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