Mark Knopfler – Floating Away (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

* Play 1st fret of 5th string followed by an open D at asterisks F#m7b5 [2x221x] Gadd9/B [x2023x] Bm7b5 [x2323x] Am/E [0x221x] B7b9/F# [2x121x] G7 [32300x] | Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A | x3
          Em
It’s the weight I’m trying

    A               Em
To get inside the frame

           A            Em    A  Em/G  A
I’ve been painting a fat man

      Em              A     Em
He’s big and fat and heavy

      A   *      B7  F#m7b5  B7  B7
As a man can be

                C            C/G  Gadd9/B  G/B  Bm7b5
But he’s been floating away

               E7  E7  Am
Floating away

            D/F#                 Gadd9  G  B7
He’s been floating away from me

        Em        A              Em
In the mirror my withering skin

       A      Em      A  Em/G  A  Em
Is a thorny pleasure

            A
I stand unflinching

       Em         A    *     B7   F#m7b5  B7 B7
And I mark each crease and sting

     C    C          Gadd9/B
My brush my wooden flail

 G/B          Bm7b5  Bm7b5  Esus4  E7  Am7
My ancient thresher

                F#m7b5
As unforgiving time

  Am/E       B7   B7b9/F#  B7  B7
Flays everything
| Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A | | Em A | Em A * | B7 F#m7b5 | B7 | | C | Gadd9/B G/B | Bm7b5 | E7 | | Am | D/F# | Gadd9 G | B7 |
           Em
It’s the truth I’m trying

    A               Em
To get inside the frame

         A             Em      A  Em/G  A
Now I’m painting myself naked

       Em             A
But I need a pair of boots

          Em       A     *      B7  F#m7b5  B7  B7
About as heavy as boots can be

            C            C  Gadd9/B  G/B  Bm7b5
Or I’d be floating away

               E7  E7  Am
Floating away

         D/F#                 Gadd9  G  G
I’d be floating away from me
C
            D           G/B        C  Am  D/F#
And every thorn sends thistledown

         G7          G7
Drifting all around

      C            Gadd9/B  G/B  Bm7b5
And floating away

               Esus4  E7  Am
Floating away

  D/A                  G  B7
Floating away from me
| Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A | Fade Out