Chords for Steely Dan Deacon Blues with Lyrics in Description
Tempo:
116.6 bpm
Chords used:
Em
F
C
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] [Bb] [F]
[A] [G]
[Eb] [Em]
[Em] This is [F] the day of [A] the expanding [F] man.
[G] That shape is [F] my shade, there where [G] I used [Em] to stand.
[C] It [B] seems like only [Am] yesterday I gazed through the [Bb]
glass.
gamblers, that's [E] on the past.
[A] [G]
[Eb] [Em]
[Em] This is [F] the day of [A] the expanding [F] man.
[G] That shape is [F] my shade, there where [G] I used [Em] to stand.
[C] It [B] seems like only [Am] yesterday I gazed through the [Bb]
glass.
gamblers, that's [E] on the past.
100% ➙ 117BPM
Em
F
C
Am
G
Em
F
C
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] This is [F] the day of [A] the expanding [F] man.
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ That shape is [F] my shade, there where [G] I used [Em] to stand.
_ [Gb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ It [B] seems like only [Am] yesterday I gazed through the [Bb]
glass.
[E] At ramblers, [B] wild gamblers, _ that's [E] on the past. _
[Em] _ _ _ You call [F] me a fool, you [E] say it's a [A] crazy scheme. _
_ _ [G] _ _ This [Gb] one's [F] for real, I [E] already bought [A] the dream. _
_ _ [Em] _ [F] _ So useless [Fm] to ask [E] me why, [Am] throw a kiss [Gm] and say goodbye.
[Gb] _ [F] _ I'll [C] make it this time, _ [D] _ I'm ready to [C] cross that fine line.
[Am] Learn to work the [Em] _ saxophone, _ [Dm] _ I [C] play just what I feel.
[Bb] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all night [Em] long.
[F] _ _ [Em] And die [Am] behind the wheel, they got a name for [Em] the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ I want a [C] name when I lose, [Bb] they call Alabama the [Am] _ [G] Crimson Child.
_ [F] _ _ _
Call me [F] Deku, [Am] _ _ _
[Em] Deku.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Em] _ My back to the [F] wall, a victim of [F] laughing jazz.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ This is for me, the essence of [D] true romance.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
Sharing [D] the things we know and [Am] love, those are my [Ab] kind.
_ [E] _ Libation, _
_ [B] sensation, _ that's that [E] other mind.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ I crawl [F] like a viper [E] through these suburban [A] streets.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Make love to these [F] women, [E] languid and bitter.
[Gbm] _ I'll _ _ _ [F] _
rise when [Fm] the sun goes down, [Am] cover every [Gm] game down.
_ [F] A [C] world of my own, _ [D] _
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.
_ [F] _ _
_ [Em] And die behind [Am] 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 [Am] the Crimson Child.
[E] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] Call me [Am] Deku, _ _ _ [Em] Deku.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] This [F] is the night of [E] the expanding [Gm] man.
_ _ _ [Em] _
I take [F] one last drag as [E] I approach the [Gbm] snare.
_ I _ [F] _ _
cried [D] when I wrote this [Am] song, sue me if [Gm] I play along.
[F] _ _
This [C] brother is free, _ [Gb] _ _
I'll be [C] what I want to be.
[Am] _
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] _
_ _ [Em] night long.
And die [Am] behind _ _ [Em] the wheel, they got a name for the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ _
I [C] want a name when I lose, [Bb] they call Alabama [Am] the Crimson [G] Child.
[F] _
_ [C] _ Call me [Am] Deku, _ _ [Em] Deku.
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] This is [F] the day of [A] the expanding [F] man.
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ That shape is [F] my shade, there where [G] I used [Em] to stand.
_ [Gb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ It [B] seems like only [Am] yesterday I gazed through the [Bb]
glass.
[E] At ramblers, [B] wild gamblers, _ that's [E] on the past. _
[Em] _ _ _ You call [F] me a fool, you [E] say it's a [A] crazy scheme. _
_ _ [G] _ _ This [Gb] one's [F] for real, I [E] already bought [A] the dream. _
_ _ [Em] _ [F] _ So useless [Fm] to ask [E] me why, [Am] throw a kiss [Gm] and say goodbye.
[Gb] _ [F] _ I'll [C] make it this time, _ [D] _ I'm ready to [C] cross that fine line.
[Am] Learn to work the [Em] _ saxophone, _ [Dm] _ I [C] play just what I feel.
[Bb] Drink scotch and whiskey [Am] all night [Em] long.
[F] _ _ [Em] And die [Am] behind the wheel, they got a name for [Em] the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ I want a [C] name when I lose, [Bb] they call Alabama the [Am] _ [G] Crimson Child.
_ [F] _ _ _
Call me [F] Deku, [Am] _ _ _
[Em] Deku.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Em] _ My back to the [F] wall, a victim of [F] laughing jazz.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ This is for me, the essence of [D] true romance.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
Sharing [D] the things we know and [Am] love, those are my [Ab] kind.
_ [E] _ Libation, _
_ [B] sensation, _ that's that [E] other mind.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ I crawl [F] like a viper [E] through these suburban [A] streets.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Make love to these [F] women, [E] languid and bitter.
[Gbm] _ I'll _ _ _ [F] _
rise when [Fm] the sun goes down, [Am] cover every [Gm] game down.
_ [F] A [C] world of my own, _ [D] _
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.
_ [F] _ _
_ [Em] And die behind [Am] 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 [Am] the Crimson Child.
[E] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] Call me [Am] Deku, _ _ _ [Em] Deku.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] This [F] is the night of [E] the expanding [Gm] man.
_ _ _ [Em] _
I take [F] one last drag as [E] I approach the [Gbm] snare.
_ I _ [F] _ _
cried [D] when I wrote this [Am] song, sue me if [Gm] I play along.
[F] _ _
This [C] brother is free, _ [Gb] _ _
I'll be [C] what I want to be.
[Am] _
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] _
_ _ [Em] night long.
And die [Am] behind _ _ [Em] the wheel, they got a name for the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ _
I [C] want a name when I lose, [Bb] they call Alabama [Am] the Crimson [G] Child.
[F] _
_ [C] _ Call me [Am] Deku, _ _ [Em] Deku.
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