Don't Crash The Ambulance chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
| A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B | A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B |
| A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B | A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B |

Verse 1:
A minorAm                 E MajorE
  Don’t often open up this floor,  since I handed in my gun
E MajorE               A minorAm               Am/GAm/G
What all these keys are for,   now my tour of duty’s done
FF       Am/E       DmDm         Dm/C
 You got to know the switches, now you got your turn
Dm/B           E MajorE           A minorAm
Watch and learn, junior,   watch and learn

Interlude:
| A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B | A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B |

Verse 2:
   A minorAm               E MajorE
Now you will get your trouble spots,  here’s one from down voodoo way
E MajorE                    A minorAm             Am/GAm/G
Bragged he had me by the you-know-whats,  very funny, you don’t say
FF         Am/E  DmDm        Dm/C
The big enchilada,    stealing elections
Dm/B          E MajorE
Had to go down there,    trash collection

Bridge:
FF            E MajorE      A minorAm            Am/GAm/G
 Got his cojones on my desk in there,  made into a souvenir
FF         E MajorE          A minorAm               Am/GAm/G
Set of cufflinks, nice pair,  the rest of him’s someplace up here
FF       Am/E     DmDm
Sometimes you got to put a shoulder to the door
 C majorC          E MajorE
Not so fast, junior,  listen to your Pa

Chorus:
FF     Am/E      DmDm
Here, son,   I’m handing over to you
 C majorC            G+G E MajorE        A minorAm
Don’t crash the ambulance,   whatever you do

Interlude:
| A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B | A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B |

Verse 3:
 A minorAm                  E MajorE
What we have here’s a dung hole place,  thought it was fly shit on the map
E MajorE            A minorAm             Am/GAm/G
Fat bastard, ugly face,   and the personal crap
FF          Am/E        DmDm        Dm/C
You can’t move the barriers, You can’t mess with oil and gas
Dm/B                   E MajorE
Had to go down there,  stick a couple,  aircraft carriers in his ass

Bridge:
 FF      E MajorE          A minorAm              Am/GAm/G
Fancy dress, medals chest, it’s all in here for all the gigs
 FF     E MajorE         A minorAm          Am/GAm/G
Gas mask, bullet-proof vest,  all the usual rigs
FF            Am/E   DmDm           Dm/C
There’ll be things they missed,   they didn’t mention
Dm/B                E MajorE               A minorAm
You’ve even got a whistle in there,  for attracting attention

Interlude:
| A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B | A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B |

Verse 4:
 A minorAm                 E MajorE
Well, I think you’re gonna be okay, son,  you’ve had the tour, I guess
E MajorE               A minorAm                Am/GAm/G
These two buttons, by the way,  this one I hope you never press
FF     Am/E          DmDm        Dm/C
Some holy fool, just watch, who’s not like you or me
   Dm/B                  E MajorE
That one’s the whole shooting match right there, it’s the whole shitaree

Verse 5:
  A minorAm                 E MajorE
We don’t forget who put us here, Jack,   that’s page one
  E MajorE                A minorAm              Am/GAm/G
We talk soft but carry a big stick,  and pack the biggest gun
FF       Am/E   DmDm         Dm/C
We don’t like accidents,   major or minor
      C majorC             E MajorE
You don’t want yourself an incident, don’t ever invade China

Chorus:
 FF    Am/E       DmDm
Here, son,   I’m handing over to you
 C majorC            G+G E MajorE
Don’t crash the ambulance
 FF    Am/E       DmDm
Here, son,   I’m handing over to you
 C majorC            G+G E MajorE          A minorAm
Don’t crash the ambulance,     whatever you do

Outro:
| A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B | A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B |
| A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B | A minorAm FF | E MajorE E/B |
(Fade out)