Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes chords by Mark Knopfler

Key: C Major
Time: 6/8, with single 3/4 bars


To get that 'folk feeling' just play all chords with G on top.
For instance, F like [1x3213], C like [x32013] and so on.


CAPO: No


C/G.......................[332010]


| Am7 Em7 | x12

| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/4 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| Am | % |


Am

Laughs and jokes
   C     F
And drinks and smokes
   C            F
And no lights on the stairs
     Am
We were young, so young
  C       F
And always broke
   G      Am  F
Not that we ever cared
   C  G   C
Not that we ever cared


      G      F
Well, the holes in the walls
   C     G
Were such a lot
      F      C
Welcome to London town
         G    F
But when you're new to it all
     C
And you think you're hot
       G     F       C
You're not planning on hanging around
 C            F
People would go on their different ways
  C          Am  F
I left to start a band
  G      F     C     G
A note came through the letter box
     F    C
In your childlike hand


   Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
   C     F
And drinks and smokes
   C         F
And no lights on the stairs
     Am
We were young, so young
  C       F
And always broke
   G      Am  F
Not that we ever cared
   C  G   C
Not that we ever cared


   G   F    C
One day I rode to where you were
   G    F     C
The doorbell jangled a note
   G      F
They buzzed me in
  C
I climbed the stairs
    G     F      C
In my boots and leather coat
      C
There?s an old brass
        F
Standing there at the top
  C         Am  F
Without her witch?s broom
  G    F       C
It almost seemed like a knocking shop
     G     F       C
When the girls came out of their rooms


     G      F
And they all stood around
   C
And stared at me
   G    F    C   G
Two brunettes and a blonde
     F      C
Then the old brass shrugged and said
  G      F     C  C
We don't know where she's gone
         F
Later on I picked up the ball
    C         Am  F
And I took off down the line
   G    F    C
I suppose by then I'd realised
    G   F      C
You'd run into hard times


   Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
   C     F
And drinks and smokes
   C         F
And no lights on the stairs
     Am
We were young, so young
  C       F
And always broke
   G      Am  F
Not that we ever cared
   C/G G   C
Not that we ever cared


| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/4 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |