DIRE STRAITS
Down To The Waterline
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
G / Bm / G / Bm
Bm F#m A E7 Bm
Sweet surrender on the quay side
Bm F#m A E7 Bm
You remember we used to run and hide
Bm F#m
In the shadows of cargoes, I take you on time,
A (D)-E
Counting all the numbers
Bm
Down to the waterline
Near misses on the dogleap stairways
French kisses in the darkened doorways
Foghorn blowing out wild and cold
A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder
Lead 1 G / Bm / G / A / Bm
Up comes a coaster, fast and silent through the night
Over my shoulder, all you can see are pilot lights
No money in our jackets and jeans are torn
Your hands are cold but your lips are warm
G / Bm / G / A –
solo: E / C#m / C
G / C (?)
D / A
F# / G / A / Bm
she can see you in the jetty where you used to go
she can see you in the places where the sailors go
when she’s walking down the river on the railway line
she can still hear you whisper
Lets go down to the water line
come on.
G / Bm / G / A / Bm / G / A / Bm-#9-9 end||
Water of Love
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Intro: 2 x D C G D
High and dry in the long hot day
Lost and lonely in every way
Am7
Got the flats all around me, sky up above,
D
Yes, I need a little water of love
D
I’ve been too long lonely and my heart feels pain,
Crying out for some soothing rain
Am7
I believe I’ve taken enough,
D
I need a little water of love
Chorus:
Am7
Water of love deep in the ground,
G D
but there aint no water here to be found
Am7
Some day baby when the river runs free,
G (stop) D
It’s gonna carry that water of love to me
Solo like intro: D C G D 1 time
D
There’s a bird up in a tree, sitting up high,
Just a-waitin’ for me to die
Am7
If I don’t get some water soon,
D
I’ll be dead and gone in the afternoon
Chorus + solo like intro: D C G D 1 time
D
Once I had a woman I could call my own,
Once I had a woman now my woman is gone
Am7
Once there was a river now there’s a stone
D
You know it’s evil when you’re living alone
Chorus + outro: D C G D 1 time
Setting Me Up
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
A
You say I’m the greatest bound for glory
E D
Well the word is out and I learned
A
I got the latest side of the story
G D A
You’re pulling out before you get burned
Well your hands are squeezing me down to the bone
I never saw you breaking no law
Stands to reason I’ve got to leave you alone
What you take me for
A D
You’re setting me up to put me down
E A
You’re making me out to be your clown
A D
You’re just setting me up to put me down
E
You better give it up
A
Quit your messing around
You think I care about your reaction
You think I don’t understand
All you wanted was a piece of the action
Now you talk about another man
Six Blade Knife
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Am / C / D
Am / C / D
Am C D
Six blade knife, do anything for you
Anything you want it to
ONe blade breaking my heart, One blade tear me apart
Yeah, six blade knife, do anything for you
You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin
You come up from behind and lay it close on my skin
Took a stone from my soul, when I was lame
Just so that you, can make me tame
Yeah, six blade knife, (it) do anything for you
Dm C (G) G
I want to be free from it now mm mm
D
I dont want it no more
Dm C G
I want to be free from it now
D
mm mm I dont want it no more
solo:[ Am / C / D ] repeat like verse
Everybody got a knife, they just want it like they want it to be
A needle or a wife, something that you just cant see
Your sixblade knife, keeps you strong
It’ll do me wrong,
yeah, six blade knife, do anything for you.
do any thing, anything
Southbound Again
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Intro: The riff in A 4 times
A G D A
Southbound again, I don’t know if I’m going or leaving home
A D A
Southbound again, I don’t know if I’m going or leaving home
A D A
Boy’s bound to be moving, Seems like the boy is bound to roam
A G D A
Every single time, I roll across the rolling River Tyne
A D A
Every single time, I roll across the rolling River Tyne
A D A
I get the same old feeling, Every time I’m moving down the line
Solo like verse and break: 4 x A
A G D A
Southbound again, last night I felt like crying (like cryin’)
A D A
Southbound again, last night I felt like crying
A D A
Right now I’m sick of living, But I’m going to keep on trying
Sultans of Swing
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Intro. Dm – Dm – Dm – Dm – Dm – Dm – Dm – Dm
Dm C Bb A A7
1. You get a shiver in the dark, it’s raining in the park but meantime
Dm C Bb A A
south of the river you stop and you hold everything.
F C Bb Dm – Dm Bb – C – C
A band is blowing Dixie double four time, you feel alright when you hear the music ring.
Dm C Bb A A
2. Well now you step inside but you don’t see too many faces
Dm C Bb A A
coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down.
F C Bb Dm Dm Bb – C
Competition in other places, er but the horns, they blowing that sound.
Bb C Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C – Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C
Way on down south way on down south London town.
Dm C Bb A A7
3. You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Dm C Bb A A7
mind he’s strictly rhythm he doesn’t want to make it cry or sing.
F C Bb Dm – Dm Bb – C – C
Yes and an old guitar is all he can afford, when he gets up under the lights to play his thing.
Dm C Bb A A7
4. And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene
Dm C Bb A A7
he’s got a daytime job he’s doing alright.
F C Bb Dm – Dm Bb – C
He can play the honky tonk like anything saving it up Friday night.
Bb C Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C – Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C
With the Sultans with the Sultans of swing.
Dm C Bb A A7
5. And a crowd of young boys they’re fooling around in the corner
Dm C Bb A A7
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles.
F C Bb Dm – Dm Bb – C
They don’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band, it ain’t what they call rock and roll.
Bb C Dm C Bb – Bb – C C Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C
And the Sultans yeah the Sultans are playing Creole. Creole babe. Ah
Solo. Dm – C Bb – A – A7 – Dm – C Bb – A – A – F – F – C – C – Bb – Bb – Dm – Dm Bb – C – C Bb – C – C
Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C – Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C
Dm C Bb A A
6. And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm C Bb A A
and says at last just as the timebell rings.
F C Bb Dm – Dm Bb – C
«Goodnight now it’s time to go home.» Then he makes it fast with one more thing.
Bb C Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C – Dm C Bb – Bb – C – C
«We are the Sultans we are the Sultans of swing.»
Outro. Dm – Bb – C – C – Dm – Bb – C – C – Dm – Bb – C – C
fade
Dm – Bb – C – C – Dm – Bb – C – C – Dm – Bb – C – C
Dm – Bb – C – C – Dm
In The Gallery
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Key: Am or (A#m on the record)
Intro: drums and guitar 0.5 0.5 1.0
Am D Am D – Am Am – C – D
Harry made a bareback rider proud and free upon a horse 0.5 0.5 0.5
Am D D – Am Am – C – D
And a fine coalminer for the NCB that was
(repeat chord sequence ahead….)
A fallen angel and Jesus on the cross
A skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater’s waltz
Some people have got to paint and draw
Harry had to work iin clay and stone
Like the waves coming to the shore
It was in his blood and in his bones
Ignored by all the trendy boys in London and in Leeds
Am D – G – C G
CHORUS: He might as well have been making toys or strings of beads
C C G C slide D
He could’nt be… He could’nt be….. in the gallery
And then you get an artist says he doesn’t want to paint at all
He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall
The birds of a feather all the phonies and all of the fakes
While the dealers they get together
And they decide who gets the breaks
And who’s going to be in the gallery
Solo: Follow 1 verse chord pattern
and then do the chorus
No lies he wouldn’t compromise
No junk no bits of string
And all the lies we subsidise
That just don’t mean a thing
I’ve got to say he passed away in obscurity
And now all the vultures are coming down from the tree
So he’s going to be in the gallery
(keep chord sequence going
ie Am – D.C / Am – D.C)
Wild West End
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Intro: 4 x D D Em7 G
D Em7 G
Stepping out to Angellucci’s, for my coffee beans
D Em7 G
Checking out the movies, and the magazines
D Em7 G
Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar
D Em7 G
I get a pickup, for my steel guitar
D (stop) Em7 G
I saw you walking out, Shaftesbury Avenue
D Em7 G
Excuse me talking, I wanna marry you
D Em7 G
This is the seventh heaven street, don’t you seem so proud
D Em7 G
You’re just another angel, in the crowd
Chorus:
D Em7 G
And I’m walking in the wild west end
D Em7 G
Walking in the wild west end
D Em7 G Am G F D C D
Walking with your wild best friend
D Em7 G
Now my conductress on the number nineteen, she was a honey (she was a honey)
D Em7 G
Pink toe-nails and hands all, dirty with money
D Em7 G
Greasy, greasy, greasy hair, easy smile
D Em7 G
Made me feel, nineteen, for a while
D Em7 G
And I went down, to Chinatown
D Em7 G
In the backroom it’s a man’s world, All the money go down
D Em7 G
Duck inside the doorway, duck to eat
D Em7 G
Just aint no way, you and me, we can’t beat
Chorus
D Em7 G
Now the gogo dancing girl, yes I saw her
D Em7 G
The deejay he say, «Here’s Mandy for ya»
D Em7 G
I feel alright to have seen her, do that stuff
D Em7 G
She’s dancing high I move on by, for close-ups can get rough
Chorus When you’re walking…
Outro: 3 x Am G F D C D
Lions
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Intro: Bm7 D A G Bm7 D A G Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 F# C9 (Stop)
Bm7 D A G9
Red sun, go down way over dirty town
Bm7 D A E9
Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoals
Bm7 D A G9
Yes, and a girl is there, high heeling across the square
Bm7 D A E9
The wind it blows around in her hair, and the flags upon the poles
Em9
Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light
G F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9
She looks around to find a face she can like.
Bm7 D A G9
Church bell, clinging on, trying to get a crowd, Evensong
Bm7 D A E9
Nobody cares to depend upon, the chime it plays
Bm7 D A G9
They’re all in the station, praying for trains, the congregation’s, late again
Bm7 D A E9
It’s getting darker, all the time, these flagpole days
Em9
Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright
G F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9
He’s crazy lion howling for a fight.
Bm7 D A G9
Strap hanging, gunshot sound, door slamming on the, overground
Bm7 D A E9
The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone
Bm7 D A G9
Her evening paper is horror torn, but there’s hope later for, capricorns
Bm7 D A E9
Her lucky stars give her just enough, … to get her home
Em9
Then she’s reading about a swing to the right
G F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9
But she’s thinking about a stranger in the night
G A G A
I’m thinking about the lions, I’m thinking about the lions
G A Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
A fade out
What happened to the lions, tonight (tonight) (tonight)
Once Upon A Time In The West
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
(organ intro)
Am / F
Am / G / F
Am / G / F
Am / D / Am / D
Am / G / D / Am
C / Am / Dm / G / Am
Am D
SOME PEOPLE GET A CHEAP LAUGH BREAKING UP SPEED LIMIT
Am D
SCARING A PEDESTRIAN ON FOR A MINUTE
Am G
CROSSING UP PROGRESS, DRIVING ON THE GRASS
D Am
LEAVING JUST ENUFFA ROOM TO PASS
C Am
SOMEDAY DRIVER NEVER TOOK A TEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH! ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Am D
THEY SAY ITS NO USE SAYING THAT YOU DONT KNOW NOTHING
Am D
STILL GONNA GET YOU IF YOU DONT KNOW SOMETHING
Am G
SITTING ON A FENCE, THAT’S A DANGEROUS CALL
D Am
YEAH YOU COULD EVEN CATCH A BULLET FROM THE PEACE KEEPING FORCE
C Am
EVEN A HERO GETS A BULLET IN THE CHEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Lead:
Am / F (double time rythym)
Am / G / F
(roll)
Am / D / Am / D
Am / G / D / Am
C / Am / Dm / G / Am
Am / F (double time rythym)
Am / G / F
Am D
MOTHER MARY YOUR CHILDREN ARE SLAUGHTERED
Am D
SOMEDAY YOUR MAMA’S GONNA LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTER
Am G
WHO’S PROTECTING THE INNER GENTEEL
D Am
IT SPELLS TROUBLE IN THE LAND OF PLENTY
C Am
TELL ME HOW WE GONNA DO OUT SPARES ??
Dm G Am
YEAH, YOU GUESS… ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
G Am
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST…
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST..
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
repeat to fade…..(chorus)
(repeat Dm / G / Am)
News
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Verse:
Em, Bm, C, Bm,Am,C
Chorus:
C D C D Em C D C D D C C9
Where Do You Think You’re Going
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Am / F
G / Esus4
Am
Where do you think you’re going
F
don’t you know it’s dark outside
G
Where do you think you’re going
Esus4
don’t you care about my pride
Am
Where do you think you’re going
F
I think you don’t know
G
You got no way of knowing
Esus4
there’s really no place you can go
Am G / F
Dm7 C / F
Am
I understand your changes
F
long before you reach the door
G
I know where you think you’re going
Esus4
I know what you came here for
Am
And now I’m sick of joking
F
you know I like to be free
G
You got no way of knowing
Esus4
there’s really no place you can go
Am G / F
Dm7 C / F
G
You say there is no reason
Am
but you still find cause to doubt me
G
If you ain’t with me girl
Esus4 Am G
You’re gonna be without me
F / Dm7
F
Am
Where do you think you’re going
F
don’t you know it’s dark outside
G
Where do you think you’re going
Esus4
I wish I didn’t care about my pride
Am
And now I’m sick of joking
F
You know I like you to be free
G
(So) Where do you think you’re going
Esus4 Am G
I think you better go with me girl
F / Dm7 C
F / G
(double tempo)
(repeat)
Am / G
F / F
Dm7 / C
F / G
Communique
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Intro:Riff over A(no 3rd)
Bm G A Bm A G
We wanna get a statement for Jesus’ sake
A9 (= open A-chord with open b-string)
It’s like a talking to a wall
Bm G
He’s incummunicado
A Bm A G
No comment to make
A
He’s saying nothing at all
G D/F#
Yeah but in the communique
Em7 D/F#
You know he’s gonna come clean
G D/F#
Think what he say
Em7 D/F#
Say what he means
G D/F# Em7 D/F#
Maybe on a Monday het got something to say
G
Communication
A Bm
Communique
A
Communique
Maybe he could talk about the tricks of the trade
Maybe he could talk about himself
Maybe he could talk about the money he made
Maybe he be saying something else
But in the communique you know he’s gonna come clean
Think what he say
Say what he means
Maybe on a Monday he got something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique
Well now the rumours are flying
Speculation rife
They say that he’s been trying someone else’s wife
Somebody at the airport
Somebody on the phone
Say he’s at the station and he’s coming home alone
(This part is only A:)
Then we get the story
The serious piece
And a photography a taken in the hall
And you don’t have to worry with the previous release
Right now he’s saying nothing at all
But in the communique you know he’s gonna come clean
Think what he say
Say what he mean
Maybe on a Monday he’ll have something to say
Communication
Communique
Communique
Lady Writer
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Intro: A / B / C#m
A / B / C#m
A / B / C#m
A / B / G#m
A B C#m
Lady writer on the TV
A B C#m
Talk about the virgin mary
A B C#m
Reminded me of you
A B G#m
Expectation left a come on too
Lady writer on the TV
She had another quality
The way you used to look
And I know you never read a book
A C#m
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
A C#m G#m
And I recall my fall from grace
F#m F#m7(?) C#m
Another time another place
Lady writer on the TV
She had all her brains and the beauty
The pictures does not fit
You’d talk to me when you felt like this
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Another time another place
E
Your rich old man,
B
You know he’d a call her a dead wringer
G#m
You got the same command
F#m
Plus your mother was a mess in life
Solo: A / B /C#m etc
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Another time another place
Lady writer on the TV
She knew all about history
You couldn’t hardly write your name
I think I want it just the same
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about the virgin mary
You know I’m talking about you and me
Lady writer on the TV
Angel of Mercy
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
E D C
Well there’s a Peter Pan moon, sheherd’s delight
E D C
I got the dragon at noon, yes and I won the fight
E D C D
Now i want my reward in heaven tonight, just like you promised
E D C
Angel of mercy you’ll come to no harm
E D C
Angel of mercy, there’s no need for alarm
E D C
The knight in his armour wants a night in your arms
D
You know he’s honest
C G D G
Angel of mercy, angel delight, give me my reward in heaven tonight
C G
And if I give up my sword, won’t you give me the right
D
Sweet angel
Well now it’s too late for talkin’, we can talk later on
Let the saxophone play us till the chorus of dawn
And I need is a little oblivion, you don’t need protection
Well now here come the moonlight down on your bed
Angel of mercy let your heart rule your head
I don’t want your money, I want you instead
Don’t need rejection yeah
Angel of mercy, angel delight, give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won’t you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
D
Well, if you cross your heart
G
