Mark Knopfler – Mr Solomons Said (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am [Verse 1]
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One day Mr Solomons said

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There was a little black cloud over your head

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   Anyway you’ve received a threat

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Or so he understands

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I’m a country lad but I see it too

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   How much it’s got to you

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And now you’re slipping down

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Into the shadowlands
[Verse 2]
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   My life’s the fighting game

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I keep my cool, I stay the same

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   We never mind how bad it is

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In fact we like all your

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Showbiz shenanigans

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   And Jack wants to help you out

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Is what it’s all about

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With Mr Solomons
[Pre-Chorus]
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We like the flashbulbs, pop, pop, pop

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All the razzamatazz

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We like the big nights, the West End lights

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And all of that jazz
[Chorus]
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And you can bet
Jack is never going back
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To Frying Pan Alley

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You can bet Jack is never going back
To Frying Pan Alley [Verse 2]
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He signed me as a prospect, see

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Then something let go in my knee

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But I’m no clapped out punchateer

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Like some of the other ones

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Promoting’s all about the gate

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   Information’s worth its weight

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I’m the eyes and ears and it’s great

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With Mr Solomons
[Bridge]
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  Daytimes I’ll make the rounds
In every caff and every pub in this part of town
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There’s a mug or a pug

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And always someone blathering

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It’s gossip calypso all day long

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   Who’s the money going on

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Who’s been training wrong

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Got hurt or struggling
[Bridge 2]
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Well I might have a couple with a cornerman
The one with the sponge and bucket
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I’ve maybe got a bottle for a club doorman

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Tickets for a waitress in my pocket
[Instrumental] Dm7 G7 C Bm7 E7 Am A7 Dm7 G7 C F E7 [Verse 3]
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She said ‘It’s me or the ring, Jack’ years ago

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So he swapped his gloves for Savile Row

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   Jack’s no pushover though

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He likes that story told

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Behind the pinstripe buttonhole

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Behind the yellow rose

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Beats a heart of gold

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Now   he’s got me something new

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Which is to look out for you

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I said, ‘I’d be happy to, Mr Solomons’
[Verse 4]
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One day Mr Solomons said

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‘London, son, we have got some   hard pavements’

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There’s more to the man than the motto read

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On the wall above his head

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‘Winners win, losers make their  own arrangements’
[Outro]
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You can bet Jack is never going back
To Frying Pan Alley
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Yeah, you can bet Jack is never going back
To Frying Pan Alley
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You can bet Jack is never going back
To Frying Pan Alley
      Am
Yeah, you can bet Jack is never going back
To Frying Pan Alley Am