38 Special chords by Mark Knopfler

• Tuning: Dropped D

Key: Ab Major
Time: 4/4


TUNING: Dropped D
CAPO: 1


G...................[55000x]
Fadd9...............[33301x]
D5..................[00023x]
Dm/F................[3x023x]
Csus4...............[x3301x]


| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G | x2

     G                Fadd9
The fate of a roving gambler
     G                D5
Is waiting down the bloodthirsty highway
     G                         Fadd9
The highway is my home, I?m a rambler
       G               D5          G
And I have to pay the devil every day

       G                                Fadd9   G
Now if I should owe a friend a million dollars
             D5           G
He knows my guarantee is sound
    G                         Fadd9
If we should get hijacked by robbers
            G            D5          G
There?d be no big money laying all around


C
          Csus4  C      G
I may be gone   to the devil
    G                         Dm/F
But I ain?t rollin? over for you
    G                           Fadd9
If you?ve got a pistol in your pocket
             G    D5     G
I?ve got my .38 Special too


| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G | x2


         G                             Fadd9
Are you dancing for the payers of the piper?
         G                    D5               G
Are you jumping through your party hoops for them?
     G                     Fadd9
You won?t see any nine to fivers
        G            D5             G
At the tables of my poker playing friends

    G                            Fadd9
So take your politician or your banker
 G                  D5               G
Take your friendly health insurance man
   G                        Fadd9
I never met a cold hearted gambler
       G           D5               G
Could carry off a hustle like they can


C
          Csus4  C      G
I may be gone   to the devil
      G                        Dm/F
But I ain?t rollin? over for you
    G                           Fadd9
If you?ve got a pistol in your pocket
             G    D5     G
I?ve got my .38 Special too


| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G |
| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G |
| C | G | G | Dm/F |
| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G |