Madame Geneva's
Mark KnopflerVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
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 dens of 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
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 sack
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
on a hanging day
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Readable chord sheet for Madame Geneva's by Mark Knopfler
[Bm] [G] [Em] [A] Im a m[Bm]aker of b[A]allads right pr[Bm]etty I w[Bm]rite them right [A]here in the str[Bm]eet You can [Bm]buy them all o[A]ver the c[G]ity y[Bm]ours for a p[A]enny a sh[Bm]eet Im a w[Bm]ord pecker [A]out of the pr[Bm]inters [Bm]out of the d[A]ens of Gin L[Bm]ane Ill wr[Bm]ite up a sc[A]ene on a co[G]unter - conf[Bm]essions and s[A]ins in the m[Bm]ain, b[A]oys conf[Bm]essions and s[A]ins in the m[Bm]ain Then youll f[Bm]ind me in M[G]adame Gen[A]ev[D]as k[G]eeping the d[D]emons at b[A]ay Theres n[A]othing like g[F#m]in for d[Bm]rowning them [G]in but theyll [Em]always be [F#m]back on a hanging d[Bm]ay [G] [Em] [A] on a hanging d[Bm]ay [G] [Em] [A] [Bm] [G] [Em] [A] They come r[Bm]attling [A]over the c[Bm]obbles they [Bm]sit on their c[A]offins of bl[Bm]ack S[Bm]ome are struck d[A]umb, some g[G]abble top-h[Bm]eavy on br[A]andy or s[Bm]ack The p[Bm]ews are all f[A]ull of fine f[Bm]ellows and the h[Bm]awker has [A]set up her [Bm]shop As theyre t[Bm]urning them [A]off at the g[G]allows Shell be s[Bm]elling right u[A]nder the d[Bm]rop, b[A]oys [Bm]selling right u[A]nder the d[Bm]rop Then youll f[Bm]ind me in M[G]adame Gen[A]ev[D]as k[G]eeping the d[D]emons at b[A]ay Theres n[A]othing like g[F#m]in for d[Bm]rowning them [G]in but theyll [Em]always be [F#m]back on a hanging d[Bm]ay [G] [Em] [A] on a hanging d[Bm]ay [G] [Em] [A] [Bm] [G] [Em] [A]