Mr Solomons Said chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

F minorFm


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:
Bm7Bm7 B7B7 FF
Gm7Gm7 F7F7 F minorFm F7F7
Bm7Bm7 B7B7 FF C majorC F7F7


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:
F minorFm
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
F minorFm
You can bet Jack is never going back

To Frying Pan Alley
   F minorFm
Yeah, you can bet Jack is never going back

To Frying Pan Alley

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