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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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