Pale Imitation chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords with lyrics

Key: A augmentedA


| G+G Asus2Asus2 | G/BG/B Asus2Asus2 | Cmaj7Cmaj7 Asus2Asus2 | Em/GEm/G Asus2Asus2 |

| Asus2Asus2 |


Asus2Asus2    E/A     G+G       D6/F#
Once I went back and I stayed on the street
    A augmentedA       Amaj7Amaj7 F#m7add11
Where I used to live
  B minorBm
Got up in the morning
 G+G           E MajorE        Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Put on my boots and I crossed the road
      B minorBm
Stood in front of our house
     G+G          E MajorE   Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And went back to my tricycle times

    Asus2Asus2    E/A    G+G      D6/F#
At the end of the terrace I looked up the alley
   A augmentedA      Amaj7Amaj7 F#m7add11
And there he was
  B minorBm
A augmentedA little blonde boy
     G+G              E MajorE      Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
With a stick in his hands looking straight at me
    B minorBm
And if he wasn’t me
     G+G           E MajorE      Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Then my god, he was just like I used to be


   C#m7C#m7
We stared at each other
   Dsus2Dsus2    A/C#A/C#    E MajorE      Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E MajorE
But he stared me down and I looked away
C#m7C#m7
After a moment
   Dsus2Dsus2   A/C#A/C#    E MajorE
When I turned again he was gone


| F#F# | F#Maj7F#maj7 | E MajorE | G# minorG#m |
| F#F# | F#Maj7F#maj7 | D#m7D#m7 | % |
| G# minorG#m | % | E MajorE | % |
| C#C# | C#sus4C#sus4 | C#C# | % |

| F#F# | F#Maj7F#maj7 | E MajorE | G# minorG#m |
| F#F# | F#Maj7F#maj7 | D#m7D#m7 | % |
| G# minorG#m | % | E MajorE | % |
| C#5C#5 | E13E13 |
| E MajorE |

  Asus2Asus2    E/A   G+G       D6/F#
I don’t think I ever became half the man
    A augmentedA      Amaj7Amaj7 F#m7add11
That I used to be
   B minorBm
The warrior captain
   G+G            E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
The bold pirate king of the sea
 Asus2Asus2 E/A     G+G
Nobody does me like I do
   D6/F#      A augmentedA     Amaj7Amaj7 F#m7add11
Or that’s what they say to me
      B minorBm
But I’m a pale imitation
      G+G         E MajorE      Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
I’ve been keeping my secret safe with me


| G+G Asus2Asus2 | G/BG/B Asus2Asus2 | Cmaj7Cmaj7 Asus2Asus2 | Em/GEm/G Asus2Asus2 | repeat

| Asus2Asus2 |


CHORDS:
Asus2Asus2 = x0220x:
E/A = x0210x:
D6/F# = 2x020x:
Amaj7Amaj7 = x0212x:
F#m7add11 = 24420x:
C#m7C#m7 = 9x999x:
Dsus2Dsus2 = 10-x-12-9-10-x:
A/C#A/C# = 9-x-11-9-10-x:

F#F# = 2x432x:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 = 2x332x:
D#m7D#m7 = 2x132x:
E13E13 = 0-11-12-13-14-x: