Mark Knopfler – Imelda (Guitar Solo)

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Chords

Note: On the verses, the song is generally played with the high E string open [Verse 1]
D           C         F            A# G
She's going shopping, shopping for shoes

D                 C         F         A# G
She want 'em in magenta and Caribbean blue

D            C          F         A# G    D
Platinum and buttercup, lilac and black

            C             F                A# G
They fill a bucket up and laugh behind her back
[Chorus]
D
Imelda, baby

D       C             G
Imelda, baby, what to do?

        C
All the poor people saying

          G                         D
That they got to quit paying for you
[Verse 2]
   D            C             F         A# G
In New York and Paris, on the Champs Elysee

D            C             F          A# G
They see her coming from a long, long way

           D                  C                F              A# G
Yeah, they clap their hands together when they get her in the store

    D           C           F           A#                  G
Oh, she's gonna want to get more, more, more, and more, and more
[Chorus]
D
Imelda, baby

D       C             G
Imelda, baby, what to do?

        C
All the poor people saying

          G                         D
That they got to quit paying for you
[Bridge]
G                        C G
Everyone's gone Jackie-O

          D
She was a regular here

   G                                 C G
We thought Madame would like to know

              Am                    A
We've got the blood red rouge right here
[Verse 3]
D                              C              F               A# G
Now, we've got all of Madame's requisites and all in Madame's size

         D              C              F            A# G
Madame's taste is truly exquisite, she must accessorize

          D             C          F             A# G
Yeah, the belts are alligator, the bags are kangaroo

D        C              F                 A# G
Enchante may I say, the jade was made for you
[Chorus]
D
Imelda, baby

        C             G
Imelda, baby, what to do?

        C
All the poor people saying

          G                         D
That they got to quit paying for you

              C
Yeah, all the poor people saying

     G
They got to quit paying for you

D
Imelda, baby

        C             G
Imelda, baby, what to do?

        C
All the poor people saying

          G                         D
That they got to quit paying for you

              C
Yeah, all the poor people saying

          G                         D
That they got to quit paying for you
[Outro] C G D D x10