Deacon Blues

Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Bbmaj7 Fsus2/A Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Ebmaj7 E7#9 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 scheme 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 Am7 Em7 I'll Learn to work the saxophone Dm7 Cmaj7 I'll play just what I feel Bbmaj7 Am Am/G Am/F# Fmaj7 Drink scotch whiskey all night long Csus2/E Fmaj9 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 Am7 Em7 Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues) Dmaj7 Asus2/C# Cmaj7 Gsus2/B Ebmaj7 E7#9 (Chords as Verse 1) G13 F13 G/A F13 My back to the wall a victim of laughing chance G13 F13 G/A D9 This is for me the essence of true romance Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Bb13 Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind E7 B7 B7#9 E7 B7#9 E7 Libations, sensations which stagger the mind G13 F13 G/A F13 I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets G13 F13 G/A A7 Make love to these women languid and bittersweet Fmaj7 E7-9 I'll rise when the sun goes down Am7 Gm7 F#maj7 Fmaj7 Cover every game in town Csus2/E A world of my own D9 F/G I'll make it my home sweet home 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 ..... 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... 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 Same as first half of 1st Verse - except play D9-5 instead of D9 Keep repeating this half verse to fade