Pale Imitation chords by Mark Knopfler

Key: A


| G Asus2 | G/B Asus2 | Cmaj7 Asus2 | Em/G Asus2 |

| Asus2 |


Asus2    E/A     G       D6/F#
Once I went back and I stayed on the street
    A       Amaj7 F#m7add11
Where I used to live
  Bm
Got up in the morning
 G           E        Esus4 E
Put on my boots and I crossed the road
      Bm
Stood in front of our house
     G          E   Esus4 E
And went back to my tricycle times

    Asus2    E/A    G      D6/F#
At the end of the terrace I looked up the alley
   A      Amaj7 F#m7add11
And there he was
  Bm
A little blonde boy
     G              E      Esus4 E
With a stick in his hands looking straight at me
    Bm
And if he wasn’t me
     G           E      Esus4 E
Then my god, he was just like I used to be


   C#m7
We stared at each other
   Dsus2    A/C#    E      Esus4 E E
But he stared me down and I looked away
C#m7
After a moment
   Dsus2   A/C#    E
When I turned again he was gone


| F# | F#maj7 | E | G#m |
| F# | F#maj7 | D#m7 | % |
| G#m | % | E | % |
| C# | C#sus4 | C# | % |

| F# | F#maj7 | E | G#m |
| F# | F#maj7 | D#m7 | % |
| G#m | % | E | % |
| C#5 | E13 |
| E |


  Asus2    E/A   G       D6/F#
I don’t think I ever became half the man
    A      Amaj7 F#m7add11
That I used to be
   Bm
The warrior captain
   G            E  Esus4 E
The bold pirate king of the sea
 Asus2 E/A     G
Nobody does me like I do
   D6/F#      A     Amaj7 F#m7add11
Or that’s what they say to me
      Bm
But I’m a pale imitation
      G         E      Esus4 E
I’ve been keeping my secret safe with me


| G Asus2 | G/B Asus2 | Cmaj7 Asus2 | Em/G Asus2 | repeat

| Asus2 |


CHORDS:
Asus2 = x0220x:
E/A = x0210x:
D6/F# = 2x020x:
Amaj7 = x0212x:
F#m7add11 = 24420x:
C#m7 = 9x999x:
Dsus2 = 10-x-12-9-10-x:
A/C# = 9-x-11-9-10-x:

F# = 2x432x:
Fmaj7 = 2x332x:
D#m7 = 2x132x:
E13 = 0-11-12-13-14-x: