Chords for Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler meets AC/DC's Brian Johnson at the Spanish City in Whitley Bay
Tempo:
143.85 bpm
Chords used:
F#
A
D
F
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Here you are Mark.
Here you [A] are my dear.
I'll just [D] sprint the last [G] few yards.
How you doing?
How you doing big boy?
[N] I wonder where you brought me to this beautiful spot?
Is it not?
It brings back some memories.
I tell you what, just that scene, that Brian, brings it all back.
It hasn't changed actually, that view.
And I can still remember staggering over all those stones in order to try and get onto the beach.
Even that's the same.
Oh there's the Rex Hotel.
Yeah, yeah.
The Rex Hotel.
You know everybody wanted to play a gig there.
That's right.
Was it Frida or Sally?
I can't remember.
I mean I can't remember.
Remember going to see Linda's farm there?
Yeah, yeah.
A long time ago, yeah.
This is bringing memories back.
Oh yeah.
You must have played there lots of times.
We did.
We did.
We played in pre-Geordie days.
Yeah.
And behind were the old Spanish city where we used to come.
Why did you want to come here?
I think this would be essentially the most powerful [E] single spot that I,
which sort of brings it all together, the music and my early childhood.
[D] This is where we used to come.
[C] And Color Codes a lot, which is just over there as well.
Yeah.
There's a little little bay next door.
And the [D] Spanish city, which is the fairground of [E] course.
And there's something magical about it.
It was the only place where you could hear music loud.
[Em] It was like a [F#] drug for me then.
When I was a kid, you couldn't get me away from that.
I think me parents [G] must have been terrified
that I was going to just [F] run away with the fairground.
[F#]
Yeah.
It [G#] was romantic.
It was exciting.
And of course to be working on the [B] waltzes and impressing the girls.
That [D#] was the gig, wasn't it?
Springsteen was writing about [D#m] Coney Island and Rockaway [N] beat and all of that.
And I thought, well, one of the things that I wanted to do,
you know when you fall in love with rock and roll,
it's all about American geography, isn't it?
Yes.
It's all about Route 66.
And you know, we all know the words to all of them.
And so what I wanted to do, or to try to do then,
was to try and put my little corner of the world [D#] into songs.
[D#m] But here is the, [F] this is the ultimate in recognition, [F#] young man.
Lead on, [C#] oh great one.
You know, the lyrics.
[N] Tunnel of love.
Oh, good grief.
I mean, come on.
You can't get better than that.
Look at you, you're right on the scene.
Oh, in fact, wow.
I mean, I had no idea.
And girl, it looks so pretty to me.
Just like it always did.
Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids.
And pop, pop.
Very good.
That's [F#] beautiful.
[B]
[F#] The carousel waltz that I started that song with,
that was playing [D#] on the radio all the time.
[F#] And I used to be, I remember [D#m] playing on the beach
and trying to [F#] imitate the sound of the organ.
Yeah.
And so I just had to have it in the song to start the song [F#] off,
to be there.
That always brings me [B] there.
Your [A] fanaticism for lyrics, and you can tell it just by the [F] way.
It started when it was, when it started.
[N] Me and you have often talked about how we listen to them,
the silly records on the radio.
Yeah, on the radio.
Like Lonnie Donegan's, does your chewing gum lose its flavor? Absolutely.
All those, I mean, my brain is like a junkyard at the best of times.
And it's got so much stuff.
You know, I could sing you an entire, but not that I'm going to.
I'll sing along with you.
I'm not going to.
But I could sing you a Bernard Cribben song.
I could sing the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh, the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Yeah.
The buzzing of the bees and the cigarette trees.
The soda water fountain.
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
And so what is that?
Well, you know, when I was just a little tiddler, I'd be on the floor,
and me mum tells me that I used to listen really intently.
Yeah.
To listen with mother, yeah, children's favorites.
There was some great songs out at the time, like, as you said,
Bernard Cribben's, you know.
There I was.
Digging it out.
Down the grounds.
To make it all around it was.
And there was him.
Standing up there so grand.
And the fish was with his nose in the air.
So I gave him a leap, so excited.
And I leaned down the shovel and said,
Will you tell me how to put a man's soul?
And he said. Hang on.
Do you mind if I make a suggestion?
Yeah.
Don't dig there.
Dig it elsewhere.
You're digging it round, then it ought to be square.
And the shape's so wrong, it's far too long.
And you can't put a hole where a hole don't be.
Can you believe?
I'm sorry, Brian.
I'm sorry, but it's there.
But I think that's where you got a lot of.
Well, that's where you got it from.
Yes, but that's why I love writing lyrics as well.
You can be fun or you can be dangerous.
Or you can be just a little witty and cheeky.
But every time this Spanish city opens to the public,
the play a tonne of love.
That's lovely.
In Newcastle, it's in James's Park,
when the Newcastle United football team,
before they step on the pitch, they play a local hero.
You've got to be proud of it.
And the crowd.
It's amazing to be there.
The crowd go crazy.
It is, yeah.
It's amazing to be there.
To be there, it's a fantastic feeling.
It really [C] is.
But this part [A] here is just the start of our little adventure
along here, because we're going to try to pop along the time mouse.
All right, well, let's just shuffle around then, shall we?
Let's shuffle over there, because this is great.
It's beautiful.
Here you [A] are my dear.
I'll just [D] sprint the last [G] few yards.
How you doing?
How you doing big boy?
[N] I wonder where you brought me to this beautiful spot?
Is it not?
It brings back some memories.
I tell you what, just that scene, that Brian, brings it all back.
It hasn't changed actually, that view.
And I can still remember staggering over all those stones in order to try and get onto the beach.
Even that's the same.
Oh there's the Rex Hotel.
Yeah, yeah.
The Rex Hotel.
You know everybody wanted to play a gig there.
That's right.
Was it Frida or Sally?
I can't remember.
I mean I can't remember.
Remember going to see Linda's farm there?
Yeah, yeah.
A long time ago, yeah.
This is bringing memories back.
Oh yeah.
You must have played there lots of times.
We did.
We did.
We played in pre-Geordie days.
Yeah.
And behind were the old Spanish city where we used to come.
Why did you want to come here?
I think this would be essentially the most powerful [E] single spot that I,
which sort of brings it all together, the music and my early childhood.
[D] This is where we used to come.
[C] And Color Codes a lot, which is just over there as well.
Yeah.
There's a little little bay next door.
And the [D] Spanish city, which is the fairground of [E] course.
And there's something magical about it.
It was the only place where you could hear music loud.
[Em] It was like a [F#] drug for me then.
When I was a kid, you couldn't get me away from that.
I think me parents [G] must have been terrified
that I was going to just [F] run away with the fairground.
[F#]
Yeah.
It [G#] was romantic.
It was exciting.
And of course to be working on the [B] waltzes and impressing the girls.
That [D#] was the gig, wasn't it?
Springsteen was writing about [D#m] Coney Island and Rockaway [N] beat and all of that.
And I thought, well, one of the things that I wanted to do,
you know when you fall in love with rock and roll,
it's all about American geography, isn't it?
Yes.
It's all about Route 66.
And you know, we all know the words to all of them.
And so what I wanted to do, or to try to do then,
was to try and put my little corner of the world [D#] into songs.
[D#m] But here is the, [F] this is the ultimate in recognition, [F#] young man.
Lead on, [C#] oh great one.
You know, the lyrics.
[N] Tunnel of love.
Oh, good grief.
I mean, come on.
You can't get better than that.
Look at you, you're right on the scene.
Oh, in fact, wow.
I mean, I had no idea.
And girl, it looks so pretty to me.
Just like it always did.
Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids.
And pop, pop.
Very good.
That's [F#] beautiful.
[B]
[F#] The carousel waltz that I started that song with,
that was playing [D#] on the radio all the time.
[F#] And I used to be, I remember [D#m] playing on the beach
and trying to [F#] imitate the sound of the organ.
Yeah.
And so I just had to have it in the song to start the song [F#] off,
to be there.
That always brings me [B] there.
