Stand Up Guy chords by Mark Knopfler

Intro:
e|7-------7-------------------------------------|
B|7-------7---9---7-----------------------------|
G|8-------8---9---8---8-----------9---8---6-----|
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A|------------7---------------9---7---9---9---9-|
E|7---7-----------7-------7-------------------7-|

Verse 1:
     B          B7             E
brew the coffee in a bucket, double straight man and banjo
           B         E        F#7
if you don't got the snake oil, buster, you don't got a show
       B                       E
who puts the doh-re-me in our pockets keeps the party going on?
              B         F#7        B
it's the man who sells the potions, i'm just one who plays the songs

     F#         F#7        B
now they generally buys the bigger size, they usually rub it in
 E         B      E          F#7
i drank it once, it tasted, like grease and paraffin
   B                    E
it's mostly alcohol, okay you can't deny it's strong
             B         F#      B
we was going through the motions, ‘til the doctor came along

Chorus:
B        Ebm   E     B
there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen
E     B    E         F#7
all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends
B                Ebm       E
these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky
             B      B7  F#7 B
raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy

Verse 2:
     B               B7      E
when the monkeyshine is flying and he's promising the cure
              B        E       F#7
he says the french for your lovesick blues, la maladie d'amour
      B                    E
he gets the chumps all laughing but he gets a few to buy
                B      F#7         B
here's to beefsteak when you're hungry, and whiskey when you're dry


    F#         F#7     B       B7
now the band'll blow their moolah,like sailors gone ashore
  E          B      E        F#7
now we're going to west helena, to gamble, drink and whore
   B               B7         E
let's you and me, all make whoopee, here's mud in your eye
              B       F#       B
here's to all the gals you ever want, and heaven when you die

Chorus:
B        Ebm   E     B
there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen
E     B    E         F#7
all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends
B                Ebm       E
these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky
             B      B7  F#7 B
raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy

Verse 3:
     B            B7         E
there's a big cheese with a cigar, been sizing up the show
          B        E   F#7
he wants to get the doctor, pitching on the radio
    B                B7       E
i will make a switch to guitar, but the rules all still apply
            B        F#7       B
they want to trust somebody, yeah, they want a stand up guy

Chorus:
B        Ebm   E     B
there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen
E     B    E         F#7
all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends
B                Ebm       E
these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky
             B      B7  F#7 B
raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy
   B7  F#7 B