Mark Knopfler

Accords et partitions

38 Special

G Fdd9 D5 C Dm/F

The fate of a roving gambler Is waiting down the bloodthirsty highway The highway is my home, I'm a rambler And I have to pay the devil every day

5.15 AM

D G A Bm Em

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5.15 a.m., snow laying all around A collier cycles home, from his night shift underground Past the silent pub, primary school, workingmens club On the road from the pithead, The churchyard packed with mining dead

A Night In Summer Long Ago

D A Bm7 E A7

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My lady may I have this dance ? Forgive a knight who knows no shame My lady may I have this dance ? And lady may I have your name ?

A Place Where We Used To Live

Fmaj7 Am E7 Cmaj7 E Dm7

[Verse 1] This empty kitchen's where I'd while away the hours Just next to my old chair You'd usually have some flowers

After The Beanstalk

C F G7 C7

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Time: 4/4 Key: Eb Major Capo: 3 fret * Blues in Eb Major

Ahead Of The Game

C Dm Bb G Am a

[Verse 1] It's nothing but the hits in a room downtown They're noisy as hell but nice People don't usually get to play in there More than a time or twice

All That I Have In The World

D C G Am

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Don't leave me, don't leave me I'm begging of you My precious, my only sweet girl Don't leave me, don't leave me I'll die if you do

All That Matters

A G D F# Bm

Well, I can't stop the pain When it calls, I'm a man And I can't stop the rain When it falls, my darling, who can ?

All The Roadrunning

C F G Am Dm

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A million miles our vagabond heels Clocked up beneath the clouds They're counting down to show time When we do it for real with the crowds Air miles are owing but they don't come for free

Are We In Trouble Now

D A7 G Bm Em7 D7

When we'd talk it over Love was a cry from a distant shore Then we found each other And all that we'd been searching for

Back On The Dance Floor

Am7 C D G Am7/E F

Hand me down my high roller Stetson Hand me down my smokeless .41 We?re gonna look so sharp when we walk in They?re gonna be jazzed we come

Back To Tupelo

A Bm Em7 G A7 D

Around the time of 'clambake' Movie number twenty-five You and the lying dutchman Are still in overdrive You're as strong as when you started

Baloney Again

Bm7 G Bm F# A D

We don't eat in no white restaurants We're eating in a car Baloney again, baloney again We don't sleep in no white hotel bed We're sleeping in a car, baloney again

Basil

F Am C C/G Dm Fmaj7

My Saturday job pays six and six down A copy boy at the Chronicle Five cigarettes and two silver half crowns Meeting Vince at Mark Toney's in town Boy, do we get around

Beachcombing

C F G D B/C Am

They say there's wreckage washing up all along the coast No one seems know too much, or got hit the most Nothing has been spoken, there's not alot to see But something has been broken, that's how feels to me

Before Gas And Tv

Am G6 Em F Am7 G

Before gas and tv Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Before people had cars We'd sit around the fires Pass around our guitars

Before My Train Comes

A G Bm Em E

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[Verse 1] That's my train coming, I can hear the whistle blow There's something you should know Before I leave you And I hang up my guns

Behind With The Rent

Am F C G Dm

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This didn't used to be me, old boy This isn't what I'd want Pulling old night fighters In a restaurant

Belle Starr

C G7 F G E Bb

The chords are played with an acoustic guitar (on the live version played by Emmylou On the record, you can hear a slide guitar, probably played by Mark Knopfler or Richard And a lead electric guitar, played by Mark Knopfler. I think that capos have been used Enrich the harmony. However, you can play it normally with the classic positions as given below. This is quite an easy song if you are familiar with this kind of rythm.

Beryl

G C Em D Bm Am7

When she got her Booker medal She was dead in her grave After all she gave After all she gave

Beyond My Wildest Dreams

G F C Bb Fm

C Csus2 C Didn't ask for much As maybe i ought've C Csus2 C But i'm staying in touch

Black Tie Jobs

C Dm G Am E Bb

[Verse 1] So sorry for your trouble Tell me to take a walk And I would understand Of course, it's good to talk

Blood And Water

G B7 Em A7 D7 Asus2/F#

Blood and water bound to overflow Blood and water bound to overflow Well there?s no more high water But the Old Man?s just waiting, I know

Bluebird

Dm Gm F Gm6 A7

Time: 4/4 Key: Eb Minor Capo: 1 fret * Minor blues in Eb

Boom, Like That

Gm Bb Cm Eb | F

I'm going to San Bernardino Ridididin Milkshake mix is thus my thing now These guys bought a heap of my stuff And I gotta see a good thing shooting up now Or my name is not Kroc, that's Kroc with a K

Border Reiver

Am F C G Dm

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Southern bound from Glasgow town, she's shining in the sun My Scotstoun lassie, on the border run We're whistling down the hillsides and tearing up the climbs I'm just a thiever, stealing time In the Border Reiver.

Broken Bones

Am7 C F G

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She likes a man with a broken nose Lucky for me, I suppose Shots coming in like the monthly bills Soon they'll be saying I'm over the hill

Camerado

Em D G Bm C F

Camerado See that cloud across the sun Ain't too many places left to run There was a time when we'd go anywhere the wind would blow Camerado

Cannibals

E B A

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Well he's daddy's little boy he plays with his toys He holds on to his daddy's hand His daddy says sonny you're a big strong boy You're gonna be a big strong man

The Car Was The One

G D Em A a d

Song: The Car Was The One Artist: Mark Knopfler Album: Get Lucky Open G tuning (DGDGBD)

Cleaning My Gun

B E Asus2 A D F#

Verse I keep a weather eye on the horizon, back to the wall I like to know who's coming through the door thats all It's the old Army training, kickin' in Asu2

Corned Beef City

C F G G/D Csus2 Csus4

So it ain?t too pretty Corned Beef City It ain?t too pretty Corned Beef City

Coyote

D5 G F e B D

[Verse 1] Look at me coyote Don't let a little road dust put you off You can't judge a book Well, you know that stuff

Daddys Gone To Knoxville

G A7 D7 C E7 B

Oh, you're gonna miss your daddy when he's gone When he's gone Yeah, you're gonna miss your daddy when he's gone When he's gone Daddy's gone down that gallatin road

Darling Pretty

A D C#m E D6 F#m

[Verse 1] It’s time to come away, darling pretty It’s time to come away on the changing tide Time to come away, darling pretty And I need you darling by my side

Devil Baby

G D F# C Em Am

[Verse] 1 The freaks'll stay together, They're a tight old crew You look at them, And they look at you I love the ballyhoo girl, But she don't care It's hard to find love anywhere, Hard to find love anywhere

Do America

D G A Bb C E

Take the 777 to the USA Gonna party all night I'm gonna sleep all day See New York City ‘cos I've never been New York City in a limousine

Done With Bonaparte

C G F Am Dm

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We've paid in hell since Moscow burned As Cossacks tear us piece by piece Our dead are strewn a hundred leagues Though death would be a sweet release And our grande armée is dressed in rags

Donegan's Gone

D Bm A F# G

Donegan's gone, lonnie donegan Donegan's gone Gone, lonnie donegan Donegan's gone Play that big grand coulee dam

Donkey Town

C F G Am

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I've been around in Donkey Town Too long, Baby, too long Checking out of Donkey Town So long, so long, so long.

Dont Crash The Ambulance

E Am F Dm B G

[Verse 1] Don’t often open up this floor, since I handed in my gun What all these keys are for, now my tour of duty’s done You got to know the switches, now you got your turn Watch and learn, junior, watch and learn

Dont Suck Me In

Em D C G A Bm

[Verse 1] She was dancing at the Lucky Spot Then she was at The Flame Then she went to the Red Rooster But the story was the same

Don't You Get It

G F Am C D E

Don't you get it I don't want to buy your car Don't you get it I don't want to buy it Don't you get it I don't want to buy your car Don't you get it I don't want to buy your car

Down The Road Wherever

G C Am7 A D Am

The trapper man’s in from the hinterlands Filth and grease on his clothes and hands From the outermost, the farthermost Comes riding in to the trading post

Dream Of The Drowned Submariner

G C Am F C/G Fmaj7

We run along easy at periscope depth Sun dappling through clear water So went the dream of the drowned submariner Far awa y from the slaughter

Drovers Road

G Am Em Fdd9 C/G Em7

It?s a drover?s road High up where ravens fly And soon I?ll lose my way And I won?t know

Early Bird

Bm D G A E7

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Got no books in my house Got no time for those No room in my closets Closets' full of clothes

El Macho

Em G Am D C B

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 And you look like a fine thing Jerry

Every Heart In The Room

D A C9 Em7 Bm D9

It doesn’t matter You’re hanging on To a dream D/A Asus4 To your own dream

Everybody Pays

B E A F#m C#m A6

I got shot off my horse so what ? i'm up again And playing in one of these big saloons on main You can come up here take a look around these sinners'dens You're only ever going to find one or two real games

Fare thee well Northumberland

C F G Cm Bb

Come drive me down to the central station I hate to leave my River Tyne For some damn town that's god-forsaken Fare thee well, Northumberland Although I'll go where the lady takes me

The Fish And The Bird

Bb C F Gm C5 Eb

Intro: Verse When I gave my heart to a tinker boy

The Fizzy And The Still

G Bb6 Cm

[Verse] G Cadd9/G Sunday morning, here we are Bb6/G Cadd9 The boy's come home

Floating Away

A Em B7 C E7 Em/G

It?s the weight I?m trying To get inside the frame I?ve been painting a fat man He?s big and fat and heavy

Follow The Ribbon

D G A Em F#m C

Like broken swords and shields Like the used up shells and bullets On a hundred battlefields When, I think of all the close calls

Get Lucky

G C/G C D/F# G7 D7/F#

Than I am with my mouth I work the fair grounds in the summer Or go pick fruit down south And when I feel them chilly winds

Go Love

Am F G Am7 D7sus2/A Am/G

I had to leave for certain I like to come back now and then Maybe I?m just retu - rning So I can leave again

Going Home

D G F# A Bm Em

Time signature: 4/4 and some 2/4 G#dim [4x343x] A#dim [6x565x]

Going Home Theme Of The Local Hero

G D A F# F#m Bm

Listen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfXUyQsmXRk (A Night In London | Official Live Video) This is a 4/4 bar |+---+---+---+---| This is a 2/4 bar |+---+---|

Golden Heart

G C D Em Am

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She was swinging by the bangles in a main street store A while before we met The most dangerous angles that you ever saw She spied her amulet And she took a loop of leather for around her neck

Good As Gold

F C7 A# F7 G9 C9

Beer and wine, waste of time What have you got handy Got any whisky, got any gin, have you got any brandy Beer and wine, waste of time What have you got handy

Good On You Son

Am7 Fmaj7 G C D5 Am

Flash goes a little hummingbird A darting, whirring thread At the screen door by his lemon tree Out here with the quick and the dead Designer blinds above L.A.

Got To Have Something

A5 D7 C5 E

Well if you ain’t got whiskey Don’t tell me that you ain’t got gin If you ain’t got whiskey Don’t tell me that you ain’t got gin Well I got to have something

Gravy Train

F# E B G#m C#

Well they fly past the ghettos and the factories Ridin' on the Gravy Train Leaving all the places that they really ought to brave Ridin' on the Gravy Train

Hard Shoulder

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Am7 G Dm7 C

[Verse 1] I've got latches for windows Handles for doors Grinders and scrapers And sanders for floors

Haul Away

G C/G D/F# Em C G/B

It was a windless night when you left the ship You never were a steady bold one I gave my hand, ah, but you did slip I?m a living man and you?re a cold one Haul away, haul away for home

Heart Full Of Holes

F G C Dm A(sus4)/Db G/C

You can tell me your troubles I'll listen for free My regulars trust me, it seems You can come and see Uncle To get through the week

Heart Of Oak

Cmaj7 D/F# Em G G/B C

And how he used to thrill the crowd The ready eye with bat and ball The village fighter, heavy browed The Englishman who had it all A mighty shoulder to the wheel

Heavy Up

G D A C B Am7

Your slack-jawed dimness is our loss Condemns us to your point of view Who could give a flying toss What you like to chill out to? And why should I lighten up for you

hill farmers blues

D Em C G Am

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H = hammer on P = pull off S = slide ^ = bend ½ ^^ = bend 1

Home Boy

C A# F Gm Am Dm

Home boy Not exactly on the road here Just growing on here Home boy

Hot Dog

C5 F5 Bb5 Bb G5

I'm coming off your cooking I'm coming off my food I'm staring down this hot dog And I'm in a fighting mood Hot dog, it's either your or me

