Mr Solomons Said chords by Mark Knopfler

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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One day Mr Solomons said
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There was a little black cloud over your head
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   Anyway you’ve received a threat
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Or so he understands
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I’m a country lad but I see it too
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   How much it’s got to you
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And now you’re slipping down
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Into the shadowlands

Verse 2:
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   My life’s the fighting game
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I keep my cool, I stay the same
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   We never mind how bad it is
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In fact we like all your
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Showbiz shenanigans
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   And Jack wants to help you out
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Is what it’s all about
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With Mr Solomons


Pre-Chorus:
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We like the flashbulbs, pop, pop, pop
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All the razzamatazz
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We like the big nights, the West End lights
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And all of that jazz


Chorus:
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And you can bet

Jack is never going back
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To Frying Pan Alley
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You can bet Jack is never going back

To Frying Pan Alley


Verse 2:
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He signed me as a prospect, see
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Then something let Go in my knee
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But I’m no clapped out punchateer
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Like some of the other ones
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Promoting’s all about the gate
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   Information’s worth its weight
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I’m the eyes and ears and it’s great
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With Mr Solomons



Bridge:
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  Daytimes I’ll make the rounds

In every caff and every pub in this part of town
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There’s a mug or a pug
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And always someone blathering
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It’s gossip calypso all day long
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   Who’s the money going on
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Who’s been training wrong
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Got hurt or struggling


Bridge 2:
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Well I might have a couple with a cornerman

The one with the sponge and bucket
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I’ve maybe got a bottle for a club doorman
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Tickets for a waitress in my pocket


Instrumental:
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Gm7 F7 Fm F7
Bm7 B7 F C F7


Verse 3:
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She said ‘It’s me or the ring, Jack’ years ago
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So he swapped his gloves for Savile Row
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   Jack’s no pushover though
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He likes that story told
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Behind the pinstripe buttonhole
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Behind the yellow rose
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Beats a heart of gold
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Now   he’s got me something new
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Which is to look out for you
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I said, ‘I’d be happy to, Mr Solomons’


Verse 4:
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One day Mr Solomons said
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‘London, son, we have got some   hard pavements’
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There’s more to the man than the motto read
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On the wall above his head
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‘Winners win, losers make their  own arrangements’


Outro:
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You can bet Jack is never going back

To Frying Pan Alley
      Fm
Yeah, you can bet Jack is never going back

To Frying Pan Alley
Fm
You can bet Jack is never going back

To Frying Pan Alley
      Fm
Yeah, you can bet Jack is never going back

To Frying Pan Alley

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