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Tracker Album Chords by Mark Knopfler

Tracker Album chords by Mark Knopfler

Guitar chords with lyrics

1. Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes


Key: C Major
Time: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars


To get that folk feeling play some chords with G on top.
For instance, F like [1x3213], C like [x32013] and so on.


CAPO: No


C/G.......................[332010]
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

| Am7 Em7 | x12

| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/8 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| Am | % |


Am

Laughs and jokes
   C     F
And drinks and smokes
   C            F
And no lights on the stairs
     Am
We were young, so young
  C       F
And always broke
   G      Am  F
Not that we ever cared
   C  G   C
Not that we ever cared


      G      F
Well, the holes in the walls
   C     G
Were such a lot
      F      C
Welcome to London town
         G    F
But when you're new to it all
     C
And you think you're hot
       G     F       C
You're not planning on hanging around
 C            F
People would go on their different ways
  C          Am  F
I left to start a band
  G      F     C     G
A note came through the letter box
     F    C
In your childlike hand


   Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
   C     F
And drinks and smokes
   C         F
And no lights on the stairs
     Am
We were young, so young
  C    F
And always broke
   G      Am  F
Not that we ever cared
   C  G   C
Not that we ever cared


   G   F    C
One day I rode to where you were
   G    F     C
The doorbell jangled a note
   G      F
They buzzed me in
  C
I climbed the stairs
    G     F      C
In my boots and leather coat
      C
There?s an old brass
        F
Standing there at the top
  C         Am  F
Without her witch?s broom
  G    F       C
It almost seemed like a knocking shop
     G     F       C
When the girls came out of their rooms


     G      F
And they all stood around
   C
And stared at me
   G     F  C   G
Two brunettes and a blonde
     F      C
Then the old brass shrugged and said
  G       F    C  C
We don't know where she's gone
         F
Later on I picked up the ball
    C         Am  F
And I took off down the line
   G    F    C
I suppose by then I'd realised
    G   F      C
You'd run into hard times


   Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
   C     F
And drinks and smokes
   C         F
And no lights on the stairs
     Am
We were young, so young
  C    F
And always broke
   G      Am  F
Not that we ever cared
   C/G G   C
Not that we ever cared


| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/8 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |

| Am7 Em7 |

| Am7 |


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                   2. Basil


Key: A Minor
Time: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars


CAPO: No


C/G..........................[332010]
Dm/A.........................[x00231]
FMaj7........................[133210]

D9/F#........................[2x0210]
Bm7b5........................[x2323x]


| C | E7 | Am | % |
| Am | % |


      (Am)   C/G     F  Dm/A
My Saturday job pays six and six down
           F
A copy boy at the Chronicle
     Am       C/G     F   Dm/A
Five cigarettes and two silver half crowns
            F        Dm/A
Meeting Vince at Mark Toney?s in town
     F      Am
Boy, do we get around


      (Am)     C/G    F  Dm
Basil sits there on the table for subs
            F
But not a part of the Bri-nylon club
        Am     C/G     F
Ancient blue sweater, too old for the job
   Dm
Bored out of his mind
     F
With the Colins and Bobs


         C/G FMaj7
I'm a jack and a lad
          C   FMaj7
And I'm up for the world
          C     F  Am
And I've kissed a Gateshead girl



  (Am)          C/G   F  Dm
He calls for a copy boy, grumpy as hell
       F
Poets have to eat as well
         Am      C     F  Dm
What he wouldn?t give just to walk out today
         F        Dm
To have time to think about time
         F
And young love thrown away


         C  FMaj7
I'm a jack and a lad
          C   FMaj7
And I'm up for the world
          C     F
And I've kissed a Gateshead girl


 F          C  E7
Starlings swarming a cloud
    Am
Over Grainger Street
      F
Over the black church
Dm     C     E7
Over the Black Gate
        (Am)
And the shadowy Keep


| Am | D9/F# | Bm7b5 | E7 |
| F | % | C | E7 |
| Am | % |


           (Am)
He peers through his wire rims
    C/G      F   Dm
At the fish and chip words
           F
He's supposed to dish up and forget
       Am      C      F
His drudgery now has become slightly blurred
  Dm             F
By one of his Players untipped cigarettes


     C  FMaj7
Bury all joy
         C   FMaj7
Put the poems in sacks
       C       F
And bury me here with the hacks


| Am | Am7 | % | Am |


         (Am)
In the summer the fair
       C/G    F
Will stretch over the Moor
 Dm/A          F
Lovers will lie and make out in the park
      Am     C/G     F  Dm/A
Basil puts on his old duffel and scarf
        F
And goes out into the dark


| C | FMaj7 | C | FMaj7 |
| C | F | % |

| F |


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                 3. River Towns


Key: B Major
Time: 4/4


CAPO: 4


Gadd9...................[320203]
C/G.....................[332010]
Em7.....................[020000]
CMaj7/G.................[332000]


| G Gadd9 | G | x4

| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | Em7 CMaj7/G |
| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | G |


  G
I came in three days early
         C/G
To meet my boat
  G            Gadd9
It ain't the life of Riley
     Em7     C/G
But it's keeping me afloat


   G
It's quiet over Christmas
            C/G
If you got no place to go
  G        Gadd9
I got my home from river rats
  Em7      CMaj7/G G Gadd9 G
The only home I know


  G
I found myself a flophouse
             C/G
And I hit the streets at nine
 G         Gadd9
Get some grub and drink a beer
 Em7        CMaj7/G
Maybe go down the line


    G
These chips will take your money
          C/G
Shake a young man down
     G      Gadd9
It's the same in every one of these
 Em7     C/G
Sorry river towns


 G      Gadd9
River towns
 G         C/G
Sorry river towns
 G      Gadd9 Em7 CMaj7/G
River towns
 G      Gadd9
River towns
 G         C/G
Sorry river towns
 G      Gadd9 G
River towns


| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | Em7 C/G |
| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | G |


    G       Gadd9
Well I picked me up a bottle
  G        CMaj7/G
To take back to the room
    G         Gadd9
Then I saw a young girl standing
   Em7       C/G
In a doorway in the gloom


   G       Gadd9
We'd hardly started talking
  G       C/G
The old scenario
      G       Gadd9
And I just let her work me over
   Em7   C/G
Down by the Ohio


 G      Gadd9
River towns
 G         C/G
Sorry river towns
 G      Gadd9 Em7 C/G
River towns
 G      Gadd9
River towns
 G         C/G
Sorry river towns
 G      Gadd9 G
River towns


| G Gadd9 | G | x4

| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | Em7 C/G |
| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | G |


    G
When I asked her if she'd like to stay
              C/G
She was down my stairs so quick
    G
I never asked what got her started
     Em7     C/G
With the sorry river tricks


   G       Gadd9
So I get the bottle open
   G         C/G
But something?s hit a nerve
     G       Gadd9
And I'm looking in the mirror
    Em7      CMaj7/G
At the face that I deserve



 G      Gadd9
River towns
 G         C/G
Sorry river towns
 G      Gadd9 Em7 C/G
River towns
 G      Gadd9
River towns
 G         C/G
Sorry river towns
 G      Gadd9 G
River towns


| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | Em7 C/G |
| G Gadd9 | G C/G | G Gadd9 | G |

| G |


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                  4. Skydiver


Key: C Major
Time: 4/4


CAPO: No


G7......................[32300x]
G6......................[32200x]
C/E.....................[xx2010]
C/Bb....................[x1201x]
F/A.....................[x03211]
Fm6/Ab..................[4x353x]
C6......................[x32210]


       G7              G6     G
E |-------|----------------------------|----------------------------||
B |-------|--------x-----0-----x-------|--------x-----------x-------||
G |-------|--------x--0--0-----x--0----|--------0--0--------x-------||
D |-------|--------3-----3-----3-------|--2-----2-----0-----x-------||
A |-------|--------2-----------2-------|--2-----x-----2-----x-------||
E |----3--|--3-------------------------|--3-----------------1b-x----||
    i   t   ? i t   ? i    t   ? i t   ?


| G7 | G6 G | x8


      C         C/B        Am   C/G
I've been banned from every racecourse in the country
     C         C/B      Am
There?s something about the unsure thing
    F       C/E      Dm   Dm/C
Like scoring with a beauty of the county
  G        Am7      G/B G
It always makes the old bell ring


  C        C/B       Am  C/G
I like to go for broke and I'll be randy
   C      Em      Am
It's got to be the unsure thing
    F      C/E       Dm  Dm/C
In the Bentley Continental with the brandy
  G        Am7    G/B G
It always makes the old bell ring


        F     C
And when it's gone, all gone
    C       C/Bb     F/A Fm6/Ab
I'll stand on a hilltop and sing
  C     F/C   C     F/C
I go where I want, I do what I want
    C      F/C      C
And I don't give a damn about a thing



C

   C/B Am C/G F C/E Dm Dm/C G   G7 G6 G
Sky.................................diver



 C       C/B     Am   C/G
Today I lost a packet at Wincanton
   C      Em  Am F
Dive Bomber in the 2.15
      C/E       Dm    Dm/C
All on the nose and no-one counting
 G       Am7     G/B G
Nothing wishy-washy in between


    C       C/B    Am   C/G
Back when I made the pivotal decision
  C       Em        Am
To take a winding road that I could see
    F        C/E     Dm     Dm/C
It was just like being given an incredible permission
   G     Am7     G/B G
The rules don't apply to me


        F     C
And when it's gone, all gone
    C     C/Bb    F/A Fm6/Ab
I'll stand on a hilltop and sing
  C     F/C   C     F/C
I go where I want, I do what I want
    C      F       C
And I don't give a damn about a thing



C

   C/B Am C/G F C/E Dm Dm/C G   G7 G6 G
Sky.................................diver


   Dm7    G       C       Am
I'm not being brave, it's my money, not my life
    Dm7       G7       C
When I need to take a break from the brushes and the knife
   Dm       Dm/C    Dm/B
And I always took a fancy to the ones
      Bb              G  G7 G6 G
Heading straight into the teeth of the guns



C

   C/B Am C/G F C/E Dm Dm/C G   G7 G6 G
Sky.................................diver


C

   C/B Am C/G F C/E Dm Dm/C G   G7 G6 G | G G7 G6 G | G G7 G6 G
Sky.................................diver


C

   C7 C6 C7 C6 C7 C6 C G G7  G6 G | G G7 G6 G
Sky...............................diver


C

   C7 C6 C7 C6 C7 C6 C G G7  G6 G | G G7 G6 G
Sky...............................diver


C

   C7 C6 C7 C6 C7 C6 C G G7  G6 G | G G7 G6 G
Sky...............................diver


To fade-out.


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                  5. Mighty Man


Key: C Major
Time: 6/8


CAPO: No


C5.............[x3x01x]
F/C............[x33211]
Bb6............[x13333]


Note: first part of the intro played in free time.


| C5 |

| F/C | C | Bb/C | C |
| Bb/C | C | F/C | % |

| Am | C/G | F C | % |
| C | Bb/C | C | % |


        F/C C
A room on the top floor
            Bb  C
And the chest all but knackered
         Bb C
Two fingers not working
            F/C
And the back?s shot to hell
               Am   C/G
It's a lifetime of digging trenches
           F  C
In the cold and wet weather
             C
And for laying half the roadway
  Bb     C
In England as well


          F/C  C
You'd finish in the one place
            Bb C
It was straight to the next one
           Bb C
And you never could settle
           F
And you were always alone
          Am  C/G
Just a drifter in limbo
         F  C
I was best off away, son
         C
Just one of the thousands
      Bb    C
Who could never go home


          Bb  C  Bb6
That?s your mighty man, son
   Gm   C
Your mighty man


             F  C
Well, the boat and the train ride
       Bb C
In a misty November
             Bb C
We had the worst of the lodgings
         F
And we hated the subs
         Am   C/G
Ma?s face on the leaving
         F C
I will always remember
           C
And we wouldn?t get paid
         Bb       C
Until they had closed up their pubs


| F C | C | Bb C | C |
| Bb C | C | F | F |
| Am | C/G | F C | C |
| C Bb | C | % |


             F/C C
And I could stand up on horseback
           Bb C
Was the man for the singing
          Bb C
Put my hand up for boxing
             F
At the fairground on the heath
          Am   C/G
I could play my accordion
           F C
And charm all of the women
           C
And dance round the taproom
     Bb     C
With a chair in my teeth


          Bb  C  Bb6
That?s your mighty man, son
   Gm   C
Your mighty man

          Bb  C  Bb6
That?s your mighty man, son
   Gm   C
Your mighty man


| Bb C | Bb6 Gm |
| C |


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                 6. Broken Bones


Key: C Minor
Time: 4/4


CAPO: 3


Am7.......................[x02213]


| Am7 | x8


       Am7
She likes a man with a broken nose
      Am7
Lucky for me, I suppose
       Am7
Shots coming in like the monthly bills
         Am7
Soon they'll be saying I'm over the hill

           Am7
Well the bell goes clang and you're on your own
        Am7
You take your medicine and go home
          Am7
You take it like a man, on the chin
           Am7
And you don't make a fuss when the towel comes in

        C         Am7
Now let me go home, got to lay in ice
           F       Am7
And I don't want to hear no more advice
         C
Just give me my clothes
           Am7
Get me out of this place
   G         Am7     F C
How many more stitches in my face?


       Am7
Those broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
    Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
    Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
    Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home


| Am7 | x8


         Am7
He had the punch lines, I was the joke
    Am7
Every shot felt like something broke
         Am7
It was all much more than a man should stand
          Am7
And I finally went down to a big right hand

        C         Am7
Now let me go home, got to lay in ice
           F       Am7
And I don't want to hear no more advice
         C
Just give me my clothes
           Am7
Get me out of this place
   G         Am7     F C
How many more stitches in my face?


       Am7
Those broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
    Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
    Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
    Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home


    Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
    Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
    Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
    Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home


| Am7 | x49 :)


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                 7. Long Cool Girl


Key: C Major
Time: 2/4


CAPO: 5


G5.............[3x003x]
D5/A...........[x0023x]
D5/F#..........[2x023x]
Cadd9/G........[33203x]
Cadd9/E........[03203x]


Please note: song starts on third bar of the intro.
To play without capo (e.g. keys) hit transpose to +5.


| G | Am7 | F | G | x10


       Am7
All I do is think of you
  F        G
As I go around the world
       Am7
All I do is think of you
 F     G
Long, cool girl


 G     Am7 F
Long, cool girl
          G
I like to say her name
 G     Am7 F
Long, cool girl
        G
With a showgirl frame


G
            Am7 F
You took a look at me
         G
I took a look at you
         Am7
Now I just can't see
    F         G
What a man?s supposed to do


 G     Am7 F
Long, cool girl
          G
I like to say her name
 G     Am7 F
Long, cool girl
        G
With a showgirl frame


 G5       D5/A
Me and you we're 3 and 2
 Cadd9/G           D5/A
Something?s gonna happen now, it has to
 G        D5/F#
Me and you we're 3 and 2
 Cadd9/E           D5/A
Something?s gonna happen now, it has to


| G | Am7 | F | G | x4
| G | % |

          Am7      F
Pressure drop and weather change
        G
All around the world
 G       Am7
You got me at point blank range
 F     G
Long, cool girl

 G     Am7 F
Long, cool girl
          G
I like to say her name
 G     Am7 F
Long, cool girl
        G
With a showgirl frame


G
       Am7
All I do is think of you
 F         G
As I go around the world
       Am7
All I do is think of you
 F     G
Long, cool girl


| G | Am7 | F | G |


___________________________________________________________________________________

                8. Lights of Taormina


Key: B-flat Major
Time: 4/4


CAPO: 3


C/G....................[332010]
D/A....................[x00232]


| G | x10

| G | C | G | % |
| G | Em | D | % |
| C | % | G | C/G |
| G | C D | G | % |


     G
There?s laughter in the darkness
 C              G
Music floating in across the bay
      G
He's half listening and wondering
 Em               D
How he could have let her slip away
  C
So long ago but still he wants to know
        G    C/G
If anyone has seen her
     G
And he's sitting out in the night
     C       D       G  D
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina


      G             C
They were young and love was shining
             G
Like the colours of the rainbow
  G
Desire felt like choking
      Em         D/A
Love was smoking under the volcano
     C
He can still taste her kisses
                G  C/G
Sweet as the red wine from Messina
     G
Now he's sitting out in the night
     C       D       G
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina


C

Seems like another lifetime
                  G
When they rambled along the shore

Seems like another lifetime
                   C
She used to call him her sweet senor

Maybe in another lifetime
             G
On a pathway to the sea
            D
Maybe there they'll be


      G
The crowd calls for the emperor
    C             G
Raise their hands to hail another king
     G
But he's been so long a wanderer
 Em               D
Another crowd can never mean a thing
  C
He came, he saw, he conquered
                  G  C/G
Ten thousand voices roared in the arena
     G
Now he's sitting out in the night
     C       D       G
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina


| G | C | G | % |
| G | Em | D | % |
| C | % | G | C/G |
| G | C D | G | % |


        G
He hears the chimes of history
 C               G
Myths of gods and men forever ringing
     G
Ancient dreams in all their mystery
 Em             D
Wars for Sicily and Spartan women
    C
In the mists of antiquity
                 G  C
Ships of war set sail from Carthagina
     G
Now he's sitting out in the night
     C       D       G  C
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
 G
Sitting out in the night
     C       D       G
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina


| G | C/G | G | % |
| G | Em | D | % |
| C | % | G | C/G |
| G | C D | G | % |


___________________________________________________________________________________

                 9. Silver Eagle


Key: B-flat Major
Time: 4/4


CAPO: 3


C/G.........................[332010]
CMaj7/G.....................[332000]


| G | C/G | G | C/G |
| G | % |


      Em         C/G   Em
It was so late and she'd be sleeping
           D/F#
He came through her home town
              C/G
With the moonlight on the crossroads
               G  C/G G
And the green light shining down
     Em          C/G   Em
And the bell at the railroad crossing
          D/F#
And the horn from far away
           C/G
And his Silver Eagle passing
              (G)
Half a mile from where she lay


| G | C/G | D/F# Em | C/G |
| G | C/G | G | C/G |
| G | % |


    Em      C/G  Em
At his feet a sea of faces
              D/F#
Make devotions with their love
                 C/G  CMaj7/G C/G
Clap their hands and plead their cases
             G
Call for blessings from above
         Em      C/G   Em
Like the rolling waves forever massing
               D/F#
To crash and foam and creep away
          C/G
And the Silver Eagle passing
            (G)
Half a mile from where she lay


| G | C/G | D/F# Em | C/G |
| Am7 | C/G | D/F# G | C/G |
| G | C/G | G | C/G |
| G | % |


       Em      C/G    Em
Road signs flow into the headlights
            D/F#
Whisper names and fall behind
              C/G   CMaj7/G
He finds some honor in the darkness
               G
Hopes for grace and peace of mind
         Em        C/G  Em
And he thinks of how they'd lay together
                 D/F#
He'd run his fingers through her hair
             C/G
And he wonders if she'll ever
             (G)
Come to know that he was there


| G | C/G | D/F# Em | C/G |
| Am7 | C/G | D/F# G | C/G |

| G | C/G | G | C/G |


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                   10. Beryl


