Mark Knopfler – Secondary Waltz (Guitar)

Capo 5
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Chords

[Intro] G C G/B G D/F# G [Verse]
    G                         C  G
The school Christmas party is coming

                          C
We ain't doing rugby no more

               D          G  Em
MacIntyre's teaching us waltzing

G          C/G       G     C/G
out on the gymnasium floor

G          C/G       G
out on the gymnasium floor

G                      C  G
MacIntyre's out of the army

                                  C
You'll be slippered if you get it wrong

                D/F#
And MacIntyre's din

      G           Em
booms loud in the gym

          G            C/G           G   C/G
and we've only got our little shorts on

      G             C/G          G
We've only got our little shorts on
[Chorus]
         C/G
And it's one, two, three, two, two -

         G
we're all a disgrace

                     C
MacIntyre's tore us apart
And we danced with ourselves
             G        C
when we'd all found a space

G             C/G         G      C/G
waltzing with fear in our hearts

G             C/G         G
waltzing with fear in our hearts
[Instrumental] G C G/B C D/F# G [Verse]
          G                   C  G
Comes the day of the final manoeuvres

                            C
All of our heads are awhirl

                  D         G  Em
It's getting much closer to D-day

G                        C/G        G    C/G
This time we're going to do it with girls

G                        C/G        G
This time we're going to do it with girls

        G                    C   G
In the arena the ladies were waiting

                         C
a 12 year-old partner to guide

                   D/F#
Some matches were fixed

    G          Em
the rest of us mixed

      G            C/G         G   C/G
and a fat girl got left at the side

  G            C/G         G
A fat girl got left at the side
[Chorus]
         C/G
And it's one, two, three, two, two -

         G
we're all a disgrace

                     C
MacIntyre's tore us apart
And we danced with ourselves
             G        C
when we'd all found a space

G             C/G         G      C/G
waltzing with fear in our hearts

G             C/G         G
waltzing with fear in our hearts
[Instrumental] G C G/B C D/F# G [Bridge]
           C
When you come to my fights

          G
and I'm under the lights

                                C
and you see that my footwork is false
don't count me out
        G               C
at the start of the bout

         G         C/G       G    C/G
I'm just doing the Secondary Waltz

G         C/G       G
doing the Secondary Waltz
[Outro] G C G/B G D/F# G