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|