Chess chords by Mark Knopfler

🎸 Intro:

G#m
G#m B#m7 G#m Cm Bm
G#m B#m7 G#m Bm B C B G#m


🎸 Verse 1:
G#m                     B#m7       G#m
The boys play cards and they don't care
                       Cm      Bm
A breeze blows in from off the sea
G#m                   B#m7  G#m
It's warm outside but I'm  aware
     Bm      B    C   B        G#m
It's neither here nor there to me
      F        B7           B
I can hear the cooks in the kitchen
    Cm         F      Bm
The sprinklers on the lawns
G#m                       B#m7      G#m
My knights out there have both been pitching
Bm     B    C     B
I have sacrificed a pawn
     G#m
It's chess

🎸 Bridge:
G#m B#m7 G#m Cm Bm
G#m B#m7 G#m Bm B C B G#m


🎸 Verse 2:
G#m                  B#m7      G#m
A little mouse could trip that wire
                   Cm Bm
You won't be going anywhere
G#m                   B#m7  G#m
Your noble house will be on fire
    Bm          B       C  B   G#m
And you trapped in that golden chair
   F       B7      B
Surrounded by your works of art
    Cm          F         Bm
The flames will Do their worst
    G#m              B#m7   G#m
You may be rich, you may be smart
Bm      B     C    B
But the truth will finish first
     G#m
It's Chess


🎸 Bridge:
G#m B#m7 G#m Cm Bm
G#m B#m7 G#m Bm B C B G#m

🎸 Outro:
G#m