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] expanding [F] land.
[D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ That shape is [Dm] my shade, there where [G] I used [E] to stand. _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F] _ _ It [D] seems like only [Am] yesterday I gazed through [Gm] the glass
[A#] _ [E] _ at ramblers [B] while gamblers, _ [Dm] that's all [E] in the [B] past. _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ Call [Dm] me a fool, you say [G] it's a crazy [Cm] scheme. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ This once [F] for real, [Gm] 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] _ [C] I'll 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 feel.
[F] Drink scotch whiskey [Am]
all [Em] night long.
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ They got a name for [Em] the winners in the world, [Dm] _ _ I want a [C] name when I [A#] lose.
They call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Tide.
[Am] _ _ _ _
Call me Deacon Blue, Deacon [Em] Blue.
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ My back [Dm] to the wall, a victim [G] of [Dm] laughing chance.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ This [Dm] is for me, the [G] essence of [Bm] true romance.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Sharing the things we know and love, those are not [G#] kind.
_ [E] _ Libation, _
_ [B] sensation, _ [F] that's not [E] gonna mind.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ I crawl [D] like a viper through [Bm] these [Cm] suburban streets.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Make love [D] to these women, _ languid and _ [F#m]
bittersweet.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
I'll rise [Fm] when the sun goes [Am] down, cover [A#] every game down.
[F] _ _
[C] A world of my own, _ _ [D] _
[Am] I'll make it [C] my home sweet home.
Learn to work [Em] the saxophone, _ [Dm] _
I play [C] just what I feel.
[A#] Drink scotch whiskey [C] all [Em] night long.
[F] _ _
[Em] And [F] right 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 [Em] Crimson Tide.
[D] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [Am] Call me Deacon [C] Blue, _ _ [Em] Deacon Blue.
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[C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
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[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
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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 [G] the expanding man.
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _
I take [Dm] one last drag as [G] I [F#m] approach the stand.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
I cried [D] when I wrote this [Am] song, sue me if [A#] I played [E] along.
[F] This _ [C] brother is free, _ [F#] _ _
I'll be [Am] what I want to be.
I learn to work [G] the _ saxophone, [Dm] _
I [Em] play just [C] what I feel.
[Dm] Drink scotch whiskey [C] all [Em] night _ _ [F] _
_ [Em] long.
And right [F] [Am] behind the wheel, they _ [Em] 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 [Gm] Tide.
[Am] _
_ _ [C] Call [Am] me Deacon Blue, _ [Em] Deacon Blue.
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