And spit and swear upon the grave of your mother
D C D
You gotta get into it, You gotta tell me that I’m more than a lower
(Solo over verse)
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won’t you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
(Solo over chorus)
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won’t you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
A-give me my reward in heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won’t you give me the right
Angel of mercy, give me heaven tonight
Portobello Belle
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Intro:
C
F
Belladonna’s on the high street
C F
Her breasts upon the offbeat
C F
And the stalls are just the sideshows
C F
Victoriana’s old clothes
C F
Yeah she got the skirt so tight now
C F
She wanna travel light now
C F
She wanna tear up all her roots now
C F C
She got the turn-up on her boots now
F
She thinks she’s tough
C
She ain’t no English rose
F
But the blind singer
C
He’s seen enough and he knows
Bb F C
He do a song about a long-gone Irish girl
Bb F C
But I got one for you my Portobello Belle
_
Single Handed Sailor
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Verse 1
Dm C Bb F
> Two in the morning dry-dock town
Dm C Bb – F
>The river rolled away in the night
Dm C Bb F
>Little _Gypsy Moth_ she’s all tied down
Dm C Bb – F
>She put her in the wind and the light
>
Verse 2
>Yeah, the sailing ship is just a-held down in chains
>From the lazy days of sail
>She’s just lying there, silent pain
>You lean on the tourist rail
>
Chorus 1
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb
>A mother and her baby and the College of war
C
>And the concrete grave
Dm C Bb F
>You never want to fight against the river law
Gm Bb
>Nobody rules the waves
> C A7 Dm
>Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Bb C
>Around the _Cutty Sark_
Dm C Bb F
>Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
>Sailing away in the dark
Guitar intro solo: Dm / C : G ( twice over)
Verse 3
>He’s up on the bridge on the self-same night
>A mariner of dry-dock land
>Two in the morning, well there’s one green light
>And the man on the barge is sayin’
>
Chorus 2
>’She’s a-gonna slip away below him
>Away from things he’s done’
>But he just shouts, ‘Hey man whatcha call this thing?’
>Could say, ‘Pride of London’
>
>On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
>Around the _Cutty Sark_
>Yeah, single-handed sailor go sailing
>Sailing away in the dark
>
After the intro repeat where the 4 long sustained notes as u wrote are played
in the following style…
Dm Dm C G
Slide / Slide / Plain / Bend (twice)
Follow me Home
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Oh well the sun go down
Celebration in the town tonight
G
All day long
D Em (Riff)
They been slaughtering upon the stone
Share out the meat
Yeah, you really like to eat
G D Em(Riff)
Come on woman, come follow me home
Well, the priest he cries
Virgin ascending to the skies tonight
All day long
I have passed my time alone
And when the church bell rung
I stayed out on the tower
In a dying sun
Now come on woman, come follow me home
Well I don’t no priest
But I love all of the people
Yes I share the feast
Si I drick up my wine
Yes and the song in my bones
I know the way
I can see by the moonlight
Clear as the day
Now come on woman, come follow me home
So Far Away
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
E B A E B E
Here I am again in this mean old town and your so far away from me
B E
Now where are you when the sun gos down and your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can’t see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
B E
I’m tired of bein in love and bein all alone when your sofar away from me
B E
I’m tired of makin out on the telephone cus your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can’t see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
B E
And I get so tired when I have to explain your so far away from me
B E
See you be in the sun and I be in the rain and your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can’t see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
Money for Nothing
Mark Knopfler & Sting
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
Gm7 / C
Gm7 / Bb C
Gm7 / –
Gm7 / F Gm7
Gm7 C
Now look at them yo-yo’s that’s the way you do it
Gm7 Bb C
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
Gm7
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
F Gm7
Money for nothin’ and chicks for free
Gm7 C
Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Gm7 Bb C
Lemme tell ya them guys ain’t dumb
Gm7
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
F Gm7
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
Eb Bb
We gotta install microwave ovens
Eb F
Custom kitchen deliveries
Gm7
We gotta move these refrigerators
C D E
We gotta move these colour TV’s
Gm7 C
See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Gm7 Bb C
Yeah buddy that’s his own hair
Gm7
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
F Gm7
That little faggot he’s a millionaire
Gm7 C
I shouldda learned to play the guitar
Gm7 Bb C
I shouldda learned to play them drums
Gm7
Look at that mama, she’s got it stickin’ in the camera
F C
Man we could have some fun
Gm7 C
And he’s up there, what’s that? Hawaiian noises?
