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"WHY AYE MAN"
Mark Knopfler

Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramDmDm
|----------------------Verse 1----------------------------|
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We had no way of staying a float
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We had to leave on the ferry-boat
Chord diagramDmDm
Economic  refugees
Chord diagramDmDm
On the run to Germany
Chord diagramG+G
We had the back of Maggie s hand
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Times were tough in Geordieland
Chord diagramDmDm
We got wor tools and working gear
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And humped it all from Newcastle to here
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Chord diagramDmDm  (x4)
|----------------------Chorus 1-----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramF minorFm               Chord diagramG minorGm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramG minorGm               Chord diagramA#A#               Chord diagramC majorC
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramF minorFm               Chord diagramG minorGm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramG minorGm               Chord diagramA#A#
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
|--------------------------Solo 1----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm (x8 bars)
|-------------------------Verse 2----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm
We re nomad tribes, travelling boys
Chord diagramDmDm
In the dust and the dirt and the wrecking noise
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Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
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Mixing concrete, laying bricks
Chord diagramG+G
There s English, Irish, Scots, the lot
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United Nation s what we ve got
Chord diagramDmDm
Brickies, Chippies, every trade
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German building, British-made
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Chord diagramDmDm  (x4)
|----------------------Chorus 2-----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramF minorFm               Chord diagramG minorGm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramG minorGm               Chord diagramA#A#               Chord diagramC majorC
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramF minorFm               Chord diagramG minorGm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramG minorGm               Chord diagramA#A#
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
|--------------------------Solo 2----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm (x8 bars)
|-------------------------Bridge 1--------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G                                        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramF minorFm
Nae more work on Maggie s farm
Chord diagramDmDm                                               Chord diagramC majorC
Hidaway down the auto-bahn
Chord diagramG+G                                        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramF minorFm
Mine s a porta cabin bed
Chord diagramDmDm                                               Chord diagramC majorC
Or a bunk in a Nissan hut instead
|--------------------------Solo 3----------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramF minorFm
Chord diagramDmDm                   Chord diagramC majorC                   (x2)
|-------------------------Verse 3----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm     (x4)
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There s plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
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And German tarts are wunderschön
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German beer is chemical- free
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Germany s  alright with me
Chord diagramG+G
Some times I miss my river Tyne
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But you re my pretty Fräulein
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Tonight we ll drink the old town dry
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Keep wor spirit levels high
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Chord diagramDmDm  (x4)
|----------------------Chorus 3-----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramF minorFm               Chord diagramG minorGm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramG minorGm               Chord diagramA#A#               Chord diagramC majorC
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramF minorFm               Chord diagramG minorGm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Chord diagramG minorGm               Chord diagramA#A#
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
|--------------------------Solo 4----------------------------|
Chord diagramDmDm (x8 bars)
|-------------------------Bridge 2--------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G                                        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramF minorFm
Some times I miss my river Tyne
Chord diagramDmDm                                               Chord diagramC majorC
But you re my pretty Fräulein
Chord diagramG+G                                        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramF minorFm
Tonight we ll drink the old town dry
Chord diagramDmDm                                               Chord diagramC majorC
Keep wor spirit levels high
Chord diagramG+G                                        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramF minorFm
Some times I miss my river Tyne
Chord diagramDmDm                                               Chord diagramC majorC
But you re my pretty Fräulein
Chord diagramG+G                                        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramF minorFm
Tonight we ll drink the old town dry
Chord diagramDmDm                                               Chord diagramC majorC
Keep wor spirit levels high
|--------------------------Solo 5----------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramF minorFm
Chord diagramDmDm                   Chord diagramC majorC                   (x4)
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