] I want [C] a name when I lose, [F] they call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Child.
[F] _ _
_ [C] _ [Am] Call me Deacon Boosh, Deacon [Em] _ Boosh.
_ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ This _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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[F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Dm] is the night of [G] the expanding [A] man.
_ _ _ [Em] _
I take [Dm] one last drag as [G] I [F#m] approach the stand.
_ _ _ [C#] _ [Am] _
I cried [D] when I wrote this [Am] song.
Sue me if I'm wrong, I'm not a man.
If I [A#] played [E] along, [F] _
this brother [C] is free.
_ [F#] _
I'd be [C] what I want to be.
[Am] I learn to work [Em] the saxophone, _ [Dm] _ _
I [C] play just what I feel.
[Dm] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] night long.
And I'm behind the wheel, they got a name for the winners in the world.
[Dm] _ _
I want [C] a name when I lose, [Dm] they call Alabama [Am] the [Em] Crimson Child.
[Am] _ _
_ [C] _ Call [Am] me Deacon Boosh, _ [Em] Deacon Boosh.
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
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[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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