Hot Or What

C Cm F G

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She came on the river With a gift for me I′m in way deep That's how it has to be It′s hot in the desert

I Dug Up A Diamond

Bm A D G

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[Verse 1] I dug up a diamond Rare and fine I dug up a diamond In a deep dark mine

I Used To Could

E A7 B7

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Time: 4/4 Key: E Major Capo: No * Major blues in E

If I Had You

E A B a F#m C#m

Oo-ooo if I had you, yeah the things that I could do Honey, if I had you Now I could sing like an angel, fly just like a bird Sing you the best love song you ever heard. I could be a poet like Mohammed Ali,

If This Is Goodbye

D A G D7

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My famous last words Are laying around in tatters Sounding absurd Whatever I try But I love you

I'm the Fool

C Cadd9 G F Csus4 F/A

I never thought I'd be the one To be the raging bull There'd always be a smoking gun Who'd up and loose his cool I never thought I'd have to say

Imelda

D5 G/B Cadd9 F Bb G5

Intro : She's going shopping shopping for shoes She wants them in magenta and caribbean blue

In The Sky

E A B

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Are you home from the sea My soul balladeer You've been away roaming Far away from here

Janine

F G C Am Dm Em

[Verse 1] It's the same old rodeo Whenever it appears The roughnecks and truck drivers Pipeliners and engineers

Je suis Desole

D Bm G A A/B E

We are leaving, leaving on the tide Come and stand beside me love the water is so wide You can hear the sailors calling at the dawning of the day Yesterday is falling love and je suis désolé, Je suis désolé Je suis désolé, mais je n'ai pas le choix

Junkie Doll

A D G C F# F

Turnpike Lane, Turnpike Lane You spiked my arm But you missed the vein Now it's all gone, but the scars remain Junkie doll, I was stuck on you my junkie doll

Just A Boy Away From Home

A7 D A D9 Esus4 C#7

When I was just a boy I?d be kicking a tin Take the short cut home through the loony bin I never gave much thought to the souls in there I was just a boy, too young to care

Just One Time

E B B7 F#m7 G#m F#m

[Verse 1] If I could see you just one time Oh, how it'd ease my troubled mind If I could hold you just one time And then pretend that you're still mine

Kill To Get Crimson

G C D F A Am

True love will never fade True love will never fade True love will never fade True love will never fade True love will never fade

Kingdom Of Gold

Am G D/F# Em F Asus2

The high priest of money looks down on the river The dawn coming up on his kingdom of gold When the rim of the sun sends an arrow of silver He prays to the gods of the bought and the sold

The Last Laugh

B A E D# C#m7 E7

Don't you love the sound E Esus4 E Of the last laugh my friend Don't you love the sound E Esus4 E

Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes

F C G Am Em Am7

Laughs and jokes And drinks and smokes And no lights on the stairs We were young, so young And always broke

Let It All Go

D C G Em Bm

When it's pop goes the weasel Let go of the easel You don't want This rickety rackety life

Lets See You

D A G Bm E C

[Intro] Tonight we pushed the boat out just a little too far for comfort Thought I'd get my order in Seeing as you asked and seeing as we're talking

Lights Of Taormina

G C D Em C/G D/A

There's laughter in the darkness Music floating in across the bay He's half listening and wondering How he could have let her slip away So long ago but still he wants to know

Lily Of The West

C G F Am B Em

When first I came to Ireland some pleasure for to find It's there I spied a damsel fair, most pleasing to my mind Her rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes like arrows pierced my breast And I call her lovely Molly O', the lily of the west

Long Cool Girl

G F Am7 D5/A G5 Cadd9/G

All I do is think of you As I go around the world All I do is think of you Long, cool girl

Long Highway

D G A Bm

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Verses: I heard a bell being toll Before the break of day And my name being called Down that long highway

Love and Happiness

E A B7 F#

Here's a wishing well here's a penny for Any thought it is that makes you smile. Every diamond dream everything that brings Love and happiness to your life. Here's a rabbit's foot take it when you go

Madame Geneva's

Am G F Dm C E

I'm a maker of ballads right pretty I write them right here in the street You can buy them all over the city Yours for a penny a sheet

