Mark Knopfler – Madame Genevas (Guitar)

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Chords

Special chords D/A x04232 A/G 3x2222 F#* 244022 [Intro] Bm G Em A x4 Bm [Verse 1]
       Bm       A              Bm
I’m a maker of ballads right pretty

   Bm              A              Bm
I write them right here in the street

         D/A          A        G
You can buy them all over the city

G            F#m     Bm
yours for a penny a sheet
[Verse 2]
       Bm         A            Bm
I’m a word pecker out of the printers

Bm          A           Bm
out of the dens of Gin Lane

       D/A       A          G
I’ll write up a scene on a counter

      G          F#m        Bm     A
confessions and sins in the main, boys

    G            A           Bm
confessions and sins in the main
[Chorus]
             D/A        G      A   D
Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s

 G           D/A       A
keeping the demons at bay

         A/G         F#m7     Bm           Em
There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in

             A         F#*
but they’ll always be back

              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day

              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day
Bm G Em A x3 Bm [Verse 3]
           Bm      A         Bm
They come rattling over the cobbles

     Bm            A           Bm
they sit on their coffins of black

 D/A             A          G
Some are struck dumb, some gabble

      G      F#m        Bm
top-heavy on brandy or sec
[Verse 4]
     Bm           A            Bm
The pews are all full of fine fellows

         Bm        A          Bm
and the hawker has set up her shop

            D/A         A          G
As they’re turning them off at the gallows

           G      F#m              Bm     A
She’ll be selling right under the drop, boys

G             A         Bm
selling right under the drop
[Chorus]
             D/A        G      A   D
Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s

 G           D/A       A
keeping the demons at bay

         A/G         F#m7     Bm           Em
There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in

             A         F#*
but they’ll always be back

              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day

              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day
[Outro] Bm G Em A x4 Bm F#*