DEACON BLUES


Ah yes, another version of this late 70's Dan classic.
The changes here are posted with the keyboard in mind however
--allowing for more complex formations, and specific voicing
that are indeed easier to play on a keyboard than on a guitar--
hence these rather unusual formations like Ebmaj7-5/F etc.
Hopefully to the keyboardist, an even more accurate description
of the recorded music is the result here, as he is no longer
is restricted to the limitations of guitar chord descriptions.

Also this version plays from beginning to end as one continuous
'play-along' chart for the entire work. The chords often aren't
QUITE the same on the recording in each chorus and verse, and the
player need no longer shuffle pages around searching for codas,
repeat chorus, verse etc.( I'm certain I'm not the only one who
has been annoyed by this! )-just go to the next page.

small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line



  g4      g     f       f
Cmaj7   Bm7+5  Bbmaj7  Am7+5
                                           rhodes:
  a4    a       g       g       c5  g4   g        g g# c5 d g g# c6 d g
Dmaj7  Dbm7+5  Cmaj7  Bm7+5    Ebmaj6/9  E7+9+5

G6              Dsus4/F
    This is the day

       G/A       Ebmaj7-5/F
Of the expanding man

G6                   F6
    That shape is my shade

              G/A     Cmaj7-5/D
There where I used to stand

Fmaj9                E7-9       Am7
       It seems like only yesterday

                    Bb13
I gazed through the glass

   E7
At ramblers

     B7(no5)
Wild gamblers

       Dm/B       E7    Bm7-5/F  E7+9+5
That's all in the past

G13               Ebmaj7-5/F
    You call me a fool
                              b4  a  d5 c
                G/A   F13-5add9
 You say it's a crazy scheme

G13             F13
 This one's for real

           Gmaj7/A    A13
 I already bought the dream

Fmaj9                E7-9
       So useless to ask me why

                                a4       ab      g
 Am7                  Gm7      Bbmaj7/C  Gb9+5   Fmaj9
     Throw a kiss and say goodbye

                   C/E
 I'll make it this time

D9              Fmaj7/G    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
                                          c4   c
Bbmaj9              Am7       G6        Gb7-5 Fmaj7
Drink Scotch whisky all night long

      C/E       Fmaj7    Am7
  And die   be  hind the wheel

                         Em7
 They got a name for the winners in the world

Dm7         Cmaj7
   I want a name when I lose

      Bbmaj9           Am7     G6    Gb7-5 Fmaj7
 They call Alabama the Crimson Tide

 C/E       C/F     Am7
 Call me   Deacon  Blues

        Em7
(Deacon Blues )

brass:
          f#4     e         a     b     d5  bb4  g   g
          Dmaj7  Dbm7+5  Cmaj13  Bm7+5  Ebmaj9/6     E7+9+5


 Bsus4/G                Ebmaj7-5/F
         My back to the wall

                             a3  bb c4 d a3
             G/A      F13
 A victim of laughing chance

Bsus4/G            F13
       This is for me

                G/A      Cmaj7-5/D
 The essence of true ro  mance

Fmaj9           E7-9               Am7
    Sharing the things we know and love

                  Bb13
 With those of my kind

    E7
 Li bations

     B7(no5)
 Sen sations

      Dm/B        E7    Bm7-5/F   E7+9
 That stagger the mind




Bsus4/G                Ebmaj7-5/F
        I crawl like a viper
                                      b4  a  d5 c
                  G/A    F13-5add9
Through these su burban streets

Bsus4/G                    F13
        Make love to these women

             Gmaj7/A A13
 Languid and bitter  sweet

Fmaj7                     E7-9
      I'll rise when the sun goes down

                             a4      ab     g
Am7             Gm7      Bbmaj7/C   Gb9+5  Fmaj9
    Cover every game in town

               C/E
 A world of my own

D9               Fmaj7/G       F/G
 I'll make it my home    sweet home

Am7                        Em7
     I'll learn to work the saxophone

Dm7            Cmaj7
     I'll play just what I feel

Bbmaj9              Am7       G6         Gb7-5 Fmaj7
Drink Scotch whisky all night long

      C/E       C/F    Am7
  And die   be  hind the wheel

                         Em7
 They got a name for the winners in the world

Dm7         Cmaj7
   I want a name when I lose

      Bbmaj9           Am7     G6    Gb7-5 Fmaj7
 They call Alabama the Crimson Tide

 C/E       C/F     Am7
 Call me   Deacon  Blues


        Em7
(Deacon Blues )

brass:                                            rhodes:
          f#4     e         a     b     d5  bb4  g   g        ab d5 g
          Dmaj7  Dbm7+5  Cmaj13  Bm7+5  Ebmaj13     E7+9+5



brass
e5   d   b4  e5  d  b4   g   a
Cmaj7            Em

sax solo:
|A13        |D7+9       |G13       |B7+9        |

                          e4     a         f#   g
|Em7        |A9         |C/F   F#7+9+5   |D/G   B7+5     |


brass
e5   d   b4  e5  d  b4   g   a
Cmaj7            Em


|A13        |D7+9       |G13       |B7+9        |

                          e4     a         f#    g
|Em7        |A9         |C/F   F#7+9+5   |D/G   B7+5     |


  g4      g     f       f
Cmaj7   Bm7+5  Bbmaj7  Am7+5


  a4    a       g       g
Dmaj7  Dbm7+5  Cmaj7  Bm7+5    Ebmaj9/6    E7+9+5


G6             Ebmaj7-5/F
    This is the night

                            b4   a   d5 c
       G/A       F13-5add9
Of the expanding man

 Bsus4/G                Ebmaj7-5/F
        I take one last drag

         Gmaj7/A    A13
 As I ap proach the stand

Fmaj9               E7-9
     I cried when I wrote this song

                                   a4   ab     g
Am7             Gm7           Bbmaj7/C  Gb9   Fmaj9
    Sue me if I play too long

                 C/E
 This brother is free

D9                Fmaj7/G     F/G
   I'll be what I want   to   be


Am7                         Em7
     I'll learn to work the saxophone

Dm7            Cmaj7
     I'll play just what I feel

Bbmaj9              Am7       G6      Gb7-5 Fmaj7
Drink Scotch whisky all night long




      C/E       C/F      Am7
  And die   be  hind the wheel

                         Em7
 They got a name for the winners in the world

Dm7         Cmaj7
   I want a name when I lose

      Bbmaj9           Am7      G6    Gb7-5 Fmaj7
 They call Alabama the Crimson Tide

 C/E       C/F     Am7
 Call me   Deacon  Blues


        Em7
(Deacon Blues )


brass:
          f#4     e         a     g            d5  g
          Dmaj7  Dbm7+5  Cmaj13  Bm7+5  Ebmaj13    E7+9+5



          b4  g  a
  |G6           |Dsus4/F        |G/A    F13-5add9      |                  |



          b4 g   c5
  |Gmaj13          |Ebmaj7-5/F        |G/A    D13+11        |                  |



  |Fmaj9        |E7-9              |Am7                  |Bb13               |



  |E7           |B7(no5)           |Dm/B    E7           |Bm7-5/F   E7+9+5   |



          b4  g  a
  |G6           |Dsus4/F           |G/A    F13-5add9      |                  |



           e4 c  d
  |Gmaj13       |Ebmaj7-5/F        |G/A    D13#11        |                  |



  |Fmaj9        |E7-9              |Am7                  |Bb13               |



  |E7           |B7(no5)           |Dm/B    E7           |Bm7-5/F   E7+9+5   |



         b4  g  a
  |G6          |Dsus4/F        |G/A    F13-5add9      |                  |





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Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca