Deacon Blues chords by Steely Dan

Chords with lyrics

DEACON BLUES  -  Steely Dan
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             From the album AJA

             Chords by Howard Wright ([email protected])


INTRO:
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Cmaj7Cmaj7  Gsus2/B  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  Fsus2/A  Dmaj7Dmaj7  Asus2/C#  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Gsus2/B

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  E7#9E7#9

VERSE 1:
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G13G13     F13F13     G/AG/A   F13F13
This ..

G13G13        F13F13         G/AG/A   D9D9
 That ..

Fmaj7Fmaj7      E7-9    Am7Am7           Bb13Bb13
 It ...

  E7E7       B7B7
At ..

    B7#9B7#9    E7E7   B7#9B7#9  E7E7
That's ..


G13G13      F13F13         G/AG/A  F13F13
You ..

G13G13       F13F13      G/AG/A    A7A7
 This ..

Fmaj7Fmaj7     E7-9
 So ..

Am7Am7       Gm7Gm7    F#Maj7F#maj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
Throw ..

        Csus2/E
I'll ..

D9D9      F/GF/G
I'm ..

CHORUS:
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Am7Am7          E minor 7Em7
I'll ..

Dm7Dm7    Cmaj7Cmaj7
  I ..

Bbmaj7Bbmaj7        A minorAm    Am/GAm/G  Am/F# Fmaj7Fmaj7
Drink ..

   Csus2/E  Fmaj7(Viii)    Am7Am7
And ..

             E minor 7Em7
They ..

Dm7Dm7   Cmaj7Cmaj7
I ..

   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7      A minorAm   Am/GAm/G  Am/F# Fmaj7Fmaj7
They ...

Csus2/E   Fmaj7(Viii) Am7Am7      E minor 7Em7
Call  ..


Dmaj7Dmaj7  Asus2/C#  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Gsus2/B  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7  E7#9E7#9


VERSE 2 :  (Chords as VERSE 1)
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CHORUS:
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As before except for the last line of chords. Play these instead :

Dmaj7Dmaj7  Asus2/C#  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Gsus2/B  Bb13Bb13  Gsus2/B

Then it goes into .....

INSTRUMENTAL:
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Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minor 7Em7 A13A13 D7#5#9 G13G13  B7#9B7#9  E minor 7Em7  A13A13

Fmaj7Fmaj7 F#7#9F#7#9 Gmaj7Gmaj7 B7#9B7#9

Repeat these two lines once

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


Verse 3:
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G13G13     F13F13      G/AG/A   F13F13
This ..

G13G13        F13F13     G/AG/A   A7A7
 I ..

Fmaj7Fmaj7       E7-9
  I ..

Am7Am7     Gm7Gm7     F#Maj7F#maj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
 Sue ..

        Csus2/E
This ..

D9D9       F/GF/G
 I'll ..


CHORUS


OUTTRO:
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Same as first half of 1st Verse - except play D9-5 instead of D9D9
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 Dmaj7Dmaj7 becomes ABBA !!!)


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

 Cmaj7Cmaj7    Gsus2/B   Bbmaj7Bbmaj7    Fsus2/A   Dmaj7Dmaj7    Asus2/C#


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

 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    E7#9E7#9     G13G13     G13G13     F13F13     F13F13

              (Take your pick !)

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

 G/AG/A     D9D9     Fmaj7Fmaj7    E7-9     Am7Am7     Bb13Bb13


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

  E7E7     B7B7     B7#9B7#9     Gm7Gm7     F#Maj7F#maj7   Csus2/E


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

 F/GF/G     E minor 7Em7      Dm7Dm7     A minorAm      Am/GAm/G    Am/F#


 EADGBE   EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
 x8a9a8   x54566    242355    3x443x    x5x554

Fmaj7(Viii) D7#5#9    F#7#9F#7#9    Gmaj7Gmaj7     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...

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