Gm7 Bb C
Bangin’ on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
Gm7
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
F Gm7
Get your money for nothin’ and chicks for free
Gm7 C
Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Gm7 Bb C
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
Gm7
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
F Gm7
Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free
Gm7 C Gm7 Bb C
Money for nothin’ chicks for free
Gm7 F Gm7
Money for nothin’ chicks for free
_
Walk of Life
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
E A B A B
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A E
He got the action, He got the motion Yeah the boy can play
A E
Dedication, devotion Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin’ woman
E A
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
Here comes Johnny and he’ll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin’ shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin’ blues
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin’ woman
E
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
And after all the violence and double talk
E A
There’s just a song in all the trouble and the strife
E7 B A B E A B A B
You do the walk, you do the walk of life. Yeah, you do the walk of life
Your Latest Trick
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
C#m7 A / B B/A
G#m7 / Amaj7
F# F#/A / B B/A
G#7 / F#m9b5 G#7
E
All the late night bargains have been struck
F#m B A/C# B C#
Between the satin beaus and their belles
F#m
And prehistoric garbage trucks
D13(#11)
Have the city to themselves
G
Echoes roars dinosaurs
F# B A/C# B/D#
They’re all doing the monster mash
C#/E# F#m
And most of the taxis and the whores
D13(#11)
Are only taking calls for cash
A B
I don’t know how it happened
F/G# Aaug
It all took place so quick
A E/B E/G#
But all I can do
F#m/A B A/C#
is hand it to you
Bb/D# G#7
And your latest trick
F#m9b5
G#7 E
My door was standing open
F#m B A/C# B
Security was laid back and lax
C# F#m
But it was only my heart got broken
D13(#11)
You must have had a pass key made out of wax
G
You played robbery with insolence
F#m B A/C# B/D#
And I played the blues in twelve bars down Lover’s Lane
C#/E# F#m
And you never did have the inteligence to use
D13(#11)
The twelve keys hanging off my chain
A B
I don’t know how it happened
F/G# Aaug
It all took place so quick
A E/B E/G#
But all I can do
F#m/A B A/C#
is hand it to you
Bb/D# G#7
And your latest trick
F#m9b5
G#7 E
Now it’s past last call for alcohol
F#m B A/C# B
Past recall has been here and gone
C# F#m
The landlord finally paid us all
D13(#11)
The satin jazzmen have put away their horns
G
And we’re standing outside of this wonderland
F#m B A/C# B/D#
Looking so bereaved and so bereft
C#/E# F#m
Like a Bowery bum when he finally understands
D13(#11)
The bottle’s empty and there’s nothing left
A B
I don’t know how it happened
F/G# Aaug
It was faster than the eye could flick
A E/B E/G#
But now all I can do
F#m/A B A/C#
is hand it to you
B/D# G#7b10
And your latest trick
||:
C#m7 A / B B/A
G#m7 / Amaj7
F# F#/A# / B B/A
G#7 / F#m9b5 G#7
(to FADE)
:||
Why Worry
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
E / B7
E / B7
E / A F#/A#
B C#m7 / B C#m7
B
B / A B
E / A B A/C# B
E / A B
E / A B A/C# B
A B A/C# B / A B A/C#
Bno3rd / –
E B7 E
Baby I see this world has made you sad
B7 E
Some people can be bad
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
The things they do, the things they say
E B7 E
But baby I’ll wipe away those bitter tears
B7 E
I’ll chase away those restless fears
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
That turn your blue skies into grey
E A B E
Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
A B E
There should be sunshine after rain
A B E
These things have always been the same
A B E
So why worry now
A B
Why worry now
B / A B
E / A B A/C# B
E / A B
E / A B A/C# B
A B A/C# B / A B A/C#
Bno3rd / –
E B7 E
Baby when I get down I turn to you
B7 E
And you make sense of what I do
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
I know it isn’t hard to say
E B7 E
But baby just when this world seems mean and cold
B7 E
Our love comes shining red and gold
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
And all the rest is by the way
E A B E
Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
A B E
There should be sunshine after rain
A B E
These things have always been the same
A B E
So why worry now
A B
Why worry now
Bno3rd / Bno3rd
||:
Bno3rd / Bno3rd
Bno3rd/A / Bno3rd/A
:||
(Ad lib to FADE)
Ride Across The River
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers In Arms-
Em / D Em
Em D Em D
I’m a soldier of freedom in the army of man
Em D Em D
We are the chosen, we’re the partisan
G C D Bm G
The cause it is noble and the cause it is just
Bm C D Bm B
We are ready to pay with our lives if we must
C Am D-C-D Am-C-D
Gonna ride across the river deep and wide
Bm C D Em
Ride across the river to the other side
Bm Em D Em D
I’m a soldier of fortune, I’m a dog of war
Em D Em D
And we don’t give a damn who the killing is for
G C D Bm G
It’s the same old story with a different name
Bm C D Bm
Death or glory, it’s the killing game
C Am D-C-D Am-C-D
Gonna ride across the river deep and wide
Bm C D Em
Ride across the river to the other side
Em D Em D
Nothing gonna stop them as the day follows the night
Em D Em D
Right becomes wrong, the left becomes the right
G C D Bm G
And they sing as they march with their flags unfurled
Bm C D Bm
Today in the mountains, tomorrow the world
C Am D-C-D Am-C-D
Gonna ride across the river deep and wide
Bm C D Em
Ride across the river to the other side
_
Man’s Too Strong
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
Dm / C
Bb / Dm
Dm / C
Bb / Dm
Dm
I’m just and ageing drummer boy
C
And in the wars I used to play
Bb
And I’ve called the tune
Dm
To many a torture session
Dm
Now they say I am a war criminal
C
And I’m fading away
Bb Dm
Father please her my confession
G
I have legalised robbery
D
Called it a belief
G
I have run with the money
D
And hid like a thief
G
I have re-written history
D
With my armies and my crooks
D C Am7
Invented memories
D
I did burn all the books
Dm
And I can still hear his laughter
C Em Emsus2+4
And I can still hear his song
Em
The man’s too big
D C
The man’s too strong
C D/A / D C
C /
