Nobodys Child chords by Mark Knopfler

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Cm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret


| Terz Guitar | x6

| Bm | x4

      Em7 A
The ragged kid
        Bm Bm/F#
Nobody wanted
    C  Am7
Left alone
  D  G E
To ramble wild
    Em7 A
Long ago
     Bm    Bm/F#
He was abandoned
      Bm  Bm/F# Bm Bm/F#
Nobody’s child

    Em7  A
Never smiles
      Bm   Bm/F#
And never chatters
    C    Am7
Never quarrels
D  G  E
Or complains
     Em7 A
Grown as hard
     Bm   Bm/F#
As the Sierras
         Bm  Bm/F#
And the Western Plains


    Bm  Bm/F#  Bm/A Bm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
    Bm  Bm/F#  Bm/A Bm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea


       Em7 A
Learned to swing
     Bm   Bm/F#
A broken bottle
      C  Am7
Learned to use
   D  G   E
His fists and knife
    Em7    A
In the bar rooms
    Bm   Bm/F#
And bordellos
    Bm  Bm/F# Bm Bm/F#
Of his life


      D/A Em7
He drifted down
       A    Asus4 A
Towards the borders
       D/A Em7
The sky was dark
        A
But it did not rain
     Em7   A
Came the meanest
   Bm  Bm/F#
Pistoleros
         Bm  Bm/F# Bm Bm/F#
In the Western Plains


| Em7 A | Bm | C Am7 |
| D G E | Em7 A |

| Bm Bm/F# | x3


    Em7 A
He fell in
         Bm   Bm/F#
With these desperadoes
       C    Am7
Thieves and killers
D  G E
Every one
    Em7   A
Prizes hanging
      Bm   Bm/F#
From their saddles
      Bm  Bm/F#
With their guns


    Bm  Bm/F#  Bm/A Bm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
    Bm  Bm/F#  Bm/A Bm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea


| Bm |


      Em A
The ragged kid
    Bm
Nobody wanted
    C/G Am
Left alone
  D/A G E
To ramble wild
    Em  A
Now he rides
      Bm  Bm/F#
Beside the Devil
      Bm  Bm/F#
Nobody’s child


    Bm  Bm/F#  Bm/A Bm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
    Bm  Bm/F#  Bm/A Bm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea

| Bm Bm/F# | Bm Bm/F# |

| Bm |