Key: Bb Major, G Minor
Time: 4/4, 2/4


Intro sounds better using all but 1st string of the guitar.


CAPO: 3


Cadd9..................[x3203x]
Gadd9/B................[x2023x]
CMaj7/G................[33200x]


| Cadd9 | Gadd9/B G | Cadd9 | Bm | % |
| Cadd9 G | 2/4 D/F# | CMaj7/G | % |
| Am7 G/B | 2/4 D | G | % |


| Em | % | % | % |


 Em
Beryl, was on another level

When she got her Booker medal
     D      Em
She was dead in her grave
   G    C
After all she gave
   D    Em
After all she gave


 Em
Beryl, every time they'd overlook her

When they gave her, her Booker
     D      Em
She was dead in her grave
   G    C
After all she gave
   D    Em
After all she gave


   G    C  G
It's all too late now
       C  Bm
It's all too late now
   C      G      D    C
It's too late you dabblers it's all too late
   Am7     G/B     D    G  B7
It's too late you dabblers it's all too late


 Em
Beryl, the tobacco overtook her

When they gave her, her Booker
     D      Em
She was dead in her grave
   G    C
After all she gave
   D    Em  B7
After all she gave


| Em | % | % | 2/4 D |
| Em | % G | C | % D |
| Em | % G |


       C  G
It's all too late now
       C  Bm
It's all too late now
   C      G      D    C
It's too late you dabblers it's all too late
   Am7     G/B     D    G  B7
It's too late you dabblers it's all too late


 Em
Beryl, was on another level

When she got her Booker medal
     D      Em
She was dead in her grave
   G    C
After all she gave
   D    Em
After all she gave
   G    C
After all she gave
   D    Em  Em G
After all she gave


| C | G | C | Bm | % |
| C G | 2/4 D | C | % |
| Am7 G/B | 2/4 D | G | % |


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                 11. Wherever I Go


Key: B Major
Time: 4/4


To play without capo hit transpose button to +4 (not recommended, buy a capo!).


As it often happens with mainly piano songs, chord voicings are quite varied.
Some guitar chords are crucial, though, and played through the song identically.
Basically, you can always simplify fancy chords to first letter (e.g. Cadd9 to C).


CAPO: 4


G5.....................[3x00xx]
Cadd9..................[x32033] or simplify to C
D5.....................[xx023x] or simplify to D
Csus2..................[x30033] or simplify to C
C/G....................[332010]
D5/F#..................[2x023x]
Dsus2..................[xx003x]


| G5 |


      G    Cadd9
Maybe I'm bound to wander
            D5
From one place to the next
        G Csus2 D5/F#
Heaven knows why
      G     Cadd9
But in the wild blue yonder
       D5/F#    G C/G G Csus2
Your star is fixed in my sky


       G     C
Just another bar at a cross roads
       D5/F#
So far from home
       G   Cadd9 C D5/F#
But that?s alright
       G       C
Whenever I'm going down a dark road
         D/F#    G   C G
I don't feel the mood in the night


      C
There?s a place in my heart
       G     Cadd9
Though we're far apart
    G/B      D5/F# Dsus2 D5/F#
May you always know?
      G        Cadd9
No matter how long since I saw you
       C      D/F# Cadd9 Csus2
I keep the flame there for you
      G C/G G Csus2
Wherever I go


| G Cadd9 | C D5/F# | G Csus2 | C D5/F# |
| G Cadd9 | C D5/F# | G C | G |


Am7
             G/B     Cadd9
They're looking to close up in here
          D5/F# Am7
Pulling down the blinds
           G/B     Csus2
But they'll let you stay a while
           D5
And I'm going in a while


       G     Cadd9
Now I've got leave you brother
   C      D5/F#
So this round?s mine
         G  Csus2
Just looking at you
    C D5
Anyhow
      G       Cadd9
You can go on and have another
   C       D5
You wouldn?t call time
       G  Cadd9
I'm going to say
       G
My goodbye?s now