Your [A] fanaticism for lyrics, and you can tell it just by the [F] way.
It started when it was, when it started.
[N] Me and you have often talked about how we listen to them,
the silly records on the radio.
Yeah, on the radio.
Like Lonnie Donegan's, does your chewing gum lose its flavor? Absolutely.
All those, I mean, my brain is like a junkyard at the best of times.
And it's got so much stuff.
You know, I could sing you an entire, but not that I'm going to.
I'll sing along with you.
I'm not going to.
But I could sing you a Bernard Cribben song.
I could sing the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh, the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Yeah.
The buzzing of the bees and the cigarette trees.
The soda water fountain.
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
And so what is that?
Well, you know, when I was just a little tiddler, I'd be on the floor,
and me mum tells me that I used to listen really intently.
Yeah.
To listen with mother, yeah, children's favorites.
There was some great songs out at the time, like, as you said,
Bernard Cribben's, you know.
There I was.
Digging it out.
Down the grounds.
To make it all around it was.
And there was him.
Standing up there so grand.
And the fish was with his nose in the air.
So I gave him a leap, so excited.
And I leaned down the shovel and said,
Will you tell me how to put a man's soul?
And he said. Hang on.
Do you mind if I make a suggestion?
Yeah.
Don't dig there.
Dig it elsewhere.
You're digging it round, then it ought to be square.
And the shape's so wrong, it's far too long.
And you can't put a hole where a hole don't be.
Can you believe?
I'm sorry, Brian.
I'm sorry, but it's there.
But I think that's where you got a lot of.
Well, that's where you got it from.
Yes, but that's why I love writing lyrics as well.
You can be fun or you can be dangerous.
Or you can be just a little witty and cheeky.
But every time this Spanish city opens to the public,
the play a tonne of love.
That's lovely.
In Newcastle, it's in James's Park,
when the Newcastle United football team,
before they step on the pitch, they play a local hero.
You've got to be proud of it.
And the crowd.
It's amazing to be there.
The crowd go crazy.
It is, yeah.
It's amazing to be there.
To be there, it's a fantastic feeling.
It really [C] is.
But this part [A] here is just the start of our little adventure
along here, because we're going to try to pop along the time mouse.
All right, well, let's just shuffle around then, shall we?
Let's shuffle over there, because this is great.
It's beautiful.
Key:
F#
A
D
F
B
F#
A
D
Here you are Mark.
Here you [A] are my dear.
I'll just [D] sprint the last [G] few yards. _ _ _ _
How you doing?
How you doing big boy? _ _ _
[N] I wonder where you brought me to this beautiful spot?
Is it not?
It brings back some memories.
I tell you what, just that scene, that Brian, brings it all back.
It hasn't changed actually, that _ _ view.
And I can still remember staggering over all those stones in order to try and get onto the beach.
Even that's the same.
Oh there's the Rex Hotel.
_ Yeah, yeah.
The Rex Hotel.
You know everybody wanted to play a gig there.
That's right.
Was it Frida or Sally?
I can't remember.
I mean I can't remember.
Remember going to see Linda's farm there?
Yeah, yeah.
A long time ago, yeah.
This is bringing memories back.
Oh yeah.
You must have played there lots of times.
We did.
We did.
We played in pre-Geordie days.
Yeah.
And behind were the old Spanish city where we used to come.
Why did you want to come here?
I think this would be essentially the most powerful _ [E] single spot that I,
which sort of brings it all together, the music and my early childhood.
[D] This is where we used to come.
_ [C] And Color Codes a lot, which is just over there as well.
Yeah.
There's a little little bay next door.
And the [D] Spanish city, which is the fairground of [E] course.
And there's something magical about it.
_ _ _ It was the only place where you could hear music loud.
[Em] It was like a [F#] drug for me then.
When I was a kid, you couldn't get me away from that.
I think me parents [G] must have been terrified
that I was going to just [F] run away with the fairground.
[F#]
Yeah.
It [G#] was romantic.
It was exciting.
And of course to be working on the [B] waltzes and impressing the girls.
That [D#] was the gig, wasn't it?
