Mark Knopfler – Stand Up Guy (Guitar)
Capo 4
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Chords
D7/F# in the intro could be played like this: [x342xx]
The chords in (brackets) areen't chords, it's just notes.
For the transition to the 'There stands the bottle' line
Mark sometimes uses a crazy chords sequence like this:
[xxx00x] -> [xxx320] -> [xxx212] -> G| C | G/B C/G | G D7/F# | G |
G G Brew the coffee in a bucket G G/B C/G Double straight man and banjo C/G G If you don’t got the snake oil C/G D/F# Buster, you don’t got a show G D/F# Who puts the doh-re-me G In our pockets G G/B C/G Keeps the party going on? C/G It’s the man G Who sells the potions D/F# G I’m just one who plays the songs D/F# Now they generally buys D7/F# The bigger size G G (A) (B) They usually rub it in C G I drank it once, it tasted C/G D/F# Like grease and paraffin G D/F# G It’s mostly alcohol, okay G G/B C/G You can’t deny it’s strong C/G G We was going through the motions D/F# G (D) (E) (F#) ’til the doctor came along G Bm/F# C There stands the bottle G (D) (G) (F#) C/G Ladies and gentlemen G C/G All these bottles D7/F# Don’t have to tell you, friends G D/F# G These days, miracles G G/B C/G Don’t come falling from the sky C/G G C/G Raise your glasses to the doctor G D/F# G To a stand up guy
| C/G | G C/G | G D/F# | G |
G G When the monkeyshine is flying G G/B C/G And he’s promising the cure C/G He says the french G For your lovesick blues C/G D/F# La maladie d’amour G D/F# G He gets the chumps all laughing G G/B C/G But he gets a few to buy C/G Here’s to beefsteak G When you’re hungry D/F# G And whiskey when you’re dry D/F# D7/F# Now the band’ll blow their moolah G G (A) (B) Like sailors gone ashore C G Now we’re going to west helena C/G D/F# To gamble, drink and whore G D/F# Let’s you and me G G All make whoopee G/B C/G Here’s mud in your eye C/G G Here’s to all the gals you ever want D/F# G (D) (E) (F#) And heaven when you die G Bm/F# C There stands the bottle G (A) (G) (F#) C/G Ladies and gentlemen G C/G All these bottles D7/F# Don’t have to tell you, friends G D/F# G These days, miracles G G/B C/G Don’t come falling from the sky C/G G C/G Raise your glasses to the doctor G D/F# G To a stand up guy
| C/G | G C/G | G D7/F# | G |
G G There’s a big cheese with a cigar G G/B C/G Been sizing up the show C/G G He wants to get the doctor C/G D/F# Pitching on the radio G D/F# G I will make a switch to guitar G G/B C/G But the rules all still apply C/G G They want to trust somebody D/F# G (D) (E) (F#) Yeah, they want a stand up guy G Bm/F# C There stands the bottle G (A) (G) (F#) C/G Here’s to absent friends G C/G All these bottles D7/F# Dead soldiers in the end G D/F# G These days, miracles G G/B C/G Don’t come falling from the sky C/G G C/G Raise your glasses to the doctor G D/F# G C/G To a stand up guy G C/G To the doctor G D/F# G A stand up guy
| C | G/B C/G | G D7/F# | G |