Well I have tried to be meek
And I have tried to be mild
But I spat like a woman
And sulked like a child
I have lived behind walls
That have made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I have never known
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man’s too big
The man’s too strong
Well the sun rose on the courtyard
And they all did hear him say
‘You always were a Judas
But I got you anyway
You may have got your silver
But I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds
And I gave them to your wife’
Oh father please help me
For I have done wrong
The man’s too big
The man’s too strong
_
One World
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
Can’t find no sleeves for my records
Can’t get no laces for my shoes
Can’t get no fancy notes
On my blue guitar
Can’t get no antidote for blues
Can’t find the reasons for your actions
Or I don’t much like the reasoning you use
Somehow your motives are impure
Or somehow I can’t find the cure
Can’t find no antidote for blues
They say it’s mostly vanity
That writes the plays we act
They tell me that’s what everybody knows
There’s no such thing as sanity
And that’s the sanest fact
That’s the way the story goes
Can’t get no remedy on my TV
There’s nothing but the same old news
They can’t find a way to be
One world in harmony
Can’t get no antidote for blues
_
Brothers in Arms
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
Intro:
G#m / E
G#m / E
C#m
Verse:
E F#
These mist covered mountains
B Bsus4 B
Are home now for me
D#m(A) G#m D#m
But my home is the low lands
E F#sus4 F#
And always will be
G#m D#m
Someday you’ll return to
E C#m7 F#sus4
Your valley and your farms
F# G#m
And you’ll no longer burn
E F#sus4 F#
To brothers in arms
G#m / E
G#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / C#m
G#m sus2 / G#m
D#m(A) E F#
Through these fields of destruction
B Bsus4 B
Baptisms of fire
D#m(A) G#m D#m
I’ve watched all your suffering
. E F#sus4 F#
As the battles raged higher
G#m D#m
And though they did hurt me so bad
E C#m F#sus4
In the fear and alarm
F# G#m
You did not desert me
E F#
My brothers in arms
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / C#m -E-F#
G#m sus2 /
G#m F# G#m F#
There’s so many different worlds
B E
So many different suns
F# G#m F#
And we have just one world
B E E
But we live in different ones
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / C#m -E-F#
G#m sus2 /
D#m(A) E F#
Now the sun’s gone to hell
B Bsus4 B
And the moon’s riding high
D#m(A) G#m D#m
Let me bid your farewell
E
Everyman has to die
G#m D#m
But its written in the starlight
E C#m F#sus4
ANd every line on your palm
F# G#m
We’re fools to make war
E F#
On our brothers in arms
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / E-F#
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / E-F#
Calling Elvis
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
intro:
B7
B7
Calling elvis – is anybody home
Calling elvis – I’m here all alone
Did he leave the building
Or can he come to the phone
Calling elvis – I’m here all alone
E7
Well tell him I was calling just to wish him well
Let me leave my number – heartbreak hotel
Oh love me tender – baby dob’t be cruel
F#7
Return to sender – treat me like a fool
B7
Calling elvis – is anybody home
Calling elvis – I’m here all alone
Did he leave the building
Or can he come to the phone
Calling elvis – I’m here all alone
B7
Why don’t you go get him – I’m his biggest fan
You gotta tell him – he’s still the man
Long distance baby – So far from home
Don’t you think maybe – you could put him on
E7
Well tell him I was calling just to wish him well
Let me leave my number – heartbreak hotel
Oh love me tender – baby dob’t be cruel
F#7
Return to sender – treat me like a fool
On Every Street
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
F/C C G/B C
There’s gotta be a record of you some place
Am G/B C
You gotta be on somebody’s books
F/C C G/B Esus4
The lowdown – a picture of your face
Am Em/G
Your injured looks
F C
The sacred and profane
F C/G G
The pleasure and the pain
C G/B Am Em
Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete
Dm Bb
And it’s your face I’m looking for
F/Bb C/G
on every street
Instr:
Am – / F G6 /
D Em / F Em7 /
Gsus4 G / Am(no3) /
Am(no3) /
F/C C G/B C
A ladykiller – regulation tattoo
Am G/B C
Silver spurs on his heels
F/C C G/B Esus4
Says – what can I tell you, as I’m standing next to you
Am Em/G
She threw herself under my wheels
F C
Oh, It’s a dangerous road
F C/G G
And a hazardous load
C G/B Am Em
And the fireworks over Liberty explode in the heat
Dm Bb
And it’s your face I’m looking for
F/Bb C/G
on every street
Instr:
Am – / F G6 /
D Em / F Em7 /
Gsus4 G / F/A Em/G /
D Em / F Em7 /
Gsus4 G / Am /
F Em/G D / Em F
Em C/G / G
Em/G D / Em
F Em C/G / G
When It Comes To You
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
/G /G /
/Dm /G /
/G /G /
/Dm /G /
G
If we can’t get along we oughta be apart
Dm7 G
And I’m wondering where’d you get that cold, cold heart
Set me free – sign my release
Dm7 G
I’m tired of being the villain of the peace
C7
You been giving me a bad time
G
Tell me what I’d do
How come I always get a hard time
F6 G
Honey when it comes to you
C7 G
Sayin’ things that you didn’t have to
How come I always get a hard time
F6 G
Honey when it comes to you
You only get one life – this I know
I wanna get my licks in now before I go
The fire of love is dead and cold
I gotta satisfy the hunger in my soul
And you been giving me a bad time
Tell me what I’d do
How come I always get a hard time
Honey when it comes to you
Sayin’ things that you didn’t have to
How come I always get a hard time
Honey when it comes to you
Fade To Black
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
D / A7+ A7
F / G
Bb6/7 / A7+
Dm(add9) / A7+ A7
Dm
I wonder where you are tonight
A7+ A7
You’re probably on a rampage somewhere
F
You have been known to take delight
G
In getting in somebody’s hair
Bb6/7
And you always had the knack
A7+ Dm
Fade to black
A7+ A7
Dm / A7+ A7
F / G
Bb6/7 / A7+
Dm / A7+ A7
Dm (to fade)
The Bug
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
E
Well it’s a strange old game – you learn it slow
One step forward and it’s back to go
You’re standing on the throttle
You’re standing on the breaks
In the groove ‘til you make a mistake
E
Sometimes you’re the windshield
A
Sometimes you’re the bug
E
Sometimes it all comes together baby
D A
Sometimes you’re a fool in love
E
Sometimes you’re the louisville slugger
A
Sometimes you’re the ball
E
Sometimes it all comes together baby
D A
Sometimes you’re going to lose it all
E
One day you got the glory
One day you got none
One day you’re a diamond
And then you’re a stone
Everything can change
In the blink of an eye
So let the good times roll
Before we say goodbye, because
You And Your Friends
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
Intro:
Gm / Gm
Cm / Cm
Gm / Gm
Cm / Cm
Solo:
(play twice)
Gm / Gm
Bb / G/B
Cm / Ab
Gm / Gm
Gm Bb G/B
Will you and your friend come around
Cm Ab Gm
Are you and your friend gonna get on down
Gm Bb G/B
Will you and your friend come around
Cm Ab Gm
Or are you and your friend gonna let me down
F Gm
If you talk to one another
F Gm
I’m a hungry man
F Gm
Let me know one way or the other
F C
So I can make my plans
(2nd as 1st)
Play after 2nd verse
Eb / Bb/Eb
C / C
Outro:
(repeat)
Gm / Gm
Bb / G/B
Cm / Ab
Gm / Gm
Heavy Fuel
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
HEAVY FUEL
E
Last time I was sober, man I felt bad
Worst hangover that I ever had
It took six hamburgers and scotch all night
Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right
C
‘cos if you wanna run cool
D
If you wanna run cool
C D
If you wanna run cool, you got to run
E
On heavy, heavy fuel
C
Heavy, heavy fuel
D
Heavy, heavy fuel
E
My chick loves a man who’s strong
The things she’ll do to turn me on
I love the babes, don’t get me wrong
Hey, that’s why I wrote this song
Iron Hand
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
Intro:
Bm
Verses (as first):
Bm A Bm
With all the clarity of dream
A Bm
The sky so blue, the grass so green
A Bm
The rank and file and the navy blue
Em A F#m
The deep and strong, the straight and true
Outro:
Bm
Ticket to Heaven
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
Intro:
D Bm7 G A
D Bm7 G A
D A
I can see what you’re looking to find in the smile on my face
G A G D
In my peace of mind In my state of grace
D A
I send what I can to the man from the ministry
G A D
he’s a part of heaven’s plan and he talks to me
D A
Now I send what I can to the man with the diamond ring
G A G D
he’s a part of heaven’s plan and he sure can sing
D A
now it’s all I can afford but the lord has sent me eternity
G A D
it’s to save the little children in a poor country
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A G D
I got a ride all the way to paradise
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A D
all the way to paradise
D
Now there’s nothing left for luxuries nothing left to pay my
A
heating bills
G A G D
but the good lord will provide I know he will
D A
so send what you can to the man with the diamond ring
G A D
they’re tuning in across the land to hear him sing
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A G D
got a ride all the way to paradise
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A D Bm
All the way to paradise
G A D Bm
All the way to paradise
G A D Bm
G A D
My Parties
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
MY PARTIES
Intro:
Em D/F# / G Em
Em D/F# / G
C D/F# / G Em
C D Em C B
Well this is my back yard – my back gate
Em C B
I hate to start my parties late
Em C B
Here’s the party cart – ain’t that great?
C D
That ain’t the best part baby – just wait
Em C D
That a genuine weathervane – it moves with the breeze
Em C
Portable hammock baby – who needs trees
D G Em G Em D/E Em
It’s casual entertaining – we aim to please
D G Em
At my parties
C D Em D C B
Check out the shingles – it’s brand new
Em Am B
Excuse me while I mingle – hi, how are you
Em D C B
Hey everybody – let me give you a toast
C D
This one’s for me – the host with the most
Em D / C B
Em / C B
Em D / C B
C / D
C D Em D C B
It’s getting a trifle colder – step inside my home
Em Am B
That’s a brass toilet tissue holder with its own telephone
Em D C B
That’s a musical doorbell – it don’t ring, I ain’t kiddin’
C D
It plays america the beautiful and tie a yellow ribbon
Em D C B
Boy, this punch is a trip – it’s o.k. in my book
Em Am B
Here, take a sip – maybe a little heavy on the fruit
Em D C B
Ah, here comes the dip – you may kiss the cook
C D
Let me show you honey – it’s easy – look
Em D C B
You take a fork and spike ‘em – say, did you try these?
Em C D
So glad you like ‘em – the secret’s in the cheese
G Em D/E Em
It’s casual entertaining – we aim to please
C D G Em
At my parties
Em D C B
Now don’t talk to me about the polar bear
Em Am B
Don’t talk to me about the ozone layer
Em
Ain’t much of anything these days, even the air
C D
They’re running out of rhinos – what do I care?
Em
Let’s hear it for the dolphin – let’s hear it for the trees
C D
Ain’t running out of nothing in my deep freeze
G Em D/E Em
It’s casual entertaining – we aim to please
C D G Em
At my parties
C D G
(do what you please)
The Planet of the New Orleans
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
THE PLANET OF NEW ORLEANS
Am / Fmaj7
Bbmaj7 / E9
F6 / E+
Am9 / Fmaj9
Bbmaj7 / E9
F6/7 / E7+
Am9 / Fbmaj9
Bb/D / E9
F6/7 / E7+
Esus4 / – (3 times)
Fsus4/A / –
Am(add9) / –
Fsus4/A / –
Esus4 / –
Fsus4/A / –
Esus4 / –
Esus4 / –
1st Verse:
Am(add9) Fmaj9
Standin’ in the corner
B E F6
Of Toulouse and Dauphine
E7+ Am9
Waitin’ on Marie Ondine
Am9
I’m tryin’ to place a tune
Fmaj7 B
Under a Louisiana moonbeam
F6/7 E7+ Am
On the planet of New Orleans
(2nd as 1st verse)
Chorus:
Am9
New Orleans – the other plantr
E7/A
With other life upon it
Am
And everythin’ that’s shakin’ in between
Am9
If you should ever land upon it
E7 F6/7
You better know what’s on it
E7+
The planet of New Orleans
(3rd verse as 1st)
Fmaj9 / B
E7 / F6
E+ / Am9
E7-10/ Am9
Fmaj7 / B
B /F6
E+ /Am9
repeat 4 times:
Esus4/A / –
Fsus4/A / –
How Long
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
D
How long, how long baby
D
How long has it been
D G
How long you gonna keep me wondering
D
How long before you see
Em A7 D
Stallin’ me was wroooong- how long
D
How long, how long you gonna keep
slappin’ my hands away
D G
How long you gonna keep my love at bay
D
How long before you’re sure
Em A7 D
my love is stroooong- how long
D
How long, how long you gonna keep
tellin’ me you like me fine
D G
How long until I’m gonna make you mine
D
How long before you wake(up)
Em A7 D
and find your good man goooone- how long
Em A7
goooone, how long….
