Deacon Blues Chords by Steely Dan

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[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ This is [F] the day of the [G] [F] expanding land.
[D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ That shape is [Dm] my shade, there where [G] I used [Em] to stand.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ It [D] seems like only [Am] 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 [Cm] crazy scheme. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ This one's [Dm] for real, I [G] already bought [F#m] the dream. _
_ [A] _ _ [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 to cross [C] that fine line.
Learn to work [G] the _ saxophone.
[F] _ _ I [Em] play just what I feel.
[Dm] Drink Scotch whiskey [Am]
all [Em] night long.
[Am] _ _ [G] And die [Am] behind [C] the wheel.
They got a name for [Em] the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ I want a [G] name when I lose.
[A#] They call Alabama [Am] the Crimson [G] Tide.
_ [F] _ [C] _
Call [Am] me Deku. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C#m] My _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ back [Dm] to the wall, a victim [G] of [Dm] laughing chants.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ This [Dm] is for me, the essence [G] of [Bm] true romance.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Sharing those things we know and love.
I'm a man of my word, so they're my [G#] _ kind.
_ [E] Libation, _
_ [B] sensation, _ [F] that [E] staggers the mind.
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ I crawl [D] like a viper through these [Bm] [G] suburban streets.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Em] Make love [Dm] to these women, [D] languid and [F#m]
bittersweet.
I'll _ _ [Em] _ [F] _
rise when [D] the sun goes [Am] down.
Cover every [A#] gain [E] down.
[F] _
A [C] world of my _ _ _ [D] own, I'll make it [C] my home sweet home.
Learn to work [Em] the saxophone.
_ [Dm] I [G] play [C] just what I feel.
[A#] Drink Scotch whiskey [C] all [Em] night long.
[F] _ _
_ [Em] And [F] die [Am] behind the wheel.
They got a name for [Em] the weirdest in the world.
[Dm] _ _
I want [G] a name when I lose.
[F] They call Alabama [Am] the [G] Crimson Tide.
[Am] _ _
_ _ [C] Call [F] me Deku.
[C] _ _
_ [Em] Deku.
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This [Dm] is the night of [Em] the [G] expanding land.
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I take [Dm] one last drag as [G] I [F#m] approach the stand.
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I cried [D] when I wrote this [Am] song.
Sue me if [A#] I play [E] along.
[F] _ _
This brother [C] is free.
_ [F#] _ _
I'll be [C] what I want to [Am] be.
I'll learn to work [G] the _ saxophone.
[Dm] _ _
I [Em] play just [C] what I feel.
[Dm] Drink Scotch whiskey [C] all [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] night [F] long.
And die [Am] _ _
behind [Em] the wheel.
_ _ [Dm] I _ want [C] a name when I lose.
[A#] They call Alabama [Am] the [Em] Crimson Tide.
[Am] _
_ _ [C] Call [F] me [C] Deku. _
_ [Em] Deku.
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