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