STEELY DAN - "deacon blues" Tablature

From: spxhaw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright \(Hman\))
Subject: *** CRD : Deacon Blues - Steely Dan ***

DEACON BLUES - Steely Dan
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From the album AJA

Chords by Howard Wright (spxhaw@uk.ac.cf.thor)


INTRO:
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Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Bbmaj7 Fsus2/A Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B

Ebmaj7 E7#9


VERSE 1:
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G13 F13 G/A F13
This is the day of the expanding man

G13 F13 G/A D9
That shape is my shade there where I used to stand

Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Bb13
It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass

E7 B7
At ramblers, wild gamblers

B7#9 E7 B7#9 E7
That's all in the past


G13 F13 G/A F13
You call me a fool you say it's a crazy scene

G13 F13 G/A A7
This one's for real I already bought the dream

Fmaj7 E7-9
So useless to ask me why

Am7 Gm7 F#maj7 Fmaj7
Throw a kiss and say goodbye

Csus2/E
I'll make it this time

D9 F/G
I'm ready to cross that fine line




CHORUS:
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Am7 Em7
I'll Learn to work the saxophone

Dm7 Cmaj7
I play just what I feel

Bbmaj7 Am Am/G Am/F# Fmaj7
Drink scotch whiskey all night long

Csus2/E Fmaj7(Viii) Am7
And die behind the wheel

Em7
They got a name for the winners in the world

Dm7 Cmaj7
I want a name when I lose

Bbmaj7 Am Am/G Am/F# Fmaj7
They call Alabama the crimson tide

Csus2/E Fmaj7(Viii) Am7 Em7
Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)


Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Ebmaj7 E7#9


VERSE 2 : (Chords as VERSE 1)
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My back to the wall a victim of laughing chance

This is for me the essence of true romance

Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind

Libations, sensations which stagger the mind

I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets

Make love to these women languid and bittersweet

I'll rise when the sun goes down

Cover every game in town

A world of my own

I'll make it my home sweet home


CHORUS:
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As before except for the last line of chords. Play these instead :

Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Bb13 Gsus2/B

Then it goes into .....

INSTRUMENTAL:
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Cmaj7 Em7 A13 D7#5#9 G13 B7#9 Em7 A13

Fmaj7 F#7#9 Gmaj7 B7#9

Repeat these two lines once

Then play the INTRO chords to lead into the last verse...


Verse 3:
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G13 F13 G/A F13
This is the night of the expanding man

G13 F13 G/A A7
I take one last drag as I approach the stand

Fmaj7 E7-9
I cried when I wrote this song

Am7 Gm7 F#maj7 Fmaj7
Sue me if I play too long

Csus2/E
This brother is free

D9 F/G
I'll be what I want to be


CHORUS


OUTTRO:
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Same as first half of 1st Verse - except play D9-5 instead of D9
Keep repeating this half verse to fade



Chord Shapes
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As before, A=10, B=11 to make the shapes simpler to type out
(Note that Dmaj7 becomes ABBA !!!)


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
8X998X 7X778X 6X776X 5X556X AXBBAX 9X99AX

Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Bbmaj7 Fsus2/A Dmaj7 Asus2/C#


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x68786 07678x 353453 3x345x 131231 1x123x

Ebmaj7 E7#9 G13 G13 F13 F13

(Take your pick !)

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x0543x x5455x 133210 07676x 5x5555 6x678x

G/A D9 Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Bb13


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
020100 x24242 x2123x 3x3333 2x332x x7x788

E7 B7 B7#9 Gm7 F#maj7 Csus2/E


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x321x x79787 x57565 x02210 3x2210 2x2210

F/G Em7 Dm7 Am Am/G Am/F#


EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x8a9a8 x54566 242355 3x443x x5x554

Fmaj7(Viii) D7#5#9 F#7#9 Gmaj7 D9-5


Any mistakes with words or chords - please let me know.
I don't think I missed out any shapes , but I might have let one slip...