      C
There?s a place in my heart
       G     Cadd9
Though we're far apart
    G/B      D5/F# Dsus2 D5/F#
May you always know?
      G        Cadd9
No matter how long since I saw you
       C      D/F# Cadd9 Csus2
I keep the flame there for you
      G C/G G Csus2
Wherever I go


| G Cadd9 | C D5/F# | G Csus2 | C D5/F# |
| G Cadd9 | C D5/F# | G C/G | G Csus2 |


| G5 |


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                 12. .38 Special


Key: A-flat Major
Time: 4/4


TUNING: Dropped D
CAPO: 1


G...................[55000x]
Fadd9...............[33301x]
D5..................[00023x]
Dm/F................[3x023x]
Csus4...............[x3301x]


| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G | x2


   G        Fadd9
The fate of a roving gambler
   G        D5       G
Is waiting down the bloodthirsty highway
   G             Fadd9
The highway is my home, I'm a rambler
    G        D5     G
And I have to pay the devil every day

    G                Fadd9  G
Now if I should owe a friend a million dollars
       D5      G
He knows my guarantee is sound
  G             Fadd9
If we should get hijacked by robbers
      G      D5     G
There?d be no big money laying all around


C
     Csus4 C   G
I may be gone  to the devil
  G             Dm/F
But I ain't rollin? over for you
  G              Fadd9
If you've got a pistol in your pocket
       G  D5   G
I've got my .38 Special too


| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G | x2


     G               Fadd9
Are you dancing for the payers of the piper?
     G          D5        G
Are you jumping through your party hoops for them?
   G           Fadd9
You won't see any nine to fivers
    G      D5       G
At the tables of my poker playing friends

  G              Fadd9
So take your politician or your banker
 G         D5        G
Take your friendly health insurance man
  G            Fadd9
I never met a cold hearted gambler
    G      D5        G
Could carry off a hustle like they can


C
     Csus4 C   G
I may be gone  to the devil
   G            Dm/F
But I ain't rollin? over for you
  G              Fadd9
If you've got a pistol in your pocket
       G  D5   G
I've got my .38 Special too


| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G |
| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G |
| C | G | G | Dm/F |
| G | Fadd9 | G D5 | G |

| G |


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             13. My Heart Has Never Changed


Key: G Major
Time: 4/4


TUNING: Dropped C
CAPO: No


G..................[x0222x]
Gsus4..............[x0223x]
C..................[0x423x]
Cadd9..............[0x4230]
D5.................[2x240x]
G/B................[x4222x]
Em.................[4x4222]


| G Gsus4 | x4


  G
My car?s in for a brake job
           C
Be ready in a while

Something about the waitress
                Cadd9 C G
Made me think about your smile
       Gsus4  G
I tip her a ten spot
    G/B      C  Csus4 C
And I try to read her name
      G        D5
I'm just an old long hauler
            G Gsus4 G Gsus4
A grinder at the game


G

Heaven knows the highways
            G/B
Since we've been apart
    C
But my heart don't feel like leaving
            Cadd9 C G
Or you won't leave my heart
        Gsus4 G
Now and then I might take
     G/B      C  Cadd9 C
A little something for pain
       G        Gsus4   G D5
But there?s nothing much for heartache
             C   D5
And my heart has never changed
           G   Gsus4 G Gsus4
My heart has never changed


| G Gsus4 | G G/B | C | C Cadd9 |
| G Gsus4 | G G/B | C Cadd9 | C |
| G Gsus4 | D | G Gsus4 | G G/B |


       C
Now there?s no more rough and tumble
       G  Em
Down Highway 199

Nothing lasts forever
          D5
I just miss it sometimes


   G         Gsus4 G
She comes to pour more coffee
              G/B  C
But it's time to see more world

I pick up my check and keys
          Cadd9 C
And go and pay the girl
  G          Gsus2 G
My mind?s in Hell?s Half Acre
     G/B      C   Cadd9 C
And the rooms along Exchange
      G        Gsus4 G D5
And the scenes are always shifting
             C   Cadd9 C D5
But my heart has never changed
           G   Gsus4 G Gsus4
My heart has never changed


| G Gsus4 |

| G |


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              14. Terminal of Tribute To


Key: B Minor
Time: 4/4


CAPO: 2


C/G...................[332010]
D/A...................[x00232]
A5....................[x022xx]
E/G#..................[4x645x]
Em/G..................[3x545x]
D/F#..................[2x423x]
Dm/F..................[1x323x]

Gm/Bb.................[x1003x] or [6x878x]
Dm/B .................[x2x231]


Play intro, outro & 1st verse with bass notes only.


| Am | Am Am/G# | Am/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E |
| Am/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E | Am/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/G |
| Am |


Am
    Am/G#     Am/G  Am/F# Am/F
On the road again in cabaret
     Am/E Am/G  Am/F# Am/F
Grey hair and Fenders
       Am/E Am/G  Am/F# Am/F
Old ghosts revisited today
 Am/G    Am
No original members


