Monteleone chords by Mark Knopfler

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Time signature: 3/4

Intro:
| G6 | A13   | G6   | A13   |
| Em | Em/D  | A/C# | A     |
| D  | Dmaj7 | D6   | Dmaj7 |
| D  | Dmaj7 | D6   | Dmaj7 |


Verse 1:
      D          Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
The chisels are calling
      D           Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
It's time to make sawdust
 D        A/D#       Bm         |  Bm  | Bm |
Steely reminders of things left to do
|G   |  G    |  G6   |   G6  |        D   Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
Monteleone, a mandolin's waiting for you

Verse 2:
      D          Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
My fingerplane's working
D          Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
Gentle persuasion
   D           A/D#       Bm
I bend to the wood and I coax it to sing
G                 G6                    D   Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
Monteleone, your new one and only will ring
G                 G6                    D   Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
Monteleone, your new one and only will ring

Bridge:
    Em           Em/D#       Em/D         A/C#
The rain on the window, the snow on the gravel
     Em        Em/D#      A/C#        Cmaj7
The seasons go by to the songs in the wood
      D           A/C#        G/B          D/A
Too quick or too careless, it all could unravel
    D         A/C#  A   Bm
It so easily could

Intrumental:
| G6 | G6    | A7   | A7    |
| G6 | G6    | A7   | A7    |
| Em | D6    | A/C# | A7    |
| D  | Dmaj7 | D6   | Dmaj7 |
| D  | Dmaj7 | D6   | Dmaj7 |

Verse 3:
      D          Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
The chisels are calling
      D          Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
It's back for an encore
D             A/D#         Bm
Back to the shavings that cover the floor
G          G6           D   Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
Monteleone, a call for more
G          G6           D   Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7
Monteleone, a call for more

Outro:
| G6 | G6    | A7   | A7    |
| G6 | G6    | A7   | A7    |
| Em | D6    | A/C# | A7    |
| D  | Dmaj7 | D6   | Dmaj7 |
| D  | Dmaj7 | D6   | Dmaj7 |
| D/A|