Marbletown

D5 G B Am7 G5

[Verse 1] Roll out here mister, If you need a little rest G5 Fsus2 D5 Roll out here mister, If you need a little rest Lay me down in marbletown, a boneyard is the best

Matchstick Man

G D F# C Em B

So there he was then, Penzance to play Christmas Eve in a nowhere band Now early morning Christmas Day He’s hitching home to Geordieland

Metroland

G C F Am Em7 B

[Verse 1] Yearning we were yearning Green light blinding on the rail Burning we were burning And the line unwinding to the Holy Grail

Mighty Man

C Bb F F/C Am C/G

A room on the top floor And the chest all but knackered Two fingers not wo-rking And the back's shot to hell It's a lifetime of digging trenches

Miss You Blues

C F G F/C

Miss you blues, baby, miss you blues Miss you blues, baby, miss you blues You never used to look behind you, that isn?t what you?d do Didn?t leave a thing behind you but the miss you blues

Monteleone

Dmaj7 D D6 G6 A A7

[Verse 1] The chisels are calling It's time to make sawdust Steely reminders of things left to do Monteleone, a mandolin's waiting for you

My Bacon Roll

A G Em7 F#m7 Bm A7

I never got the elbow Just telling you Before you go Only telling you Just so you know

My Claim to Fame

C F G Am

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I wouldn't want to be a big deal I wouldn't want to be a celebrity > I spend my life building ships of steel > That's all there ever was for me

My Heart Has Never Changed

G C Gsus4 Cadd9 G/B D5

Something about the waitress Made me think about your smile I tip her a ten spot And I try to read her name I'm just an old long hauler

No Can Do

Am Am6 D9 E9

[Verse 1] Am A7sus4 Skint in a material world I did a warehouse stint for south sea girl Am A7sus4

No Wonder Hes Confused

A E D F#m B

Well, he's got to be assertive But never dominate But he's got to be receptive He understand he must relay And if you get too much protection

Nobody Does That

Dm7 G/A G9 F9 Eb9 A7/#9

I like the way you put yourself together Nobody does that quite the way you do I like the way you put yourself together Nobody does that quite like you

Nobodys Child

Bm F# A Em7 D G

The ragged kid Nobody wanted Left alone To ramble wild Long ago

Nobody's got the gun

C G F C/G G11 Am

Nobody's got the gun Nobody's trying to get the drop on anyone Nobody's standing out on Main Street with the sun blazing down

Occupation Blues

Am G C E7 F Dm7

I can get you what you want at the market As long as you have the price The colonel is the governor He steals from his own supply The Jail house is full of small fry

Oklahoma Ponies

C F G5 C/G F/A F/C

We're a badass band From the kick ass south Pizza goin' down the sofa A rockin' little band Got a record out

Old Pigweed

C D G Em Eb Ab

Artist : Mark Knopfler Title : Old Pigweed Album : The Ragpicker’s Dream Date: 2006-02-23 19.23 Transcribed by Viktor Ivemo

Once Upon A Time In The West

Am G D Dm F C

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Once Upon A Time In The West Mark Knopfler -Originally released on Communique- (organ intro)

One Deep River

D Bm G A F#m

[Verse 1] Now the highway is sleeping The plains are still The steel rails are silent Sun's going down behind the hills

One More Matinee

G C F Am Dm B

Here's one of the two of us In 1954 don't laugh I keep all of the pictures Are you going to take a photograph

One Song At A Time

Am F C Em G Fdd9

My whistle under the archways Still echoes down the street All the way back to Deptford days Nights down by The Creek

Our Shangri-La

E A F#m B G#m A6

It's the end of a perfect day For surfer boys and girls The sun's dropping down in the bay And falling off the world

Pale Imitation

E G A F# Bm C#

Once I went back and I stayed on the street Where I used to live Got up in the morning Put on my boots and I crossed the road Stood in front of our house

Piper To The End

C F Am G Em G7

When I leave this world behind me To another I will go If there are no pipes in heaven I’ll be going down below

Postcards From Paraguay

Am C E7 G F B/C

One thing was leading to the next I bit off more than i could chew I had the power to sign the cheques It wasn't difficult to do

Prairie Wedding

B A E D

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We only knew each other by a letter I went to meet her off the train When the smoke had cleared and the dust was still She was standing there and speaking my name I guarantee she looked like an angel

Precious Voice From Heaven

C F G Am Fmaj7 Em

Remember your skinny young folkster With his guitar and his greasy cap Do you still want your ageing hipster With his records and his trilby hat?

