Mark Knopfler – Bad Day For A Knife Thrower (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] Dm G Gm G Dm G Gm G Bm [Verse 1]
Bm
Rain's like thunder on the canvas

                               A
It's been coming down hard all day

               G#m
You'll get the wea ther

        G
And the people all staying away

       Bm
On the old showground
On the edge of town
        A
And the wind buffeting the van

          G#m
Well, whatever

  G
I still don't have a plan
[Chorus]
Am7                  C
   Tried to call you once or twice

D
 Drawing a blank

Bm              A
  That thing we talked about

 G               Em
I need to see it in the bank

G                         D
Sitting like a dud in the fairground mud

Em            D
Everything is slower

            F      G
It's been a bad day

      Bb    G
For a knife thrower
[Instrumental] Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm [Verse 2]
         Bm
It was a pound a round in '64

                         A
With all us kids to feed

             G#m
They stuck together

        G
For whatever it was we'd need

F#m
Truth is he was flying

       A
On one enginе all the time

           G#m
Out on the racеcourse

          G
He knew a bookie in disorganised crime
[Chorus]
        Am7                C
When he couldn't pick up a payday

D
 Or anything else

     Bm
He'd have to come through

       A
With a tenner or two

G                  Em
Have a little bet against himself

G                         D
Sitting like a dud in the fairground mud

Em               D
Feel I'm sinking lower

            F      G
It's been a bad day

      Bb    G
For a knife thrower
[Instrumental] Bm A G#m G Bm A G#m Em [Outro]
G                         D
Sitting like a dud in the fairground mud

Em               D
Feel I'm sinking lower

            F      G
It's been a bad day

      Bb    G
For a knife thrower
Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m