Deacon Blues Chords by Steely Dan

_ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] This is [F] the day of the [A] _ expanding man.
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ That shape [F] is my shade there [A] where I [Em] used to stand. _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ It [B] seems like only [Am] yesterday I gazed through the [Bb]
glass [E] at ramblers, _ [B] wild gamblers, that
[E] time in the past. _
_ [G] _ _ You call [F] me a fool, you [E] say it's a [D] crazy scheme. _
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ This [Gb] once [F] for real, I [E] already bought [A] the dream. _
_ _ [Em] _ [F] _ So useless [Fm] to [E] ask me why, [Am] _ throw a kiss and [Gm] 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 play [C] just what I feel.
[Bb] Drink scotch whiskey [Am] all [Em] night long.
_ [F] _ _ 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 [Am] the [G] Crimson Tide.
_ [F] _ _ _
Call [F] me [Am] Deegan Blue, _ [Em] Deegan Blue.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [Em] _ My back to the [F] wall, a victim of [F] laughing chants.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ This is [F] for me, the essence of [D] true romance.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
Sharing [D] the things we know and [Am] love with those in our [Ab] kind.
[E] _ Libation, _
_ [B] sensation, _ that's that going on [E] mine.
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ I crawl like a [F] viper [E] through these suburban [A] streets.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Make love to these [F] women, [E] languid and _
[Gbm] bittersweet.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
I'll rise when [Fm] the sun goes down, [Am] cover every [Gm] game down.
[F] _
A [C] world of my own, _ [E] _
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 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 Tide.
[D] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] Call me [Am] Deegan Blue, _ _ [Em] Deegan Blue.
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[Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
This [F] is the night of [Em] the expanding [Gm] man. _ _ _ _
I take [F] one last grind as [E] I approach the [Gbm] stand.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
I cried [D] when I wrote this [Am] song.
Sue me if [Gm] I played along.
[F] _
This brother [C] 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 whiskey.
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Em] _ I'll be [Am] hiding _ _ _ [Em] for the winners in the world.
[Dm] _ _
I want [C] a name when I lose.
[Bb] They call Alabama _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] the Crimson Tide.
Call me [Am] Deegan Blue, _ [Em] Deegan Blue.
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