Privateering

Am G C F Dsus2

Privateering, we will go Privateering, Yoh! oh! ho! Privateering, we will go Yeah! oh! oh! ho!

Pulling Down The Ride

C Am F G Bb B

I've been under the motor, she's losing oil Running on lies and alcohol I'm going, boys I'm going Soon as we're done, we're pulling down the ride As soon as we're done, pulling down the ride.

Punish The Monkey

Dm Bb Am Gm C A

Verse They're driving long nails into coffins You've been having sleepless nights You've gone as quiet as a church mouse And checking on your rights

Quality shoe

F C7 Bb E/F Fmaj7 C7/G

***INTRO:*** ***VERSE:*** You got your toecaps reinforced with steel

Radio City Serenade

D A A/C# E F#m D/A

The sidewalks bound with steel Sitting on the sidewalk With a party to arrange May you never change

Raglan Road

G Em Bm C D Am

Verse On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day, I saw her first and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare That I may one day rue.

The Ragpickers Dream

F# D G Bm A DMaj7

When Jack Frost came for christmas Gadd9 With a brass monkey date The rail-king and the scarecrow Hopped a Florida freight

Rear View Mirror

Bbm7 F7 Bbm Bb F9 Ab

[Verse 1] Last I saw of you was in the rear view That rear view mirror of mine Last I saw of you was in the rear view mirror Getting so much smaller all the time

Redbud Tree

Bm D A7 G6 Em/G B

Hunted down I came upon A place of ferns and grass Gathered to a redbud tree And now their footsteps pass

Remembrance Day

G Bm Em D F# A

[Verse 1] On your maypole green See the winding morrismen Angry Alfie, Bill and Ken Waving hankies, sticks and books

Restless Farewell

C F Am G Em

[Verse 1] Oh, all the money that in my whole life I did spend Be it mine right or wrongfully I let it slip gladly through the hands of my friends To tie up the time most forcefully

Right Now

G#m D# C# B F# Em

Side by side in a stranded car C#sus2 G#m Right now, baby right now And it’s too dark to see

River Of Grog

Em G B7/F# B7 C/G Am

By day I sell them my soul I work like a mole Under the shop By night I?ll drink in the cold hole But down in the nine-foot drop

River Towns

G Gadd9 C/G Em7 Cmaj7/G

I came in three days early To meet my boat It ain't the life of Riley But it's keeping me afloat

Rollin On

Am C F G a

Artist : Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris Track : Rollin On Album : All the Roadrunning Tab By : G Barnes (UK)

Sailing To Philadelphia

D G C Em Am Bm

I am Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy A glass of wine with you, sir And the ladies I'll enjoy All Durham and Northumberland

Sands Of Nevada

Am G C BbMaj7 F

These tables are haunted By the ghost of Las Vegas Their chips were once mountains But they came here to play

The Scaffolders Wife

Bm D E G A F#

[Verse 1] The scaffolder's wife Driving out of the yard With a face that's as hard As a scaffolder's bar -

Scavengers Yard

Am E C G F

[Verse 1] I closed my eyes and made a wish Lord, don't let me lose this fish Scored myself a genuine squillionaire I'm the drawing room boy with the pinky ring

Seattle

C F Dm Am Bb6/9 C/B

Above the bar the TVs are showing the game But we're not watching it, we're hardly focussing Through the windows in the fading day 1st Avenue is turning grey

Secondarty Waltz

C F G

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The school Christmas party is com-ing We ain't doing rugby no more McIntyre’s teaching us waltz-ing Out on the gymnasium floor Out on the gymnasium floor

Shangri-La

E D A G Em B

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Silver Eagle

C/G G Em D/F# Cmaj7/G Am7

It was so late and she'd be sleeping He came through her home town With the moonlight on the crossroads And the green light shining down And the bell at the railroad crossing

Silvertown Blues

Bb Dm C Gm F Am

Artist : Mark Knopfler Track : Silvertown Blues Album : Sailing to Philadelphia (released 2001) I Am : Mohamed Hassan..from Egypt

