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Back To Tupelo

Mark Knopfler
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Around  the time of 'clambake'
 Movie number twenty-five
 You and the lying Dutchman
 Are still in overdrive
 You're as strong as when you started
 Mississippi in your soul
 You can still be Marlon Brando
 And the king  of rock and roll
It  isn't just the records
 No, you must have Hollywood
 The songs alone are not enough
 That much is understood
 You'll soon be back in Memphis
 Maybe then you'll know what to do
 The storylines they're giving you
  (n..)
 Are just not ringing true
 Oh, it's a ways to go
 Back to Tupelo
 Oh, it's a ways to go
 Back to Tupelo
When  you're young and beautiful
 Your dreams are all ideals
 Later on it's not the same
 Lord, everything is real
 Sixteen hundred miles of highway
 Roll back to the truth
 And a song to give your mother
 In your first  recording booth
Around  the time of 'clambake'
 That old dream's still rolling on
 Sometimes there'll be the feeling
 Things are going wrong
 The morning star is fading
 Lord, the Mississippi's cold
 You can still be Marlon Brando
  (n..)
 And the king of rock and roll
 But, it's a ways to go
 Back to Tupelo
 Oh, it's a ways to go
 Back to Tupelo
 Bm (n.b.): no barré (004432)
=  320000
 M.ark A.dded A.gain S.upersongs
 J.M. Ofchords, Febr. 12, 2005

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Readable chord sheet for Back To Tupelo by Mark Knopfler

[Bm] [A]

[Bm]Around the time of 'clambake'
Movie number twenty-five
You and the lying Dutchman
Are still in overdrive
You're as strong as when you started
Mississippi in your soul
You can still be Marlon Brando
And the [A]king of rock and [Bm]roll

[Bm]It isn't just the records
No, you must have Hollywood
The songs alone are not enough
That much is understood
You'll soon be back in Memphis
Maybe then you'll know what to do
The storylines they're giving you
    [A]                [Bm]   [Bm](n.[B].)
Are just not ringing true

Oh, it's a ways to [G]go[G6]   [A]     [D]
Back to Tupelo[G]  [G6]     [A]       [D]
Oh, it's a ways to [G]go[G6]   [A]     [D]
Back to Tupelo[G]  [G6]     [A]

[G] [G6] [A] [D] [Bm] [G] [G6] [A] [D] [Bm] [G] [G6] [A]

[Bm]When you're young and beautiful
Your dreams are all ideals
Later on it's not the same
Lord, everything is real
Sixteen hundred miles of highway
Roll back to the truth
And a song to give your mother
In your [A]first recording [Bm]booth

[Bm]Around the time of 'clambake'
That old dream's still rolling on
Sometimes there'll be the feeling
Things are going wrong
The morning star is fading
Lord, the Mississippi's cold
You can still be Marlon Brando
        [A]                [Bm](n.[B].)
And the king of rock and roll

But, it's a ways to [G]go[G6]   [A]     [D]
Back to Tupelo[G]  [G6]     [A]       [D]
Oh, it's a ways to [G]go[G6]   [A]     [D]
Back to Tupelo[G]  [G6]     [A]

[G] [G6] [A] [D] [Bm] [G] [G6] [A] [D] [Bm] [G] [G6] [A]

Bm (n.b.): no barré (004432)
[G6]= 320000


M.ark A.dded A.gain S.upersongs
J.M. Ofchords, Febr. 12, 2005

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