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One Song At A Time Chords by Mark Knopfler

One Song At A Time chords by Mark Knopfler

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Tuning: Standard
Capo: No
Key: C


| Am | F | C | Fadd9 |
| F | Em | Am | % |


   Am       F
My whistle under the archways
   C         F
Still echoes down the street
F          Em
All the way back to Deptford days
 Am         Am
Nights down by The Creek
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 Am       F
Notes as big as river boats
   C           F
Still echoing through the clubs
     F
With the horns of the trains
     Em
Down the old back lanes
     Am          Am  Am Am
And the lights of the corner pubs


   Am         F
In a taproom lined with mirrors
      C        F
There’s a man there at the bar
  F        Em
Reminds you of somebody
    Am        Am Am Am
He says I know who you are

   Am       F
He’s right, I know I could be him
  C        F  F
But anyway who is who?

You could be looking at
 Em         Am
What he’s looking at
           Am
And he’s looking at you


      G
And I’ll be out of this place
   G7        C   C G
And down the road wherever
 G/B            C   C
There but for the grace, etcetera
       F        C F
I’ll see you later but it’s 1979
     C       Bb
And I’m picking my way out of here
Am
One song at a time


| F | C | F | C |
| G | Em | F | C |
| F | C | F | C |
| G | % | Am | % |

| Am | % |


   Am        F
The slaving ports of plunder
     C         F
Used to stink to heaven on high
  F     Em
Companions of honour
    Am        Am Am Am
Always were in short supply

   Am        F
The Bristol ships and Liverpool’s
  C        F
On every tide they came
   F          Em
The times they may have changed, my friend
   Am       Am
Some people stay the same


      G
And I’ll be out of this place
   G7        C   C G
And down the road wherever
              C   C
There but for the grace, etcetera
       F        C F
I’ll see you later but it’s 1879
     C       Bb
And I’m picking my way out of here
Am
One song at a time


| F | C | F | C |
| G | Em | F | C |
| F | C | F | C |
| G | % | Am | % |

| Am | % |


  Am       F
A grinning mogul greets the crowd
  C     F
At Execution Dock
   F         Em
All come to see three mutineers
    Am        Am  Am Am
Turned off at twelve o’clock

   Am       F
The shyster takes a ringside seat
       C           F
As they’re bringing them from the jail
           Em
And twenty thousand tickets
    Am       Am  Am Am
Sold online on premium sale


  Am       F
So if you need to reach me
     C         Fadd9
You can leave word at The Pig
  F        Em
I have no wish to stay around
  Am         Am
To watch that Newgate jig
  Am         F
Or any more poor old fakers
      C        Fadd9
Trying to dance in my old shoes
     F      Em
I’ll be gone over the ocean
      Am      Am
With the transatlantic blues


      G
And I’ll be out of this place
   G/B       C   C G
And down the road wherever
 G/B            C   C
There but for the grace, etcetera
       F            C  F
I’ll see you later somewhere down the line
     C       Bb
I’ll be picking my way out of here
Am
One song at a time


| F | C | F | C |
| G | Em | F | C |
| F | C | F | C |
| G | % | Am | % |

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