Dire Straits – Portobello Belle (Guitar Acoustic)

Capo 5 Video Lesson
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C/G x02010 Fmaj7 xx3210 [Intro] G G [Verse 1]
G                    C/G
Bella donna's on the high street

G                    C/G
Her breasts upon the off beat

G                           C/G
And the stalls are just the side shows

G            C/G
Victoriana's old clothes

G                     C/G
And yes her jeans are tight now

G                 C/G
She got to travel light now

G                          C/G
She got to turn up all her roots now

G                         C/G
She got a turn up for the boots now
[Chorus]
G   C/G
She thinks she's tough

                     G
She ain't no English rose

        C/G
But the blind singer

                        G
He's seen enough and he knows

        Fmaj7                C/G       G
Yes and he do a song about a long-gone Irish girl

       Fmaj7            C/G               G
Ah but I got one for you,   Portobello Belle
[Verse 2]
G                       C/G
She sees a man upon his back there

G               C/G
Escaping from a sack there

G               C/G
And Bella donna lingers

G                       C/G
Her gloves ain't got no fingers

G                           C/G
Yeah, the blind man sing in Irish

G                     C/G
He get his money in a tin dish

G                 C/G
Just a corner serenader

G                    C/G
Upon a time he could have made her, made her
[Chorus]
G   C/G
She thinks she's tough

                     G
She ain't no English rose

        C/G
But the blind singer

                        G
He's seen enough and he knows

        Fmaj7                C/G       G
Yes and he do a song about a long-gone Irish girl

       Fmaj7            C/G               G
Ah but I got one for you,   Portobello Belle
[Verse 3]
G                           C/G
Yes and the barrow boys are hawking

G                   C/G
And the parakeet's squawking

G                       C/G
Upon a truck there is a rhino

G                       C/G
She get the crying of a wino

G                            C/G
And then she hear the reggae rumble

G                    C/G
Bella donna's in the jungle

G                    C/G
But she is no garden flower

G                           C/G
There is no distress in the tower
[Outro]
C/G
Bella donna walks

                     G
Bella donna taking a stroll

          C/G                                      G
She don't care about your window box or your buttonhole

            Fmaj7               C/G       G
Yes and she sing a song about a long-gone Irish girl

        Fmaj7           C/G             G
Ah but I got one for you,    Portobello Belle
[Instrumental] C/G G C/G G x6 Mark W