Am
       C/G       D/F#    F
Pick out a pretty one and toss your hair
    C         G   D/A F
Seems foolish when you're older
      C       G     D/A F
You always felt you never had your share
  G         A5
A chip on both your shoulders



A
       E/G#   Em/G  D/F# Dm/F
You've been faking it so long
     C     G      D/A F
Now you don't know right from wrong
       C      G      D/A F
Or what the future has in store for you
    G      Am
In the terminal of tribute to


Am
    C/G       D/F#    F
Every day you take the bitter pill
       C    G       D/A F
The minibus driver says and you are who
      C       G    D/A F
You never made it and you never will
    G      A5
In the terminal of tribute to



       C             G/B
Where your plans are forever falling through
      Gm/Bb          A7
And your dreams are movies never shot
        Dm            Dm/C
And you're someone, a shadow passing through
       Dm/B E7
Nobody ever knew
       (Am)
So nobody forgot


| Am C/G | D/F# D/A | F C | G D/A |
| F C | G D/A | F G |
| Am | % | % |


Am
       C/G       D/F#   D/A F
Your bag has fallen from the carousel
       C        G     D/A F
They say one day it could come back to you
     C    G   D/A F
Exactly when nobody can tell
    G      A5
In the terminal of tribute to


A
       E/G#   Em/G  D/F# Dm/F
You've been faking it so long
     C     G      D/A F
Now you don't know right from wrong
       C      G      D/A F
Or what the future has in store for you
    G      A5
In the terminal of tribute to


A
       E/G#   Em/G  D/F# Dm/F
You've been faking it so long
     C     G      D/A F
Now you don't know right from wrong
       C      G      D/A F
Or what the future has in store for you
    G      A5
In the terminal of tribute to


| A E/G# | Em/G D/F# | Dm/F C | G D/A |
| F C | G D/A | F G | A5 |


| Am Am/G# | Am/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E |
| Am/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E | Am/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/G |
| Am |

| Am Am/G# | Am/G Am/F# | Am/F |


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                 15. Heart of Oak


Key: B-flat Major
Time: 3/4


CAPO: 3


   Em   C   G/B  C     G   Em  G/D    CMaj7    D/F#    G      G/F#
E |---3--2-|--0-----------0-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||
B |---0----|--1--x--3-----1--3----|--0-----------0-------|-----------0----------|--------0-------------||
G |---0----|--0--x--0-----0-------|--0-----0--------0----|--------0-----2h-0----|--0--------0----------||
D |---2----|-----x----------------|--------2-----0-------|-----2--------0-------|-----0----------------||
A |--------|--3-----2-----3-------|----------------------|--3-------------------|----------------------||
E |--------|----------------------|--3-------------------|--------------2-------|--3-----------2-------||


       Em    CMaj7   D/F#
And how he used to thrill the crowd
   G/B CMaj7   D/F#  G
The ready eye with bat and ball
   G/F#  Em    CMaj7 D/F#
The village fighter, heavy browed
  G/B   CMaj7  D/F# G
The Englishman who had it all
  Em   C  G/B CMaj7  D/F#
A mighty shoulder to the wheel
  C    G  Em CMaj7  D/F#
To join in battle with the best
  G/B Em    CMaj7  D/F#
The iron arm, the will of steel
   G/B   CMaj7  D/F#   G  Em
And heart of oak to mourn the rest


| C G/B C | G Em G/D | CMaj7 % D/F# | G |


  G/F# Em    CMaj7 D/F#
A power harnessed to the game
   G/B    CMaj7  D/F#  G
Once yoked and tempered fades away
   G/F#  Em     CMaj7 D/F#
The willing arm, the steady aim
   G/B    CMaj7   D/F#  G
The youth and fire that won the day
   Em    C G/B CMaj7  D/F#
As twilight shadows dim the field
  C    G  Em  CMaj7  D/F#
The ageing fighter stands bereft
   G/B   Em   CMaj7 D/F#
With just the will to never yield
   G/B   CMaj7  D/F#     G  Em
And heart of oak to mourn what's left


| C G/B C | G Em G/D | CMaj7 % D/F# | G |


___________________________________________________________________________________

              16. Time Will End All Sorrow


Key: C Major
Time: 4/4


CAPO: 5


G........................[3xx00x]
G/B......................[x2x03x]
C........................[x3xx10]
CMaj7/G..................[332000]
D/F#.....................[2x023x]
Em7......................[0x003x]
B7/F#....................[2x120x]


| G G/B G C G | C/G | % | G % C/G G |
| G G/B G C G | C/G | % D/F# | G % C/G G |


   G  G/B    G  C  G/B   C/G
The campfires have been lit along the river
            C6 C   G  C/G G
You wouldn?t know of trouble anywhere
 G G/B G  C   G/B   C/G
Someone is playing a concertina
      D/F# G  C/G G
Some old familiar air