Sky And Water

D A G Bm

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[Verse 1] There’s only sky and water As far as we can see You came in a dream last night Dear heart, you spoke to me

Skydiver

C G F Dm G7 G6

I’ve been banned from every racecourse in the country There’s something about the unsure thing Like scoring with a beauty of the county It always makes the old bell ring

Slow Learner

Bb7 Bmaj7 Gbmaj7 Ebm Bbm7 Abm7

Bbm7add11 Bmaj7 Gbmaj7 People say ‘Where have you been?’ Or ‘Where did you go?’ I’m a slow learner I do everything slow

Small Potatoes

Db Fm Ab Eb Bb C

You can hire and fire, wheel and deal Run your streets with a fist of steel But you're small potatoes Strictly nickel and dime, nickel and dime Small potatoes, small time

Smart Money

G C F Am Em Dm

[Verse 1] The Santa Ana's been kicking up sand All the way from Utah to La La Land Sways the fairy lights up in her boughs The finger-lickers who test the blow

So Far From The Clyde

Am F G C Em Dm

Capo: 1 Tempo: 140 Time Signature: 3/4 (Actually 6/8 mixed with 9/8, but you can count to three for each chord)

Someday

Dm G C Bb

Someday she’ll be here, that’s a fact Someday she’ll be comin’ right back Maybe I’m dreamin’, I hope it’s not so Someday she’s comin’-- back I know You know I’m ready to see her again

Song For Sonny Liston

A G F# F D

[Verse 1] So many mouths to feed on the farm Sonny was the second to the last one born His mamma ran away and his daddy beat him bad And he grew up wild good love he never had

Speedway At Nazareth

A G F Em D C

After two thousand came two thousand and one To be the new champions we were there for to run From springtime in Arizona ‘til the fall in monterey And the raceways were the battlefields and we fought’em all the way

Stand Up Guy

B E F#7 B7 Ebm F#

Verse 1 Brew the coffee in a bucket, double straight man and banjo If you don't got the snake oil, buster, you don't got a show Who puts the doh-re-me in our pockets keeps the party going on? It's the man who sells the potions, i'm just one who plays the songs

Storybook Love

D G A7 C A

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Come my love, I'll tell you a tale Of a boy and girl, and their Love Story And how he loved her, oh so much And all the charms she did possess

Stretching Out

G C B Abm Am F

Key: A-flat Minor Time: 4/4 TUNING: Half-Step Down, but can be played in a standard tuning CAPO: No, but in a standard tuning can be played with a capo

Sucker Row

C Bb Dm F G B

Somebody's gotta crack a whip around here Who's minding the store? Shake it up sell some beer What's your money maker for?

Summer Of Love

Em Am C B

[Verse 1] Daddy says I'll never get the roadster What does he know I just can't make it here in Squaresville Daddy-O Pretty on the inside and the out

Sweeter Than The Rain

Bm A F#m G D F#

Who didn't want to know I take my orders, ask few questions It's no real life for a decent man Few clear-cut lines or regulations Low on prospects and future plans

Tall Order Baby

G C D F

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Well, give me a little loving in the morning, I want a little loving while I sleep, But you want to get a loving in the evening When I want to get some loving in the day. I tell her that I working in the morning

Terminal Of Tribute To

G C D/A F Am Am/G

On the road again in cabaret Grey hair and Fenders Old ghosts revisited today No original members

This Is Us

A D C Cmaj7 E B7

[Verse 1] This is us down at the Mardi Gras This is us in your Daddy's Car You and the missing link Yeah, I'd had a little too much to drink, now

This is Us (and Emmylou Harris )

C# F# G# E

This is us down at the Mardi Gras This is us in your daddy?s car You were the missing link Had a little too much to drink Too long in the sun havin? too much fun

This Ones Not Going To End Well

D G A Bm C G#

[Verse 1] This one's not going to end well But after he's gone, the traders will trade Fliers will fly, seafarers will ride on the swell Shading their eyes in the glare of the sun

Time In The Sun

A D C Em G

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Verse 1: Everybody wants their time in the sun Time in the sun You've got it now your time in the sun Time in the sun

Time Will End All Sorrow

G C/G G/B C D/F# Em

The campfires have been lit along the river You wouldn't know of trouble anywhere Someone is playing a concertina Some old familiar air

