Tonart: G major•
Verse 1
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C
Let me tell you a story
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F
About a woman and a man
Dm
D
Maybe you will find familiar
G
Maybe you won't understand
Verse 2
G
C
The man's name I don't remember
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G
F
He was always Joe to me
G
But I can't forget the woman
She was always Christie Lee
C
Verse 3
He was working in a night club
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G
That's where he played the saxophone
F
D
He used to fake to stock arrangements
Dm
He left the customers alone
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Verse 4
C
But one night before the last song
Am
G
About a quarter after three
F
G
He saw her standing at the coat check
And made his move on Christie Lee
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Verse 5
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
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F
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
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C
Verse 6
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G
C
She was a nice piece of music
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She had a rhythm all her own
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Dm
D
He blew a solo like a blind man
G
She really dug his saxophone
Verse 7
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C
She wanted more than just an encore
Am
G
And he could play in every key
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G
He left the stage and packed his alto
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C
And he took it home with Christie Lee
Verse 8
"the Bird" like the bible
Dm
C
You know the man could
blow an educated axe
F
He couldn't see that Christie
Lee was a woman
Dm
D
Who didn't need another lover
Dm
G
All she wanted was the sax
Verse 9
C
It took a while for him to notice
Am
G
F
It took a while for him to see
G
He was never in control here
C
It was always Christie Lee
Verse 10
C
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Am
G
Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Interlude 1
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C
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Verse 11
F
Oh the man took a calculated gamble
C
Am
C
Yes the man had the power
Am
C
to perform
F
But Christie Lee was more than
he knew how to handle
Dm
D
She didn't need him as a man
G
All she wanted was the horn
Verse 12
C
They say that Joe became a wino
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G
They say he always drinks alone
F
Dm
They say he stumbles like a blind man
They say he sold his saxophone
G
Verse 13
C
Even the band must face the music
Am
G
That's what the moral is to me
F
G
The only time you hit the high note
C
Is when you play for Christie Lee
Verse 14
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F
G
C
G
C
Christie Lee
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Christie Lee, Christie Lee
Outro 1
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