  G   G/B  G C  G/B  C/G
It takes me back into another lifetime
                  G  C/G G
Before we ever fought in fields of mud
    G   G/B  G  C     G/B     C/G
Where lives like autumn leaves are tossed and scattered
     CMaj7/G D/F#   G  C/G G
And lost in the swirling flood


      G  G/B C   D/F# G
But how a song can heal a weary heart
   C/G       G       F/D# Em7 F/D#
And bring you closer to me where I lie
  Em    C   B7/F# Em
A song can heal a weary heart
 C/G        G   G/C  G C/G G C/G G
Time will end all sorrow by and by


   G  G/B  G  C   G/B   C/G
The moon is laying soft upon the water
           C6 C      G  C/G G
Smoke comes drifting gently from the hill
   G  G/B    G  C    G/B  C/G
They tell us that this war will soon be over
         D/F#    G  C/G G
Maybe in another lifetime it will


      G  C/G C   D/F# G
But how a song can heal a weary heart
   C/G       G       D/F# Em7 D/F#
And bring you closer to me where I lie
  Em    C   B7  Em
A song can heal a weary heart
 C/G        G   C/G  G
Time will end all sorrow by and by
 C/G        G   C/G  G C/G
Time will end all sorrow by and by


| G |


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                17. Oklahoma Ponies


Key: D Major, G Major
Time: 2/4


CAPO: 2


C5...................[x3x01x]
G5...................[3x003x]
G5/C.................[x3003x]
Gsus4................[3x001x]


| C5 |

| C5 | F/C | G5/C | C5 | x8


     C
We're a badass band
     F/C   C
From the kick ass south
           G5
Pizza goin? down the sofa
  C
A rockin? little band
    F   C
Got a record out
   G5/C        C
And buddy it's a hit all over

     C
We're a badass band
     F/C   C
From the kick ass south
 C         Gsus4
Cornchips in the shagpile
 C
We're a? gonna punch
   F/C      C
One another in the mouth
     G5          C
They're giving us a brand new hairstyle


 C      F       C/G
Get on down, turn ?em all around
 C           G5
Kick ?em in the old cojones
    C      F       C
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
 G5         C
We're the Oklahoma Ponies

 C   C/E  F       C/G
Get on down, turn ?em all around
 C           G5
Kick ?em in the old cojones
    C      F       C
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
   G5         C
?Cos we're the Oklahoma Ponies


     C
Now the badass boys
      F/A     C
They're a? gonna wanna fight
      C     G5
Like they do in Oklahoma
      C
They got a killer girl
   F/A   F
To dress us right
   C/G    G5/B C
And buddy do I wanna bone her

     C   C/E
We're a badass band
     F    C/G
From the kick ass south
 C          G5
Pizza going down the sofa
  C
A rockin? little band
    F/A  F
With a record out
   G5      G5/B  C
And buddy it's a hit all over


 C   C/G  F       C/G
Get on down, turn ?em all around
 C       F/A  Gsus4 Gsus4/B
Kick ?em in the old cojones
    C   C/E  F       C
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
 G5    G5/D   C
We're the Oklahoma Ponies

 C   C/E  F       C
Get on down, turn ?em all around
 C       C/E  G5
Kick?em in the old cojones
    C   C/G  F       C
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
   G5    G5/D   C   C/G
?Cos we're the Oklahoma Ponies


| F F/A | Bb F | F F/A | C C/G |
| F F/A | Bb F | C C/G | F F/C |

| F |


___________________________________________________________________________________

                  18. Hot Dog


Key: C Modal
Time: 4/4


CAPO: No


C5.................[x355xx]
F5.................[133xxx]
Bb5................[x133xx]


| C5 | x8


   C5
I'm coming off your cooking
   C5
I'm coming off my food
   C5
I'm staring down this hot dog
       C5
And I'm in a fighting mood
    F5           C5
Hot dog, it's either your or me
       C5      Bb5 F5
I guess the hot dog blues
        C5
Got a hold on me


     C5
Well I drink my coffee leaded
    C5
?Til I'm good to go
   C5              C5
They tell me it ain't good for me

Maybe so
    F5          C5
Hot dog, it's either you or me
         C5    Bb F5
I guess the hot dog blues
        C5
Got a hold on me


| C5 | % | % | % |
| F5 | % | C5 | % |
| G5 | Bb F5 | C5 | % |


       C5
Well you're gonna give me trouble
     C5       C5
I'm gonna stick around

Ain't no hot dog
      C5
Gonna run me out of town
    F5          C5
Hot Dog, it's either you or me
       C5      Bb5 F5
I guess the hot dog blues
        C5
Got a hold on me

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