Key: G major
Verse 1
F
Bb
Let me tell you a story
Gm
F
Eb
About a woman and a man
Cm
C
Maybe you will find familiar
F
Maybe you won't understand
Verse 2
F
Bb
The man's name I don't remember
Gm
F
Eb
He was always Joe to me
F
But I can't forget the woman
She was always Christie Lee
Bb
Verse 3
He was working in a night club
Gm
F
That's where he played the saxophone
Eb
C
He used to fake to stock arrangements
Cm
He left the customers alone
F
Verse 4
Bb
But one night before the last song
Gm
F
About a quarter after three
Eb
F
He saw her standing at the coat check
And made his move on Christie Lee
Bb
Verse 5
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Gm
F
Eb
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
F
Bb
Verse 6
Bb
F
Bb
She was a nice piece of music
Gm
F
She had a rhythm all her own
Eb
Cm
C
He blew a solo like a blind man
F
She really dug his saxophone
Verse 7
F
Bb
She wanted more than just an encore
Gm
F
And he could play in every key
Eb
F
He left the stage and packed his alto
Bb
Eb
Bb
And he took it home with Christie Lee
F
Oh I heard the man
Verse 8
Eb
knew
"the Bird" like the bible
Cm
Bb
You know the man could
blow an educated axe
Eb
He couldn't see that Christie
Lee was a woman
Cm
C
Who didn't need another lover
Cm
F
All she wanted was the sax
Verse 9
Bb
It took a while for him to notice
Gm
F
Eb
It took a while for him to see
F
He was never in control here
Bb
It was always Christie Lee
Verse 10
Bb
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Gm
F
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Interlude 1
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
Verse 11
Eb
Oh the man took a calculated gamble
Bb
Gm
Bb
Yes the man had the power
Gm
Bb
to perform
Eb
But Christie Lee was more than
he knew how to handle
Cm
C
She didn't need him as a man
F
All she wanted was the horn
Verse 12
Bb
They say that Joe became a wino
Gm
F
They say he always drinks alone
Eb
Cm
They say he stumbles like a blind man
They say he sold his saxophone
F
Verse 13
Bb
Even the band must face the music
Gm
F
That's what the moral is to me
Eb
F
The only time you hit the high note
Bb
Is when you play for Christie Lee
Verse 14
Bb
Christie Lee,
Gm
F
Eb
F
Bb
F
Bb
Christie Lee
Gm
Eb
F
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Outro 1
Bb
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