JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Deacon Blues" adalah lagu keluaran 1977 dari Steely Dan.
Lagu ini menjadi bagian dalam album mereka yang berjudul Aja, bersama enam lagu lainnya.
Album yang rilis di bawah naungan label UMG Recordings tersebut menang dalam ajang Grammy, kategori Best Engineered Recording.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Reelin in the Years - Steely Dan
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Deacon Blues" dari Steely Dan.
[Intro]
C G A# F D A C G
D# F79
[Verse]
G F G F
This is the day of the expanding man
G F G D
That shape is my shade there where I used to stand
F E Am A#
It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass
E B
At ramblers, wild gamblers
C79 E C79 E
That's all in the past
G F G F
You call me a fool you say it's a crazy scheme
G F G A
This one's for real I already bought the dream
F E
So useless to ask me why
Am Gm F# F
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
C
I'll make it this time
D F
I'm ready to cross that fine line
[Chorus]
Am Em
I'll Learn to work the saxophone
Dm C
I'll play just what I feel
A# Am F
Drink scotch whiskey all night long
C F Am
And die behind the wheel
Em
They got a name for the winners in the world
Dm C
I want a name when I lose
A# Am F
They call Alabama the crimson tide
C F Am Em
Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)
[Instrumental]
D A C G D# F79
[Verse]
(Chords as Verse 1)
G F G F
My back to the wall a victim of laughing chance
G F G D
This is for me the essence of true romance
F E Am A#
Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind
E B C79 E C79 E
Libations, sensations which stagger the mind
G F G F
I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets
G F G A
Make love to these women languid and bittersweet
F E
I'll rise when the sun goes down
Am Gm F# F
Cover every game in town
C
A world of my own
D F
I'll make it my home sweet home
[Chorus]
D A C G A# G
[Instrumental] (2x)
C Em A D#759 G C79 Em A
F F#79 G C79
C G A# F D A C G
D# F79
[Verse 3]
G F G F
This is the night of the expanding man
G F G A
I take one last drag as I approach the stand
F E
I cried when I wrote this song
Am Gm F# F
Sue me if I play too long
C
This brother is free
D F
I'll be what I want to be