STEELY DAN - "deacon blues" Tablature
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Song: Deacon Blues
Artist: Steely Dan
Tabbed by: Kris Long (Nate "Goodness" Greicius)
Bass played by: Walter Becker
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5------------------------------------------|
|---------5-4-3-2--6-7------5-------------3--------3-5---------------|
|-8-7-6-5--------------O------3--O-1--4-5---1--3-5-----5-2-3--2-1----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-2----------------------------2h3p2---------------|
|-------5---------------O---O-1----1-2--1-2-2----------2-------------|
|-4-5-5----2-3-1------O---------O-------------O----------O-----------|
|-------------------------------------------2-3-4---2----------------|
|-----------------------3-4-5--4-3----------------2---2-x------------|
|-----------3---------3--------------O---O---------------------------|
|-3-O-1-4-5---1---4-5--------------O---O-------------------O-1--1-O--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2----------5-4-3----2-------4--------5-----------------------------|
|---O-O-------------3----3-5----5------------------------------------|
|-------3--3----------------------3--3-------------------------------|
Chorus
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------3-2-------|
|---------6-7-77----5-55--2-3-33--O-1-11-----------------3-----3-----|
|-3-5-55----------5-----------------------4-5-5-3-3-2-1----------1---|
|-------------------------------------5-3-33-------------------------|
|---------------------------------3/5--------------------------------|
|-----------7-77----5-55----3-33-------------1-O-O-------------------|
|-4-5-55--5-------5-------3------------------------3-3-2-1-----------|
|------------------------------------------3-------------------------|
|---3-2--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----3------------8-7-77--3-5-54-43-32----1-----------------------|
|---------1--4-5-55-----------------------------OOOOO-1-2-3----------|
OK. This song is pretty straight forward and a very fun bass line to
play!! The only really tricky parts are on the first line where there
is the 3-5 (E) and then 3-5 (A)...on the 3 on the A you want to hold
that note for an extra second..like three-five-threeeee-five-five-two
three. That is about how it would sound! And then on the 3rd bar down
where you see the 2-3-4 on the G...you want to play that all pretty
fast. If you have any questions or need any help just e-mail me at
kris_long_1999@yahoo.com. Have Fun! I almost forgot to add that this
isn't the whole song. The second verse is different but I just play
it the same as the first verse and I didn't tab the whole break in
the middle. I hate leaving everyone short on these tabs but this song
is over 7 minutes long and it would take all day to do this!
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
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