Kill To Get Crimson
Mark KnopflerVersion1
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True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
I wonder if there's no forever
No walking hand in hand
Down a yellow brick road
To never never land
These days I get to where I'm going
Make it there eventually
Follow the trail of breadcrumbs
To where I'm meant to be
To where I'm meant to be
I don't know what brought you to me
That was up to you
There's so many come to see me
Who want their own tattoo
I fixed a needle in a holder
Laid my hand upon your spine
And there upon your shoulder
I drew the picture as your sign
When I think about us
I see the picture that we made
The picture to remind us
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
I worked the rowdies and daytrippers
Now and then I think of you
Any which way we're all shufflin'
Forward in the queue
They like to move my operation
They like to get me off the pier
And I dream I'm on a steamer
Pullin' out of here
When I think about us
I see a picture that we made
The picture to remind us
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
True love will never fade
C7add11
The scaffolders wife
driving out of the yard
with a face thats as hard
as a scaffolders bar -
when she goes into town
she might take the top down
on the car
The quick little steps
in the stiletto boots
and the hair with the roots
She comes in as a rule
to get the nails done
and the tan for the sun
when the kids are in school
Dont begrudge her the Merc
its been nothing but work
and a hard life
Losing her looks
over company books
- the scaffolders wife
In the wicked old days
when they went it alone
kept the company going
on a wing and a prayer
They dont pay what they owe
when they have the cash flow
- they dont care
Dont begrudge her the Merc
its been nothing but work
and a hard life
Losing her looks
over company books
- the scaffolders wife
the scaffolders wife
Sunday morning, here we are
The boys come home
not quite the movie star
Hes been in Hollywood
The boys come home
The boys done good
He says she asked too high a price
neglecting to declare
what sits between them there on ice,
chilled, with the fizzy and the still:
he tried but didnt make it there
Its not for me
Its not for me
He says she asked too high a price
neglecting to declare
what sits between them there on ice,
chilled, with the fizzy and the still:
he tried but didnt make it there
Its not for me
Its not for me
Sunday papers, here we are
The boys come home
The boys come home
You can tell me your troubles
Ill listen for free
My regulars trust me, it seems
You can come and see Uncle
to get through the week
leave your pledges with me to redeem
Some folk sell their bodies
for ten bob a go
Politicians go pawning their souls
Which doesnt make me
look too bad, dont you know
me, with my heart full of holes
All my yesterdays broken
a watch with no face
all battered and old
Bits of the movement
all over the place
and a heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
a heart full of holes
a heart full of holes
a heart full of holes
Brass knuckles and banjos
are out on the town
at the knees-up
in Teddy Boys Row
The gold block and tackle
tells the time upside down
Rock n roll - well, I dont know
Dead peoples wedding gifts
walk out the door
A clarinet squeals to be free
Accordions hop
from the shelves to the floor -
start playing their polkas to me
Theres a ringing of bells
a dunderheads curse
Fingers are pointing at you
And you take work in hell
and be glad its not worse
and you get to the back of the queue
Handcuffs and hunting knives
clang on the bars
Air pistols shoot out the lights
Ive a whole Wailing Wall
of electric guitars
could shatter the windows
down Brick Lane tonight
If one of us dies, love
I think Ill retire
see my boys and my beautiful girls
A Garden of Eden
no gates or barbed wire
who knows, maybe gates made of pearls
Well, if we go to heaven
and some say we dont
but if theres a reckoning day
please God, Ill see you
and maybe I wont
Ive a bag packed to go either way
Redeeming your pledge, dear
Ill keep it for you
Its not going to go anywhere
But your soul, your soul
that is not what I do
Theres not a lot I can do there
I remember the officers watch
in my hand:
'Repair it or die' I was told
Its a wonder to me -
I still dont understand
why I ever survived to be old
with a heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
A heart full of holes
We're old enough for leaving home,
The old joanna and the old trombone,
It's all going on,
I'm growing my sideboards long,
Hey you and me can
be who we want to be.
Listen now right here,
It's going to be a beautiful year.
Calling it a teenage scene
And I have a dream,
Don't know if I'll be a star
I'm going to play guitar
I've seen this rocking cat
I want to be just like that.
Listen now right here
It's going to be a beautiful year
Hey look at you baby,
Tell your daddy you're no child
Look at you baby
We can get wild.
Oh yeah
We'll be on our own
Billy Fury on the gramophone
Take you to the pictures and a dance
In my drainpipe pants
Check the mirror and the old DA
And "You can play in a day"
Listen now right here
It's going to be a beautiful year
Hey look at you baby
Tell your daddy you're no child
Hey look at you baby
We can get wild
Hey look at you baby
Tell your daddy you're no child
Hey look at you baby
We can get wild
We can get wild
Get wild
Get wild
The school Christmas party is coming
Ain't doing rugby no more
McIntyre's teaching us waltzing
Out on the gymnasium floor
Out on the gymnasium floor
McIntyre's out of the army
You'll be slippered if you get it wrong
McIntyre's din booms loud in the gym
But we've only got our little shorts on
But we've only got our little shorts on.
And it's one two three, two two,we're all a disgrace
McIntyre's tore us apart
And we danced with ourselves, when we'd all found a space
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
Waltzing with fear in our hearts.
Comes the day of the final manoeuvres,
all of our heads are a whirl
It's getting much closer to D day
This time we're goina do it with girls
This time we're goina do it with girls.
In the arena the ladies are waiting
A twelve year old partner to guide
Some matches were fixed, the rest of us we mixed
And a fat girl got left on the side
A fat girl got left on the side.
And it's one two three, two two,we're all a disgrace
McIntyre tore us apart
And we danced with ourselves, when we'd all found a space
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
Waltzing with fear in our hearts.
When you come to my fights, and I am under the lights
And you see that my footwork is false
Don't count me out, the start of the bout
I'm just doing the secondary waltz
Doing the secondary waltz.
Theyre driving long nails into coffins
Youve been having sleepless nights
Youve gone as quiet as a church mouse
and checking on your rights
The boss has hung you out to dry
And it looks as though
theyll punish the monkey
and let the organ grinder go
Youve been talking to a lawyer
Are you going to to pretend
that you and your employer
are still the best of friends?
Somebodys going to take the fall
Theres your quid pro quo
Theyll punish the monkey
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
and let the organ grinder go
Here comes a policeman
He wont be sidetracked
Hes asking about a smoking gun
Hes after the facts
Its a quiet life from here on in
Youve dropped your poison cup
The telephone is ringing
But youre not picking up
Times up, Sir Lord Flunkey
And everybody knows
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
and let the organ grinder go
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
and let the organ grinder go
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
punish the monkey
When its pop goes the weasel
let go of the easel
You dont want
this rickety rackety life
Its seat of the trousers
Its all sink or swim, son
Id kill to get crimson
on this palette knife
And Id steal in a minute
Im up to here in it
You here behaving
as though Im a saint
Get a job with a pension
Dont ever mention
you once had a craving
for the brushes and paint
So go, forget it, let it all go
let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
Let it all go
A hack writer judges
my swipes and my smudges
he doesnt like pictures
with blotches and blots
The drawing room tea set
wants horses, sunsets
sweet nothings -
the seaside with yachts
Heres the end of the thirties
no time for arties
over in Poland
a right old to-do
So go join the navy
the air force or the army
Theyll all be enrolling
young fellows like you
So go, forget it, let it all go
