C                        Am G F
                   Let me tell you a story about a woman and a ma-a-n
                                           D                         G
                   Maybe you will find familiar, maybe you won't understand
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                   The man's name I don't remember, he was always Joe to me-e-e
                                           G C/G G C/G G                         C
                   But I can't forget the woman          she was always Christie Lee

                                          C                                         Am G F
                   He was working in the night club that's where he played the saxopho-o-one
                                              D                                  G
                   He used to fake the stock arrangements he left the customers alone
                                      C                                 Am  G  F
                   One night before the last song, about a quarter after three-ee-ee
                                                 G C/G G C/G G                       C
                   He saw her standing at the coat check, and made his move on Christie Lee

                                       C            
               Christie Lee, Christie Lee
                                Am  G  F    G  C
               Christie Lee Christie Lee-ee-ee

                                       C                           Am G F            
               She was a nice piece of music, she had a rhythm all her o-o-own
                                 D                          G
               He blew a solo like a blind man, she really dug his saxophone
                                       C                           Am G  F      
               She wanted more than just an encore, and he could play in every ke-e-ey
                                                 G                                   C   C7
               He left the stage and packed his alto, and took it home to Christie Lee
 
                               F                              
               Oh, I heard the man knew  ?The Bird? like the Bible
                         C
               You know the man could blow an educated axe
                         F      
               He couldn?t see that Christie Lee was a woman
                                D                     G
               Who didn?t need another lover all she wanted was the sax

                                       C                         Am  G  F
               It tool a while for him to notice, it took a while for him to see-ee-ee
                              G                          C
               He was never in control here, it was always Christie Lee

                                       C            
               Christie Lee, Christie Lee
                               Am  G  F    G   C C7
               Christie Lee Christie Lee-ee-ee      

                        F                              
               Oh the man took a calculated gamble
                      C
               Yes the man had the power to perform
                           F      
               But Christie Lee was more than he knew how to handle
                                D                     G
               She didn?t need him as a man, all she wanted was the horn

                                       C                         Am  G  F
                   They say that Joe became a wino, they say he always drinks alo-oo-one
                                         D                           G
               They say he stumbles like a blind man, they say he sold his saxophone
                                           C                          Am  G  F      
               Even the band must face the music, that?s what the moral is to me-ee-ee
                                            G                                           C
               The only time you hit the high notes... is when you play for Christie Lee      

                                       C            
               Christie Lee, Christie Lee
                               Am  G  F   G   C
               Christie Lee Christie Lee-ee-ee

                                       C            
               Christie Lee, Christie Lee
                               Am  G  F  G    C
               Christie Lee Christie Lee-ee-ee