Sucker Row chords by Mark Knopfler

Dm
Somebody's gotta crack a whip around here
Dm C G
Who's minding the store?
Bb
Shake it up sell some beer
         C
What's your money maker for?

Dm
Pay day, we're packin' 'em in
Dm   C     G
Six-gun annie and buffalo jill
Bb      F       C   Bb
But who's to say they'll be back again
C    Bb
For a refill?
F          Bb   F Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill

Dm
Ain't no left turn down sleepy time street
       C      G
You gotta be fast but you gotta stay loose
Bb
Thinking on your feet
        C
Slick as grass through a goose

Dm
We gotta rationalise
Dm   C    G
The payroll is giving me chills
Bb   F      C  Bb
You and me's getting organised
C        Bb
It's kill or be killed
F          Bb  F  Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill

       C7        F
Well they can all look down on sucker row
C7       F
But they all forget
  C7         F
The tallest trees from acorns grow
Bb        C
Though they ain't yet
 C7          F
I never look down on a sucker stake
C7        F
They all pay the bills
 C7           F
I never gave a sucker an even break
Bb     C
And I never will


Dm
A beautiful vision keeps coming to me
Dm C  G
I see a miracle mile
Bb
Flying in for free
    C
Service with a smile

Dm
High rollers, fancy hotels
     C    G
Big time singers, topping the bill
  Bb      F
You gotta have a feel
    C     Bb
For the stuff that sells
C     Bb
Call it a skill
F          Bb  F Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill


Dm
Somebody's gotta crack a whip around here
Dm C G
Who's minding the store?
Bb
Shake it up sell some beer
       C
Money walking through the door
Dm
Annie's arriving at a dangerous age
Dm  C   G
Don't you go getting ill
Bb     F    C   Bb
Get another woman up in the cage
C         Bb
Who ain't over the hill
F          Bb  F Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill


Dm