Floating Away chords by Mark Knopfler

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Intro: | Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A | (x3)


          Em
It?s the weight I?m trying
    A               Em
To get inside the frame
           A            Em    A  Em/G  A
I?ve been painting a fat man
      Em              A     Em
He?s big and fat and heavy
      A   *      B7  F#m7/5-  B7  B7
As a man can be

                C            C/G  Gadd9/B  G/B  Bm7/5-
But he?s been floating away
               E7  E7  Am
Floating away
            D/F#                 Gadd9  G  B7
He?s been floating away from me


        Em        A              Em
In the mirror my withering skin
       A      Em      A  Em/G  A  Em
Is a thorny pleasure
            A
I stand unflinching
       Em         A    *     B7   Fm7/5-  B7 B7
And I mark each crease and sting

     C    C               Gadd9/B
My brush my wooden flail
 G/B          Bm7/5-  Bm7/5-  Esus4  E7  Am7
My ancient thresher
                     F#m7/5-
As unforgiving time
  Am/E       B7   B7(9-)/F#  B7  B7
Flays everything


| Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A |
| Em A | Em A * | B7 F#m7/5- | B7 |

| C | Gadd9/B G/B | Bm7/5- | E7 |
| Am | D/F# | Gadd9 G | B7 |


           Em
It?s the truth I?m trying
    A               Em
To get inside the frame
         A             Em      A  Em/G  A
Now I?m painting myself naked
       Em             A
But I need a pair of boots
          Em       A     *      B7  F#m7/5-  B7  B7
About as heavy as boots can be

            C            C  Gadd9/B  G/B  Bm7/5-
Or I?d be floating away
               E7  E7  Am
Floating away
         D/F#                 Gadd9  G  G
I?d be floating away from me


C
            D           G/B        C  Am  D/F#
And every thorn sends thistledown
         G7          G7
Drifting all around
      C            Gadd9/B  G/B  Bm7/5-
And floating away
               Esus4  E7  Am
Floating away
  D/A                  G  B7
Floating away from me


| Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A | Fade Out