Deacon Blues Chords by Steely Dan

[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A#] _
_ [F] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ This [Dm] is the day of [G] the [F] expanding man.
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ That shape [Dm] is my shame.
There [G] where I [E] used to stand.
_ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ It [D] seems like only _ [C] yesterday I gazed through the _ [Gm] glass
[A#] [E] at ramblers, [B] wild gamblers.
[Dm] That's all [E] in the [B] past.
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ So call me [Dm] a fool, you [Gm] say [G] it's a [A] crazy scheme.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
This [F] one's for real, I [Gm] [G] already [F#m] bought the dream.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ So useless [Fm] to ask me why.
[Am] _ Throw a [A#] kiss and say goodbye.
[E] _ [F] _ _
[C] I'll make it this time.
_ _ [F#] _
I'm [Am] ready to cross that bar in line.
Learn to work [G] the saxophone.
_ [F] _
I [C] play just what I feel.
[F] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all [Em] night long.
[Am] _ _
_ [Em] And [F] buy [Am] behind the wheel.
They got a name [Em] for the winners in the world.
[Dm] _
I want [G] a name when I lose.
[A#] They call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Tide.
[Am] _
_ _ Call me Deku Duke.
[Em] Deku Duke.
_ [D] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
My back [Dm] to the wall, a [G] victim of [Dm] laughing chants.
[D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ This is [Dm] for me, the essence [G] of true [D] romance.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ Sharing [C] the things we know and love.
The doors of [G#] my kind.
_ [E]
Libations, _ _ [B] sensations, _ [F] that stagger [E] the [Dm] mind.
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _
I crawl [D] like a viper through these [Cm] suburban streets.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
Make love [Dm] to these women, [D] languid and [F#m] dead asleep.
_ I'll _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ rise when [Fm] the sun goes down.
[Am] _ Cover every [A#] game in [E] town.
[F] _ A [C] world of my own. _
[D] _ 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 and whiskey [C] all [Em] night long. _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] And [F] buy [Am] behind the wheel.
They got a name [Em] for the winners in the world.
[Dm] _ I want [G] a name when I lose.
[F] They call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Tide.
[Am] _ _ _ _ Call me Deku Duke.
_ [Em] Deku Duke. _ _
[D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ This [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 [Fm] when I wrote this [Am] song.
Sue me if [A#] I play [E] along.
[F] _ This brother [C] is free. _
[F#] _ I'll be what [Am] I want to be.
I'll learn to work [Em] the saxophone. _
[Dm] _ _ I play [Em] just what [C] I feel.
[Dm] Drink scotch and whiskey [C] all [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] night [Am] long.
And buy _ _ behind [Em] 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 Tide.
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] Call me [Am] Deku Duke.
_ [Em] Deku Duke. _ _ _
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