Occupation Blues
Mark KnopflerVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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I can get you what you want at the market
As long as you have the price
The colonel is the governor
He steals from his own supply
The Jail house is full of small fry
Who never did much wrong
All the big fish swam away
All long gone
All long gone
All long gone
All long gone
All long gone - all long gone
I can get you what you want at the market
Everybodys on the make
The colonel is the governor
And hes on a slice of the cake
And everyone in this occupied land
is on the game
And over here in contraband
Its the same
All long gone
All long gone
All long gone
All long gone - all long gone
Chief cook and bottle washer
Thats me
Im the man
So many people to see
Contraband
Chief cook and bottle washer
Thats me
Im the man
What do you do
What do you do
You do what you can
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All long gone
All long gone
All long gone
All long gone - all long gone
Therell be rain
behind the wind
Last night it was cold
And when it all caves in
Ill tell them
I only did what I was told
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Readable chord sheet for Occupation Blues by Mark Knopfler
[C] [G/B] [C] [Dm] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [G/B] [C] [Dm] [G] [E7] [Ab] [Am] [F] | [E7] | % | | [Am] | % | % | % | I can g[Am]et you what you want at the m[E7]arket As long as you have the pr[Am]ice [F] The colonel is the g[C]overnor [Bm7b5] He steals from his [E7]own supply The J[Am]ail house is full of sm[E7]all fry Who never did much wr[Am]ong [Am/G] [F] All the big fish sw[C]am away [E7]All long g[Am]one [C]All l[Dm7]ong g[G]one [Am]All l[F]ong g[G]one [C]All l[Dm7]ong g[G]one [Am]All l[F]ong g[E7]one - all long g[Am]one I can g[Am]et you what you want at the mark[E7]et Everybodys on the m[Am]ake [F] The colonel is the g[C]overnor [Bm7b5] And hes on a sl[E7]ice of the cake [Am] And everyone in this [E7]occupied land is on the g[Am]ame [Am/G] [F] And over here in c[C]ontraband [E7] Its the s[Am]ame [C]All l[Dm7]ong g[G]one [Am]All l[F]ong g[G]one [C]All l[Dm7]ong g[G]one [Am]All l[F]ong g[E7]one - all long g[Am]one Ch[Am]ief cook and bottle washer Thats me [Dm6]Im the m[Am]an So many people to see C[Dm6]ontrab[Am]and Chief cook and bottle washer Thats me [Dm6]Im the m[Am]an What do you d[G]o Wh[F7]at do you do [E7] You do what you c[Am]an | [Am] | [E7] | % | [Am] [Am]/G | [F] [C] [Bm7b5] [E7] | [Am] | [E7] | % | [Am] [Am]/G | [F] [C] [E/G#] [E7] [Am] [Am] [C]All l[Dm7]ong g[G]one [Am]All l[F]ong g[G]one [C]All l[Dm7]ong g[G]one [E/G#] [Am]All l[F]ong g[E7]one - all long g[Am]one [C]Therell be ra[G/B]in b[C]eh[Dm]ind the w[G]ind L[Am]ast night [F]it was c[G]old [C/G] And wh[G/B]en [C]it [Dm]all caves [G]in [E/G#]Ill t[Am]ell th[F]em [E7] I only did what I was told [Am]