Key: C majorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
Ebmaj7
Bb/D
Dbmaj7
Ab/C
Fmaj7
C/E
Ebmaj7
Bb/D
F#maj7
G7#9
Verse 1
Bb6
Ab6
This is the day
Bb/C
Ab13
Of the expanding man
Bb6
Ab6
That shape is my shade
Bb/C
F13
There where I used to stand
Abmaj7
G7b9
Cm7
It seems like only yesterday
Db13
I gazed through the glass
G7
D7
At ramblers, wild gamblers
Dm7b5
G7
Dm7b5
G7#9
That's all in the past
Verse 2
Bb13
Ab13
You call me a fool
Bb/C
Ab13
You say it's a crazy scheme
Bb13
Ab13
This one's for real
Bb/C
C13
I already bought the dream
Abmaj7
G7b9
So useless to ask me why
Cm7
Bbm7
A7#5
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
Abmaj7
Eb/G
I'll make it this time
F9
Ab/Bb
I'm ready to cross that fine line
Chorus 1
Cm7
Gm7
Learn to work the saxophone
Fm7
Ebmaj7
I, I'll play just what I feel
Dbmaj7
Cm
Gm/Bb
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
A7b5
Abmaj7
Eb/G
Abmaj7
And die behind the wheel
Cm7
They got a name
Gm7
for the winners in the world
Fm7
Ebmaj7
I, I want a name when I lose
Dbmaj7
Cm
Gm/Bb
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
A7b5
Abmaj7
Eb/G
Abmaj7
Cm7
Call me Deacon Blues
Gm7
(Deacon Blues)
Interlude 1
Fmaj7
C/E
Ebmaj7
Bb/D
F#maj7
G7#9
Verse 3
Bb6
Ab6
My back to the wall
Bb/C
Ab13
A victim of laughing chance
Bb6
Ab6
This is for me
Bb/C
F13
The essence of true romance
Abmaj7
G7b9
Sharing the things
Cm7
we know and love
Db13
With those of my kind
G7
D7
Libations, sensations
Dm7b5
G7
Dm7b5
G7#9
That stagger the mind
Verse 4
Bb13
Ab13
I crawl like a viper
Bb/C
Ab13
Through these suburban streets
Bb13
Ab13
Make love to these women
Bb/C
C13
Languid and bitter sweet
Abmaj7
G7b9
I'll rise when the sun goes down
Cm7
Bbm7
A7#5
Cover every game in town
Abmaj7
Eb/G
A world of my own
F9
Ab/Bb
I'll make it my home sweet home
Chorus 2
Cm7
Gm7
Learn to work the saxophone
Fm7
Ebmaj7
I, I'll play just what I feel
Dbmaj7
Cm
Gm/Bb
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
A7b5
Abmaj7
Eb/G
Abmaj7
And die behind the wheel
Cm7
They got a name
Gm7
for the winners in the world
Fm7
Ebmaj7
I, I want a name when I lose
Dbmaj7
Cm
Gm/Bb
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
A7b5
Abmaj7
Eb/G
Abmaj7
Cm7
Call me Deacon Blues
Gm7
(Deacon blues)
Interlude 2
Fmaj7
C/E
Ebmaj7
Bb/D
Dbmaj7
D7#5
Solo 1
Ebmaj7
Gm7
C13
F7#9
Bb13
D7#5
Gm7
C9
Abmaj7
A7#9
Bbmaj7
D7#5
Ebmaj7
Gm7
C13
F7#9
Bb13
D7#5
Gm7
C9
Abmaj7
A7#9
Bbmaj7
D7#5
Ebmaj7
Bb/D
Dbmaj7
Ab/C
Fmaj7
C/E
Ebmaj7
Bb/D
F#maj7
G7#9
Verse 5
Bb13
Ab13
This is the night
Bb/C
Ab13
Of the expanding man
Bb13
Ab13
I take one last drag
Bb/C
C13
As I approach the stand
Abmaj7
G7b9
I cried when I wrote this song
Cm7
Bbm7
A7#5
Sue me if I play too long
Abmaj7
Eb/G
This brother is free
F9
Ab/Bb
I'll be what I want to be
Chorus 3
Cm7
Gm7
I'll learn to work the saxophone
Fm7
Ebmaj7
I, I'll play just what I feel
Dbmaj7
Cm
Gm/Bb
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
A7b5
Abmaj7
Eb/G
Abmaj9
And die behind the wheel
Cm7
They got a name
Gm7
for the winners in the world
Fm7
Ebmaj7
I, I want a name when I lose
Dbmaj7
Cm
Gm/Bb
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
A7b5
Abmaj7
Eb/G
Abmaj9
Cm7
Call me Deacon Blues
Gm7
(Deacon Blues)
Interlude 3
Fmaj7
C/E
Ebmaj7
Bb/D
F#maj7
G7#9
Outro 1
Bb6
Ab6
Bb/C
Ab13
Bb6
Ab6
Bb/C
F13
Abmaj9
G7b9
Cm7
Db13
G7
D7
Dm7b5
G7
Dm7b5
G7#9
[Fade and fade]
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