Today Is Okay

Em A D Bm B

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[Verse 1] Well, we like to have some friends around Do the twist to Ray Charles and James Brown After lunch I'll maybe take a nap I like a nap before a scrap

Tracker

G C F Am D F#

Laughs and jokes And drinks and smokes And no lights on the stairs We were young, so young And always broke

Trapper Man

Am7 C C/G F G Dm

The trapper man?s in from the hinterlands Filth and grease on his clothes and hands From the outermost, the farthermost Comes riding in to the trading post

The Trawlerman's Song

G Am D Em C B

We're taking on water, diesel and stores Laying up awhile before I'm back on board They're patching her up To go fishing again, fishing again They're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel

True Love Will Never Fade

C F Dm G7 G Am

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True love will never fade, True love will never fade True love will never fade, True love will never fade True love will never fade

Tunnel 13

Bm A E G D Em

[Verse 1] In the Siskiyou Mountains, the old railroad winds Through the golds of the maples and the green of the pines Up to Tunnel 13, the Southern she climbs And three bandits waiting with evil in mind

Two Pairs Of Hands

Em C G B7

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Mark Knopfler - Two Pairs Of Hands From the One Deep River Album (2023). [Intro]

Two Skinny Kids

G F C Fmaj7 Am Am7

[Verse] The Everly Brothers are back in town my friend Will they ever be, they may never be back again? First time around They all loved their sound

Vic And Ray

A7 G/B A7/C# Em C D

Now this is a very tricky one, so I'll start at once Intro: A dirty motor with London plates

Wanderlust

D F#m A C# E G

Big black cloud On a yellow plain Sure enough it Looks like rain Packin' up all our

Watch Me Gone

F C Dm Bb G a

[Chorus] But I'd already left the hallway with broken lights Some dingy landin' we used to tumble from Where the stairs were cracked and worn, whatever Watch me go, babe, watch me gone

Water Of Love

D G Am Am7

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High and dry in the long hot day Lost and lonely every way Got the flats all around me sky up above Yes I need a little water of love I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain

The Way It Always Starts

E B A Gbm Abm

So tell me why should it have to be this way Why can't it be all right Why can't I sleep at night? Why should it have to be this way? Why must there be this price to pay?

We Can Get Wild

Bm D G C

We're old enough for leaving home, The old joanna and the old trombone, It's all going on, I'm growing my sideboards long, Hey you and me

What have I got to Do

F C Bb Dm Am

What have I What have I got What have I got to do To win your love Maybe never

What It Is

D E F#m A a e

[Verse] The drinking dens are spilling out and staggering in the square There`s lads and lassies falling about and a crackling in the air Down around the dungeon doors, the shelters and the queues Everybody`s looking for somebody`s arms to fall into this way...

When You Leave

Em F# B7 D Am G

When you leave There’s cordite in the air B7/F# Emadd9 Emadd9 F#m7b5 A ringing in the stillness B7/F# Emadd9 Emadd9 Emadd9

Wherever I Go

G C Cadd9 D5/F# Csus2 D5

Maybe I'm bound to wander From one place to the next Heaven knows why But in the wild blue yonder Your star is fixed in my sky

Whoop Dee Doo

E G# C#m Am B A

If I'm over the moon It's because I'm over you A day at a time And I'm tickety-boo I don't carry on

Who's your baby now

G C F D

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The rock your stood upon Is broken up and gone Hey baby, who's your baby now

Why Aye Man

Dm Gm C F Bb D5

|----------------------Verse 1----------------------------| We had no way of staying a float We had to leave on the ferry-boat Economic refugees On the run to Germany

Why Worry

D A G

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[Verse 1] Baby - I see this world has made you sad Some people can be bad Things they do, the things they say But baby - I'll wipe away those bitter tears

Yon Two Crows

F C Am C/G G Am6

<u>Ammaj7</u> Pennies from heaven Don?t make me laugh Here all you?ll get Is the pattering rain

You don't know you're born

C Bb Dm G

What do you know about the hammer and the spike What do you know about the farm You don't know You don't know what it's like Because you don't know

Your own sweet way

G Dm F Bb Gm

You'll go your own sweet way You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way

Your Perfect Song

C F G7 G7sus4 G G/B

Ever certain ever strong Your song the perfect song Like a bright star shining on Your perfect song