Standard (EADGBE)
+5 +5
+5 +5 Ebmaj6/9 +9+5
This is the day
-5/
Of the expanding man
That shape is my shade
-5/
There where I used to stand
[E7-9]
It seems like only yesterday
I gazed through the glass
At ramblers
Wild gamblers
-5/ +9+5
That's all in the past
-5/
You call me a fool
-5add9
You say it's a crazy scheme
This one's for real
I already bought the dream
[E7-9]
So useless to ask me why
/ +5
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
I'll make it this time
I'm ready to cross that fine line
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
[F#7-5]
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die be hind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
[F#7-5]
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
(Deacon Blues )
brass:
+5 Cmaj13 +5 /6 +9+5
/ -5/
My back to the wall
A victim of laughing chance
This is for me
-5/
The essence of true ro mance
[E7-9]
Sharing the things we know and love
With those of my kind
Li bations
Sen sations
-5/
That stagger the mind
Gmaj13 -5/
I crawl like a viper
-5add9
Through these su burban streets
Make love to these women
Languid and bitter sweet
[E7-9]
I'll rise when the sun goes down
/ +5
Cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
[F#7-5]
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die be hind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
[F#7-5]
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
(Deacon Blues )
brass: rhodes:
+5 Cmaj13 +5 Ebmaj13 +9+5
brass
Sax solo
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brass
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+5 +5
+5 +5 /6 +9+5
-5/
This is the night
-5add9
Of the expanding man
Gmaj13 -5/
I take one last drag
As I ap proach the stand
[E7-9]
I cried when I wrote this song
Sue me if I play too long
This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
[F#7-5]
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die be hind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
[F#7-5]
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
(Deacon Blues )
brass:
+5 Cmaj13 +5 Ebmaj13 +9+5
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|Gmaj13 |-5/ | +11 | |
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| |(no5) | |-5/ +9+5 |
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|Gmaj13 |-5/ | D13#11 | |
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| |(no5) | |-5/ +9+5 |
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