let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
Let it all go
These are not my decisions
flaming visions
ringing expressions
the clamouring voice
Its volcanic desire
the unquenchable fire
It isnt a question
of having the choice
Anyway, now Im old
but if you wont be told
if youve been created
to answer the call
all passion and lust
is going to end in the dust
but youll hang on some
government gallery wall
You must go, forget it, let it all go
let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
let it all go
Go, forget it, let it all go
Let it all go
This didnt used to be me, old boy
This isnt what Id want
pulling old night fighters
in a restaurant
Theres smoke and flames behind me
where the self-respect all went
and Im behind, behind
with the rent
Ive been stitched up like a kipper, old son
but I wont be again
Hell hath no fury
Oh, Im like a lot of men
Now Im stalking this old Doris
with lascivious intent
and Im behind, behind
with the rent
Just a little duck and dive
and a bit of wheel and deal
Shell remind me Im alive
Shell remind me I still feel
Just a little shelling out
for a bit of you-know-what
I know this is all about
something that I never got
Well this crumpets past its sell-by-date
but they all would qualify
Theyre going to be lonely
and be happy to comply
She knows that Im a chancer
coming on like a gent
but Im behind, behind
with the rent
Yes, Im behind, behind
with the rent
When I gave my heart
to a tinker boy
he said a fish could love a swallow
And I will go with my travelling man
Wherever he goes I will follow
He will mend
your pots and pans
Your kitchen knives hell take and sharpen
Then Ill be gone with my travelling man
and never more your doorway darken
The fish and the bird
who fall in love
will find no place to build a home in
The fish and the bird who fall in love
are bound forever to go roaming
bound forever to go roaming
Im a maker of ballads right pretty
I write them right here in the street
You can buy them all over the city
yours for a penny a sheet
Im a word pecker out of the printers
Out of the Damsel Gin lane
Ill write up a scene on a counter
- confessions and sins in the main, boys
confessions and sins in the main
Then youll find me in Madame Genevas
keeping the demons at bay
Theres nothing like gin for drowning them in
but theyll always be back on a hanging day
They come rattling over the cobbles
they sit on their coffins of black
Some are struck dumb, some gabble
top-heavy on brandy or sec
The pews are all full of fine fellows
and the hawker has set up her shop
As theyre turning them off at the gallows
shell be selling right under the drop, boys
selling right under the drop
Then youll find me in Madame Genevas
keeping the demons at bay
Theres nothing like gin for drowning them in
but theyll always be back on a hanging day
Are you home from the sea, my soul balladeer
Youve been away roaming far away from here
weathered a storm, your heart unafraid
crossed every ocean in the boat that you made
Been blowing your horn, scaring the spooks
No crotchets or quavers in your books
Gone sailing all night, straight in the vein
like a bird on his own flight in his domain in the sky
in the sky
Running in on the tide with the first of the stars
the moon on the water and the sound of guitars
Glide into the homing as the night falls
to tie up in the haven by the old harbour wall
And the hard-bitten stranger as deaf as a post
who stands at the fire where a poets dreams roast
He cant know the story, he cant feel the pain
and all of the glory falls around him like rain in the sky
in the sky
Youre a light in the dark, a beacon of hope
and strong as a sea boat, strong as a rope
And the vagabond wind, whispers over the bay