Sailing to Philadelphia:
What It Is
Intro: f# f# E f# D E x4 ( f# A E ? )
f# A
Drink and dance are spilling out and staggering in the square.
D A E
There’s lads and lasses falling about and a crackeling in the air
f# A
Then around the dungeon doors the shutters and the queues.
D A E
Everybody’s looking for somebody’s arms to fall into.
f# f# E
It’s what it is,
f# D E
it’s what it is man.
f# A
Here’s frost on the graves and monuments but the taverns are warm in town.
D A E
People curse their government and shovel hot food down.
f# A
Lights are out in cityhall, the castle and the keep
D A E
moon shines down upon it all, the legless and the sleepless.
D A
Cold on the tollgate where the wagons creeping through.
D A E
Cold on the tollgate God knows what I can do with you.
f# f# E
Hmm that’s what it is
f# D E
that’s what it is now.
f# A
The garrison sleeps in the citadel with the ghosts and the ancient stones.
D A E
High on the parapet a Scottish piper stands alone.
f# A
High on the wind the howling runes speak of the ROLE?
D A E
And something from the past just comes and stares into my soul.
D A
Cold on a tollgate WITH the Caledonian BLUES
D A E
Cold on a tollgate God knows what I can do with you.
F # f# E
It’s what it is,
f# D E
it’s what it is now.
f# f#(A ? ) E
What it is,
f# D E
it’s what it is now
–SOLO–
f# A D A E
f# A D A E
f# f# E
f# D E / x2
f#
There’s a chink of light there’s a burning wick
A
there’s a lantern in the tower
D A E
Wee Willie winkey with the candle sticks still writing songs in the mean wee hours
f# A
On Charlotte Street they take a walking stick from my hotel.
D A E
The ghost of dirty Dick is still in search of little Nell.
f# f# E
It’s what it is
f# D E
same as intro x4
Who’s Your Baby Now
G
The rock you stood upon
G
Is broken up and gone
F C G
Hey baby, who’s your baby now
G
On the slipway of your dream
G
Stands someone else’s scheme
F C G
Hey baby, who’s your baby now
C F G
Your baby now, baby now
C D
Your baby now, your baby now
G
The ancient trade you ply
G
Ain’t enough to get you by
F C G
Hey baby, who’s your baby now
G
The yard is locked and closed
G
The old guard has been deposed
F C G
Hey baby, who’s your baby now
C F G
Your baby now, baby now
C D
Your baby now, your baby now
G aaaa
G
FCG
x2
C D
always had to be the kind
C D
To have to say what’s on your mind
C C D
And hey, you really showed ‘em how
C D
u..sed to…… laugh about
C D
How you used to dish it out
C C D
But hey, who’s laughing now
G
‘Cos the rock you stood upon
G
Is broken up and gone
F C G
Hey baby, who’s your baby now
Yeh the rock you stood upon
Is broken up and gone
Hey baby, who’s your baby now
The Last Laugh
A B
Don’t you love the sound
E
Of the last laugh my friend
A B
Don’t you love the sound
E
Of the last laugh at the end
A B
Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers
E D#m7b5 C#m
Down in the scuppers with the drunken sailors
A B
Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers
E B
But the last laugh, baby is yours
(NC) A B
And don’t you love the sound
E (NC)
Of the last laugh going down
(repeat etc)
El Macho
Em
Your date has gone home
Now you’re left on your own sweet own
Your tough-talkin’ friend
Split on you in the bitter end
G Em
And you look like a fine thing Jerry
G Em
Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry
Em
They say you’re a star
That’s what the boys all say you are
I don’t see much TV
So you don’t mean shit to me
G Em
But you look like a fine thing Jerry
G Em
Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry
Am D G
They got a name for people like you
C
Yeh they do
Am D B
And they got a name for people like me too
C B
El Macho, El Macho
Now they want you to sing
Don’t get shy or anything
The boys are all here
Gonna buy you another beer
‘Cos you look like a fine thing Jerry
Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry
El Macho, El Macho
Prairie Wedding
Intro: F – Eb – C9
C9 Bb9
We only knew each other by letter
C9
When I met her off of the train.
Bb9
When the smoke had cleared and the dust was still
C9
She was standing there and speaking my name
Bb9
Guaranteed she looked like an angel
C9
I couldnt think of what I should say
Bb9
When Adam saw Eve in the garden,
C9 F Eb C9
I believe he felt the same way.
C9 Bb9 C9
I handed her up on the wagon and loaded up a (trunk?) for her.
Bb9
She was sitting up there in the golden (air/hair?)
C9
I tried to get ahold of my mind.
Chorus:
F C9
Think you could love me Mary?
F Eb F
Think we got a chance of life?
C9 Bb9
Do you think you could love me Mary?
C9 F – Eb – C9
Now you oughta be my wife.
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