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That Was a Crazy Game of Poker > sax

transcribed by ossman

ALTO SAX
The scale of notes that you use is:
a, b, c#, d, e, f#, g#

Intro
c# d eee d c# e e d c# f# e , e c# bab c#bab b a,
up an octave --
a g# ec#, a g# ec#, f# f# ec# d ee,
def# eee d c# b e d c# b a (low) eef#a c#c#ac#
(high) a g#___ , bag#ag#e

the notes at the end of each verse:
i.e. "just running out of time..."
f# a c# f#
"Who's up for game two.."

Refrain
"That was a crazy game of poker"
abc#ba
"... I lost it all"
(low) eeee c#de ee c#______ c#be (high) c#ba a____
"But someday I'll be back again..."

I didn't figure out the solo perfectly, but I started with these notes
and just went from there, up and down the scale.
a e f# d

following the solo:
c# a c# a c# a d c# a b c# a c# a c# a
f# e f# e f# e f# e c# e
a g# a g# a g#

"Where are we going?"
d d d d c#______