and the songs and the laughter, are carried away in the sky
in the sky
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Readable chord sheet for Kill To Get Crimson by Mark Knopfler
[C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [Dm] [G] True love will never f[C]ade [F] True love will never f[Dm]ade [G] True love will never f[C]ade [F] True love will never f[Dm]ade [G] True love will never f[C]ade I wonder if there's no for[F]ever No walking hand in h[C]and Down a yellow brick r[Dm]oad [G] To never never land [C] These days I get to where I'm g[F]oing Make it there eventuall[C]y Follow the trail of br[Dm]eadcrumbs [G] To where I'm meant to b[F]e [G] To where I'm meant to b[C]e I don't know what brought you to m[F]e That was up to y[C]ou There's so many come to s[Dm]ee me [G] Who want their own tatt[C]oo I fixed a needle in a h[F]older Laid my hand upon your sp[C]ine And there upon your sh[Dm]oulder [G] I drew the picture as your s[C]ign When I think ab[Dm]out us [G] I see the picture that we m[C]ade [Am] The picture to rem[F]ind us [G] True love will never f[F]ade [G] True love will never f[C]ade [F] True love will never f[Dm]ade [G] True love will never f[C]ade [C] [F] [F] [C] [C] [Dm] [G] [C] I worked the rowdies and d[F]aytrippers Now and then I think of y[C]ou Any which way we're all sh[Dm]ufflin' [G] Forward in the q[C]ueue They like to move my oper[F]ation They like to get me off the p[C]ier And I dream I'm on a st[Dm]eamer [G] Pullin' out of h[C]ere When I think ab[Dm]out us [G] I see a picture that we m[C]ade [Am] The picture to rem[F]ind us [G] True love will never f[F]ade [G] True love will never f[C]ade [F] True love will never f[Dm]ade [G] True love will never f[C]ade [F] True love will never f[Dm]ade [G] True love will never f[C]ade [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [Dm] [G] C7add11 [x33310] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] The scaffolders w[C7add11]ife driving out of the y[C]ard with a face thats as h[F]ard as a scaffolders b[C]ar - when she goes into t[G]own she might take the top d[E]own on the c[Am]ar [D] [Am] The quick little st[C7add11]eps in the stiletto b[C]oots and the hair with the r[F]oots She comes in as a r[C]ule to get the nails d[G]one and the tan for the s[E]un when the kids are in sch[Am]ool [D] [Am] Dont begrudge her the M[F]erc its been nothing but w[G]ork and a h[C]ard[C/B] l[Am]ife L[Am/G]osing her l[F]ooks over company b[G]ooks - the scaffolders w[F]ife [C] [Dm] [C] [Gm] [C] [F] [C] [G] [E] [Am] [D] [Am] In the wicked old d[C7add11]ays when they went it al[C]one kept the company g[F]oing on a wing and a pr[C]ayer They dont pay what they [G]owe when they have the cash fl[E]ow - they dont c[Am]are [D] [Am] Dont begrudge her the M[F]erc its been nothing but w[G]ork and a h[C]ard[C/B] l[Am]ife L[Am/G]osing her l[F]ooks over company b[G]ooks - the scaffolders w[F]ife [C] [Dm] [C] the scaffolders w[F]ife [C] [Dm] [C] [F] [C] [Dm] [C] [F] [C] [Dm] [C] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [Am] [Esus4] [022200] [E] [Esus4] [Em] [A] [E] [Esus4] [Em] [A] S[E]unday morning, h[Esus4]ere we are [Em] The boys come h[A]ome not quite the m[E]ovie star H[E]es been in H[Esus4]ollywood [Em] The boys come h[A]ome The boys done[E] good H[B]e says she [D]asked too high a pr[A]ice neglecting to decl[E]are wh[B]at sits betw[D]een them there on [A]ice, [Am] ch[Am]illed, with the fizzy and the still: [Am/F#] he tried but didnt m[E]ake it there Its not for m[A]e [A] [E] Its not for m[A]e [E] [Esus4] [Em] [A] [A] [E] [F#m] [G] [A] [E] H[B]e says she [D]asked too high a pr[A]ice neglecting to decl[E]are wh[B]at sits betw[D]een them there on [A]ice, [Am] ch[Am]illed, with the fizzy and the still: [Am/F#] he tried but didnt m[E]ake it there Its not for m[A]e [A] [E] Its not for m[A]e S[E]unday papers, h[Esus4]ere we are [Em] The boys come h[A]ome [A] [E] [Emsus4] [Em] The boys come h[A]ome [E] [Esus4] [Em] [A] [A] [E] [F#m] [G] [A] [A] [E] [E] [F#m] [G] [A] [A] [E] [Aaug] [x4322x] [G/C] [x30003] [C] [G/C] [F] [G] [C] [G/C] [F] [G] You can t[C]ell me your tr[F]oubles Ill l[G]isten for fr[C]ee My r[C]egulars tr[F]ust me, it [F]seems[G] You can c[C]ome and see U[F]ncle to g[G]et through the w[C]eek leave your p[F]ledges with me to red[G]eem Some f[C]olk sell their b[F]odies for t[G]en bob a go[C] Politi[C]cians go p[F]awning their [F]sou[G]ls Which d[C]oesnt m[F]ake me look too [G]bad, dont you k[C]now m[F]e, with my heart full of h[G]oles All my y[Dm]esterdays b[Aaug]roken a w[F]atch with no[Aaug] face [Dm] all b[F]attered an[Dm/B]d old B[Dm]its of the m[Aaug]ovement a[F]ll over th[Dm/B]e place [Bb] and a heart full of h[G]oles A heart full of h[C]oles [G/C] a heart full of h[F]oles [G] a heart full of h[C]oles [G/C] a heart full of h[F]oles [G] Brass k[C]nuckles and b[F]anjos are o[G]ut on the t[C]own at the kn[C]ees-up in T[F]eddy Boys [F]Row [G] The g[C]old block and t[F]ackle tells the t[G]ime upside d[C]own R[F]ock n roll - well, I dont kn[G]ow D[Dm]ead peoples w[Aaug]edding gifts w[F]alk out the[Aaug] door A cl[Dm]arinet sq[F]ueals to be [Dm/B]free Ac[Dm]cordions h[Aaug]op from the sh[F]elves to the [Dm/B]floor - start pl[Bb]aying their polkas to m[G]e [Dm] [F] [G] [Dm] [G] [F] [G] [Dm] [F] [G] [Dm] [G] [F] [G] Theres a r[C]inging of b[F]ells a d[G]underheads c[C]urse F[C]ingers are p[F]ointing at [F]you [G] And you t[C]ake work in h[F]ell and be gl[G]ad its not w[C]orse and y[F]ou get to the back of the q[G]ueue H[Dm]andcuffs and h[Aaug]unting knives cl[F]ang on the[Aaug] bars A[Dm]ir pistols sh[F]oot out the[Dm/B] lights Ive a w[Dm]hole Wailing W[Aaug]all of el[F]ectric gu[Dm/B]itars could sh[Bb]atter the windows [G] down Brick Lane tonight If [C]one of us [F]dies, love I th[G]ink Ill ret[C]ire see my b[C]oys and my bea[F]utiful [F]girls [G] A G[C]arden of E[F]den no g[G]ates or barbed w[C]ire who kn[F]ows, maybe gates made of pe[G]arls Well, [C]if we go to h[F]eaven and s[G]ome say we d[C]ont but [C]if theres a r[F]eckoning [F]day [G] pl[C]ease God, Ill s[F]ee you and m[G]aybe I w[C]ont Ive a b[F]ag packed to go either w[G]ay [C] [G/C] [F] [G] [C] [G/C] [F] [G] R[C]edeeming your pl[F]edge, dear Ill k[G]eep it for y[C]ou Its n[C]ot going to g[F]o anywh[F]ere [G] But your s[C]oul, your s[F]oul that is n[G]ot what I d[C]o Theres n[F]ot a lot I can do th[G]ere I rem[Dm]ember the [Aaug]officers w[F]atch in my h[Aaug]and: 'Rep[Dm]air it or d[F]ie' I was[Dm/B] told Its a w[Dm]onder to m[Aaug]e - I still d[F]ont under[Dm/B]stand why I [Bb]ever survived to be [G]old with a heart full of h[C]oles [G/C] A heart full of h[F]oles [G] A heart full of h[C]oles [G/C] A heart full of h[F]oles [G] A heart full of h[C]oles [G/C] A heart full of h[F]oles [G] A heart full of h[C]oles [G/C] A heart full of h[F]oles [G] [Dm] [F] [G] [Dm] [G] [F] [G] [Dm] [F] [G] [Dm] [G] [F] [G] [Am] We're [Am]old enough for l[C]eaving home, [F] The old joanna and the old trombone, [Am] It's all g[C]oing on, [F] I'm growing my sideboards long, [C] Hey y[Am]ou and me can [F] be who we want to be.