Chords by Howard Wright  


INTRO:
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C5   G5   Bb5    F5    D5    A5    C5    G5

Eb5    E7#9


VERSE 1:
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G5         F5          G5     F5
This is the day of the expanding man

G5                F5                 G5      D5
  That shape is my shade there where I used to stand

F5           E5       A5                      Bb5
  It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass

   E5              B5
At ramblers, wild gamblers

       B7#9       E5     B7#9    E5
That's all in the past


G5           F5                 G5   F5
You call me a fool you say it's a crazy scene

G5              F5            G5        A5
  This one's for real I already bought the dream

F5          E5
  So useless to  ask me why

A5              G5        F#5  F5
Throw a kiss and say goodbye

                C5
I'll make it this time

D5           F5
I'm ready to cross that fine line


CHORUS:
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A5                    E5
I'll Learn to work the saxophone

D5       C5
   I play just what I feel

Bb5               A5        A5   A5  F5
Drink scotch whiskey all night long

     C5    F7M(Viii)       A5
And  die      behind      the wheel

                         E5
They got a name for the winners in the world

D5      C5
I want a name when I lose

     Bb5           A5      A5   A5  F5
They call Alabama the crimson tide

C5     F7M(Viii)  A5            E5
Call    me  Deacon       Blues  (Deacon Blues)


D5    A5    C5    G5   Eb5   E7#9


VERSE 2 :    (Chords as VERSE 1)
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My back to the wall a victim of laughing chance

This is for me the essence of true romance

Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind

Libations, sensations which stagger the mind

I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets

Make love to these women languid and bittersweet

I'll rise when the sun goes down

Cover every game in town

A world of my own

I'll make it my home sweet home


CHORUS:
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As before except for the last line of chords. Play these instead :

D5    A5    C5    G5    Bb5   G5

Then it goes into .....

INSTRUMENTAL:
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C5  E5  A5  D7#5#9  G5   B7#9   E5   A5

F5  F#7#9  G5  B7#9

Repeat these two lines once

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


Verse 3:
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G5         F5            G5     F5
This is the night of the expanding man

G5                F5          G5      A5
  I take one last drag as I approach the stand

F5             E5
   I cried when I wrote this song

A5          G5          F#5  F5
 Sue me if I play too long

                C5
This brother is free

D5              F5
 I'll be what I want to be


CHORUS


OUTTRO:
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Same as first half of 1st Verse - except play D(b9)5 instead of D9
Keep repeating this half verse to fade

Chord Shapes
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