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Deacon Blues by Steely Dan - Guitar Chords
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Deacon Blues
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
G6 355453 ( barre on 3 )
F6/9 133233 (barre on 1 )
G/A X0543X
F13 1X123X
Fmaj9 8X(10)988 ( barre on 8 )
F/G 3X3211 ( barre on 1 )
C/E 07555X
F13-5 X87887 ( thumb on A string )
Fmaj7/G 3X3210
G13 3X345X
Gmaj13 3X4430
|Cmaj7 Bm7+5 |Bbmaj7 Am7+5 |
|Dmaj7 Dbm7+5 |Cmaj7 Bm7+5 |Ebmaj7 |E7+5+9 |
Verse #1
G6 F6/9
This is the day
G/A F13
Of the expanding man
G6 F6/9
That shape is my shade
G/A D13
There where I used to stand
Fmaj9 E7-9 Am7
It seems like only yester day
Bb13
I gazed through the glass
E7
At ramblers
B7
Wild gamblers
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5/F E7+5+9
That's all in the past
Verse#2
G13 F13
You call me a fool
G/A F13-5
You say it's a crazy scheme
G13 F13
This one's for real
Gmaj7/A A13
I already bought the dream
Fmaj9 E7-9
So useless to ask me why
Am7 Gm7 Bbmaj7/C Gb9+5 Fmaj9
Throw a kiss and say good bye
C/E
I'll make it this time
D9 Fmaj7/G F/G
I'm ready to cross that fine line
Chorus
Am7 Em7
I'll learn to work the saxophone
Dm7 Cmaj7
I'll play just what I feel
Bbmaj9 Am7 G6 Gb7-5 Fmaj7
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
C/E Fmaj9 Am7
And die be hind the wheel
Em7
They got a name for the winners in the world
Dm7 Cmaj7
I want a name when I lose
Bbmaj9 Am7 G6 Gb7-5 Fmaj7
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
C/E Fmaj9 Am7
Call me Deacon Blues
Em7
(Deacon Blues )
brass:
|Dmaj7 Dbm7+5 |Cmaj13 Bm7+5 |Ebmaj7 |E7+5+9 |
Verse#3
Gmaj13 F13
My back to the wall
G/A F13
A victim of laughing chance
Gmaj13 F13
This is for me
G/A D13
The essence of true ro mance
Fmaj9 E7-9 Am7
Sharing the things we know and love
Bb13
With those of my kind
E7
Li bations
B7
Sen sations
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5/F E7+9
That stagger the mind"
Verse#4
Gmaj13 F13
I crawl like a viper
G/A F13-5
Through these su burban streets
Gmaj13 F13
Make love to these women
Gmaj7/A A13
Languid and bitter sweet
Fmaj7 E7-9
I'll rise when the sun goes down
Am7 Gm7 Bbmaj7/C Gb9+5 Fmaj9
Cover every game in town
C/E
A world of my own
D9 Fmaj7/G F/G
I'll make it my home sweet home
Am7 Em7
I'll learn to work the saxophone
Dm7 Cmaj7
I'll play just what I feel
Bbmaj9 Am7 G6 Gb7-5 Fmaj7
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
C/E Fmaj9 Am7
And die be hind the wheel
Am7 Em7
They got a name for the winners in the world
Dm7 Cmaj7
I want a name when I lose
Bbmaj9 Am7 G6 Gb7-5 Fmaj7
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
C/E Fmaj9 Am7
Call me Deacon Blues
Em7
(Deacon Blues )
brass: rhodes:
|Dmaj7 Dbm7+5 |Cmaj13 Bm7+5 |Ebmaj13 |E7+5+9 |
brass
|Cmaj7 |Em |
sax solo:
|A13 |D7+9 |G13 |B7+9 |
|Em7 |A9 |C/F F#7+5+9 |D/G B7+5 |
brass
|Cmaj7 |Em |
|A13 |D7+9 |G13 |B7+9 |
|Em7 |A9 |C/F F#7+5+9 |D/G B7+5 |
|Cmaj7 Bm7+5 |Bbmaj7 Am7+5 |
|Dmaj7 Dbm7+5 |Cmaj7 Bm7+5 |Ebmaj7 |E7+5+9 |
Verse#5
G6 F13
This is the night
G/A F13-5
Of the expanding man
Gmaj13 Ebmaj7-5/F
I take one last drag
Gmaj7/A A13
As I ap proach the stand
Fmaj9 E7-9
I cried when I wrote this song
Am7 Gm7 Bbmaj7/C Gb9+5 Fmaj9
Sue me if I play too long
C/E
This brother is free
D9 Fmaj7/G F/G
I'll be what I want to be
Chorus
Am7 Em7
I'll learn to work the saxophone
Dm7 Cmaj7
I'll play just what I feel
Bbmaj9 Am7 G6 Gb7-5 Fmaj7
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
C/E Fmaj9 Am7
And die be hind the wheel
Em7
They got a name for the winners in the world
Dm7 Cmaj7
I want a name when I lose
Bbmaj9 Am7 G6 Gb7-5 Fmaj7
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
C/E Fmaj9 Am7
Call me Deacon Blues
Em7
(Deacon Blues )
brass:
|Dmaj7 Dbm7+5 |Cmaj13 Bm7+5 |Ebmaj13 |E7+5+9 |
|G6 |F6/9 |G/A F13-5 | |
|Gmaj13 |F13 |G/A D13-5 | |
|Fmaj9 |E7-9 |Am7 |Bb13 |
|E7 |B7 (no5) |Bm7-5 E7 |Bm7-5/F E7+5+9 |
|G6 |F6/9 |G/A F13-5 | |
|Gmaj13 |F13 |G/A D13-5 | |
|Fmaj9 |E7-9 |Am7 |Bb13 |
|E7 |B7 (no5) |Dm/B E7 |Bm7-5/F E7+5+9 |
|G6 |F6/9 |G/A F13-5 | |
We also have 25 songs by Steely Dan
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- Any Major Dude Will Tell You
- Babylon Sisters
- Black Cow
- Black Friday
- Deacon Blues
- Dirty Work
- Do It Again
- Dont Take Me Alive
- Fire In The Hole
- Gaucho
- Haitian Divorce
- Hey Nineteen
- Home At Last
- Josie
- Kid Charlemagne
- Midnight Cruiser
- My Old School
- Only A Fool Would Say That
- Pearl Of The Quarter
- Peg
- Pretzel Logic
- Reelin In The Years
- Rikki Dont Lose That Number
- The Caves Of Altamira
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