[C] Listen now[Am] right here,[F] It's going to be a bea[C]utiful year. [Am] Calling it a te[C]enage scene [F] And I have a dream, [Am] Don't know if I'll [C]be a star [F] I'm going to play guitar [C] I've seen this r[Am]ocking cat [F] I want to be just like that. [C] Listen now[Am] right here [F] It's going to be a be[C]autiful year [Am] [F] H[F]ey look at you b[C]aby, [F] Tell your daddy you're no ch[C]ild [F] Look at you b[C]aby [Bb] We can get w[Am]ild. [Am] Oh yeah [Am] We'll be [C]on our own [F] Billy Fury on the gramophone T[Am]ake you to the picture[C]s and a dance [F] In my drainpipe pants [C] Check the mirror and the [Am]old DA [F] And "You can play in a day" [C] Listen now[Am] right here [F] It's going to be a bea[C]utiful year [Am] [F] Hey [F]look at you b[C]aby [F] Tell your daddy you're no ch[C]ild [F] Hey look at you b[C]aby [Bb] We can get w[Am]ild [Am] [F] Hey [F]look at you b[C]aby [F] Tell your daddy you're no ch[C]ild [F] Hey look at you b[C]aby [Bb] We can get w[Am]ild We can get w[Am]ild Get w[Am]ild Get w[Am]ild [Am] [A] [A] [D] [A] [A] [E] [A] The sch[A]ool Christmas party is c[D]omi[A]ng Ain't doing rugby no m[D]ore McIntyre's t[E]eaching us w[A]altz[F#m]ing O[A]ut on the gymn[D]asium fl[A]oor [D] O[A]ut on the gymn[D]asium fl[A]oor McIntyre's out of the [D]arm[A]y You'll be slippered if you get i[D]t wrong McIntyre's d[E]in booms l[A]oud in the g[F#m]ym B[A]ut we've only got our l[D]ittle shorts [A]on [D] B[A]ut we've only got our l[D]ittle shorts [A]on. And it's [D]one two three, two two,we're [A]all a disgrace McIntyre's tore us a[D]part And we danced with ourselves, when we'd [A]all found a sp[D]ace W[A]altzing with f[D]ear in our h[A]eart[D]s W[A]altzing with f[D]ear in our h[A]earts. [A] [A] [D] [A] [A] [E] [A] Comes the d[A]ay of the final mano[D]euvr[A]es, all of our heads are a wh[D]irl It's getting much cl[E]oser to [A]D da[F#m]y Th[A]is time we're goina d[D]o it with [A]girls [D] Th[A]is time we're goina d[D]o it with [A]girls. In the ar[A]ena the ladies are w[D]aiti[A]ng A twelve year old partner to g[D]uide Some matches were f[E]ixed, the r[A]est of us we [F#m]mixed And a f[A]at girl got l[D]eft on the s[A]ide [D] A f[A]at girl got l[D]eft on the s[A]ide. And it's [D]one two three, two two,we're [A]all a disgrace McIntyre tore us ap[D]art And we danced with ourselves, when we'd all f[A]ound a sp[D]ace W[A]altzing with f[D]ear in our h[A]earts [D] W[A]altzing with f[D]ear in our h[A]earts. [A] [A] [D] [A] [A] [E] [A] When you c[D]ome to my fights, and I am [A]under the lights And you see that my footwork is f[D]alse Don't count me out, the st[A]art of the b[D]out I'm just d[A]oing the se[D]condary w[A]altz [D] D[A]oing the s[D]econdary w[A]altz. [A] [A] [D] [A] [A] [E] [A] [Dm] Theyre d[Dm]riving long nails into coffins Youve been having sleepless nights Youve gone as quiet as a church mouse and checking on your rights The boss has hung you out to dry [Bb] And it looks as tho[A]ugh theyll punish the mo[Dm]nkey [Bb] [Am] [Bm] and let the organ grinder g[Dm]o [Dm] Y[Bb]ouve been t[A]alking to a l[Dm]awyer [Bb] Are you going to to pret[Dm]end [Bb] that [A]you and your empl[Dm]oyer [Bb] are still the b[A]est of friends? [Bb] Someb[A]odys going to t[Dm]ake the fall [Bb] Theres your quid pro q[A]uo Theyll punish the m[Dm]onkey [Bb] [Gm] [C] punish the mo[Dm]nkey [Bb] [Gm] [C] punish the mon[Dm]key [Bb] [Am] [Gm] and let the organ grinder g[Dm]o H[F]ere comes a p[Bb]olicem[F]an He wont b[Bb]e sidetr[F]acked Hes asking about a sm[Bb]oking g[C]un Hes [Dm]aft[Bb]er the f[A]acts [A] [Bb] [A] [Dm] [Bb] [Dm] [Bb] [A] [Dm] [Bb] [A] [Bb] [A] [Dm] [Bb] [A] [Dm] [Bb] [Am] [Gm] [Dm] I[Bb]ts a q[A]uiet life from h[Dm]ere on in [Bb] Youve dropped your pois[Dm]on cup [Bb] The t[A]elephone is r[Dm]inging [Bb] But youre n[A]ot picking up [Bb] Times u[A]p, Sir Lord Fl[Dm]unkey [Bb] And everybody kn[A]ows punish the mo[Dm]nkey [Bb] [Gm] [C] punish the [Dm]monkey [Bb] [Gm] [C] punish the mon[Dm]key [Bb] [Am] [Gm] and let the organ grinder g[Dm]o punish the mo[Dm]nkey [Bb] [Gm] [C] punish the [Dm]monkey [Bb] [Gm] [C] punish the mon[Dm]key [Bb] [Am] [Gm] and let the organ grinder g[Dm]o punish the m[Dm]onkey punish the m[Dm]onkey punish the m[Dm]onkey punish the m[Dm]onkey [Dm] [D] [C] [G] [D] [D] [C] [G] [D] When its p[D]op goes the w[C]easel l[G]et go of the [D]easel You d[D]ont want this r[C]ickety r[G]ackety l[D]ife Its s[D]eat of the tr[C]ousers Its all s[G]ink or sw[D]im, son Id kill to get c[C]rimson on th[G]is palette k[D]nife And Id st[Em]eal in a minute Im [C]up to here in it Y[Em]ou here behaving as th[Bm]ough Im a s[C]aint [Bm] Get a j[D]ob with a p[C]ension D[G]ont ever m[D]ention you once had a cr[C]aving for the br[G]ushes and p[D]aint So g[D]o, forg[C]et it, let it all g[Em]o let it all g[D]o [G] Go, forg[D]et it, let it all g[C]o [C] [D] Go, forg[C]et it, let it all g[Em]o let it all g[D]o [G] Go, forg[D]et it, let it all g[C]o Let it all g[Bm]o [D] [C] [G] [D] [D] [C] [G] [D] A h[D]ack writer j[C]udges my sw[G]ipes and my sm[D]udges he do[D]esnt like p[C]ictures with bl[G]otches and bl[D]ots The dr[D]awing room t[C]ea set wants h[G]orses, s[D]unsets sweet n[C]othings - the s[G]easide with y[D]achts Heres the [Em]end of the thirties n[C]o time for arties o[Em]ver in Poland a r[Bm]ight old to-d[C]o [Bm] So g[D]o join the n[C]avy the [G]air force or the [D]army Theyll all be enr[C]olling young f[G]ellows like y[D]ou So g[D]o, forg[C]et it, let it all g[Em]o let it all g[D]o [G] Go, forg[D]et it, let it all g[C]o [C] [D] Go, forg[C]et it, let it all g[Em]o let it all g[D]o [G] Go, forg[D]et it, let it all g[C]o Let it all g[Bm]o [D] [C] [G] [D] [D] [C] [G] [D] These are n[D]ot my dec[C]isions [G] flaming v[D]isions ringing expr[C]essions the cl[G]amouring v[D]oice Its volc[D]anic des[C]ire the unq[G]uenchable f[D]ire It isnt a qu[C]estion of h[G]aving the ch[D]oice Anyw[Em]ay, now Im old but[C] if you wont be told if y[Em]ouve been created to [Bm]answer the c[C]all [Bm] all p[D]assion and l[C]ust is going to [G]end in the d[D]ust but youll h[D]ang on some g[C]overnment g[G]allery w[D]all You must g[D]o, forg[C]et it, let it all g[Em]o let it all g[D]o [G] Go, forg[D]et it, let it all g[C]o [C] [D] Go, forg[C]et it, let it all g[Em]o let it all g[D]o [G] Go, forg[D]et it, let it all g[C]o Let it all g[Bm]o [D] [C] [G] [D] [D] [C] [G] [D] [D] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [F] [G] [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] This d[Am]idnt used to be me, old boy This isnt what Id want pulling old night fighters in a restaurant Theres sm[Am]oke and flames behind me where the self-respect all went and Im b[C]ehind, b[Am]ehind [F] with the r[Am]ent Ive been st[Am]itched up like a kipper, old son but I wont be again Hell hath no fury Oh, Im like a lot of men Now Im st[Am]alking this old Doris with lascivious intent and Im b[C]ehind, b[Am]ehind [F] with the r[Am]ent J[Am]ust a little d[G]uck and d[F]ive [C] and a bit of wh[G]eel and de[F]al Sh[F]ell rem[G]ind me I[C]m al[F]ive Sh[Dm]ell rem[Am]ind me [F]I still f[G]eel J[Am]ust a little sh[G]elling [F]out [C] for a bit of y[G]ou-know-wh[F]at [F]I know th[G]is is [C]all ab[F]out s[Dm]omething th[Am]at I n[F]ever g[G]ot [Am] [C] [Am] [F] [Am] Well this cr[Am]umpets past its sell-by-date but they all would qualify Theyre going to be lonely and be happy to comply She knows that Im a chancer coming on like a gent but Im beh[C]ind, beh[Am]ind [F] with the r[Am]ent Yes, Im beh[C]ind, beh[Am]ind [F] with the r[Am]ent [Am] [C] [Am] [F] [Am] [C] [Am] [F] [Am] [Am] [Em] [A] [G] [D] [A] [A] [Em] [G] [D] [A] W[A]hen I gave my h[Em]eart to a tinker b[A]oy he said a f[G]is[D]h could love a sw[A]allow And I will g[A]o with my travelling m[Em]an Wherever h[G]e g[D]oes I will f[A]ollow He will m[Em]end your pots and p[A]ans Your kitchen kn[G]iv[D]es hell take and sh[A]arpen Then Ill be g[A]one with my travelling m[Em]an and never m[G]ore y[D]our doorway d[A]arken [G] [D] [Dm] [C] [Cm] [G] [A] [G] [D] [Dm] [C] [Cm] [G] [Bm] [A] The fish and the b[Em]ird who fall in l[A]ove will find no pl[G]ac[D]e to build a h[A]ome in The fish and the b[A]ird who fall in l[Em]ove are bound for[G]ev[D]er to go roam[A]ing bound for[G]ev[D]er to go roam[A]ing [G] [D] [Dm] [C] [Cm] [G] [A] [G] [D] [Dm] [C] [Cm] [G] [Bm] [A] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] Im a m[Am]aker of b[G]allads right pr[Am]etty I wr[Am]ite them right h[G]ere in the str[Am]eet You can b[C]uy them [G]all over the c[F]ity y[F]ours for a p[E]enny a sh[Am]eet Im a w[Am]ord pecker [G]out of the pr[Am]inters O[Am]ut of the D[G]amsel Gin l[Am]ane Ill wr[C]ite up a sc[G]ene on a c[F]ounter - conf[F]essions and s[E]ins in the m[Am]ain, b[G]oys confe[F]ssions and s[G]ins in the m[Am]ain Then youll f[C]ind me in M[F]adame Ge[G]nev[C]as k[F]eeping the d[C]emons at b[G]ay Theres n[G7]othing like g[C]in for dr[Am]owning them [Dm]in but theyll [G]always be b[E]ack on a hanging day[Am] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] They come r[Am]attling o[G]ver the c[Am]obbles they s[Am]it on their c[G]offins of bl[Am]ack S[C]ome are struck d[G]umb, some g[F]abble top-h[F]eavy on br[E]andy or s[Am]ec The p[Am]ews are all f[G]ull of fine f[Am]ellows and the h[Am]awker has s[G]et up her sh[Am]op As theyre t[C]urning them [G]off at the g[F]allows shell be s[F]elling r[E]ight under the dr[Am]op, b[G]oys s[F]elling right [G]under the dr[Am]op Then youll f[C]ind me in M[F]adame Ge[G]nev[C]as k[F]eeping the d[C]emons at b[G]ay Theres n[G7]othing like g[C]in for dr[Am]owning them [Dm]in but theyll [G]always be b[E]ack on a hanging day[Am] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [G] [Am][E] [Dsus2] [x00230] [Gm7] [3x0002] [D] [G] [D] [G] [A] [D] [G] [D] [G] [A] A[D]re you home from the s[G]ea,[D] my soul balladee[G]r [A] [D] Y[D]ouve been away r[G]oam[D]ing[G] far away from h[D]ere [Dsus2] [D] w[D]eathered a st[G]orm[D], your heart unaf[G]raid [A] [D] c[D]rossed every [G]oce[D]an[G] in the boat that you m[A]ade [D] B[D]een blowing your h[G]orn[D], scaring the sp[G]ooks [A] [D] N[D]o crotchets or q[G]uav[D]ers[G] in your b[D]ooks [A] [D] G[D]one sailing all n[G]ight[D], straight in the v[G]ein [A] [D] l[D]ike a bird on his [G]own fl[D]ight[G] in his dom[A]ain in the sk[D]y [Gm7] in the sk[D]y [Gm7] [D] [A] [G] [A] [A] [D] R[D]unning in on the t[G]ide[D] with the first of the st[G]ars [A] [D] the m[D]oon on the w[G]at[D]er[G] and the sound of g[D]uitars [Dsus2] [D] Gl[D]ide into the h[G]oming[D] as the night f[G]alls [A] [D] to t[D]ie up in the h[G]av[D]en[G] by the old harbour w[A]all [D] A[D]nd the hard-bitten str[G]anger[D] as deaf as a p[G]ost [A] [D] wh[D]o stands at the f[G]ir[D]e [G] where a poets dreams r[D]oast [Dsus2] [D] H[D]e cant know the st[G]ory,[D] he cant feel the p[G]ain [A] [D] and [D]all of the gl[G]or[D]y [G] falls around him like r[A]ain in the sk[D]y [Gm7] in the sk[D]y [Gm7] [D] [A] [G] [A] [A] [D] [G] [D] [G] [A] [D] [G] [D] [G] [A] [A] [D] Y[D]oure a light in the d[G]ark[D], a beacon of h[G]ope [A] [D] and str[D]ong as a s[G]ea b[D]oat[G], strong as a r[D]ope [Dsus4] [D] And the v[D]agabond w[G]ind[D], whispers over the b[G]ay [A] [D] and the s[D]ongs and the l[G]aught[D]er,[G] are carried aw[A]ay in the sk[D]y [Gm7] in the sk[D]y [Gm7] [D] [A] [G] [A] [A] [D] [G] [D] [G] [A] [A]