Springsteen was writing about [D#m] Coney Island and _ Rockaway [N] beat and all of that.
And I thought, well, one of the things that I wanted to do,
you know when you fall in love with rock and roll,
it's all about American geography, isn't it?
Yes.
It's all about Route 66.
And you know, we all know the words to all of them.
And so what I wanted to do, or to try to do then,
was to try and put my little corner of the world [D#] into songs.
_ [D#m] But here is the, [F] this is the ultimate in recognition, [F#] young man.
Lead on, [C#] oh great one.
You know, the lyrics.
_ [N] _ Tunnel of love.
Oh, good grief.
_ I mean, come on.
You can't get better than that.
Look at you, you're right on the scene.
Oh, in fact, _ wow.
_ I mean, I had no idea.
_ _ And girl, it looks so pretty to me.
Just like it always did. _
_ _ Like the Spanish city to me, _ _ when we were kids.
And pop, pop.
_ _ _ Very good.
That's [F#] beautiful.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ The carousel waltz that I started that song with,
that was playing [D#] on the radio all the time.
_ [F#] _ And I used to be, I remember [D#m] playing on the beach
and trying to [F#] imitate the sound of the organ.
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And so I just had to have it in the song to start the song [F#] off,
to be there.
That always brings me [B] there.
Your [A] fanaticism for lyrics, and you can tell it just by the [F] way.
It started when it was, when it started.
[N] Me and you have often talked about how we listen to them,
the silly records on the radio.
Yeah, on the radio.
Like Lonnie Donegan's, does your chewing gum lose its flavor? Absolutely.
All those, I mean, my brain _ is like a junkyard at the best of times.
_ _ _ And it's got so much stuff.
You know, I could sing you an entire, but not that I'm going to.
I'll sing along with you.
I'm not going to.
But I could sing you a Bernard Cribben song.
I could sing the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh, the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Yeah.
The buzzing of the bees and the cigarette trees.
_ The soda water fountain.
_ Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
_ And so what is that?
Well, you know, when I was just a little tiddler, _ I'd be on the floor,
and me mum tells me that I used to listen really _ intently.
Yeah.
To listen with mother, yeah, children's favorites.
There was some great songs out at the time, like, as you said,
Bernard Cribben's, you know.
There I was.
Digging it out.
Down the grounds.
To make it all around it was.
And there was him.
Standing up there so grand.
And the fish was with his nose in the air.
So I gave him a leap, so excited.
And I leaned down the shovel and said,
_ Will you tell me how to put a man's soul?
And he said. Hang on.
Do you mind if I make a suggestion?
Yeah.
Don't dig there.
Dig it elsewhere.
You're digging it round, then it ought to be square.
And the shape's so wrong, it's far too long.
And you can't put a hole where a hole don't be.
Can you believe?
I'm sorry, Brian.
I'm sorry, but it's there.
But I think that's where you got a lot of.
Well, that's where you got it from.
Yes, but _ _ that's why I love writing lyrics as well.
You can be fun or you can be dangerous.
Or you can be just a little witty and _ cheeky.
But every time this Spanish city opens to the public,
the play a tonne of love.
That's lovely.
In Newcastle, it's in James's Park,
when the Newcastle United football team,
before they step on the pitch, they play a local hero.
You've got to be proud of it.
And the crowd.
It's amazing to be there.
The crowd go crazy.
It is, yeah.
It's amazing to be there.
To _ be there, _ _ it's a fantastic feeling.
It really [C] is.
But this part [A] here is just the start of our little adventure
along here, because we're going to try to pop along the time mouse.
All right, well, let's just shuffle around then, shall we?
Let's shuffle over there, because this is great.
It's beautiful.
Here you [A] are my dear.
I'll just [D] sprint the last [G] few yards. _ _ _ _
How you doing?
How you doing big boy? _ _ _
[N] I wonder where you brought me to this beautiful spot?
Is it not?
It brings back some memories.
I tell you what, just that scene, that Brian, brings it all back.
It hasn't changed actually, that _ _ view.
And I can still remember staggering over all those stones in order to try and get onto the beach.
Even that's the same.
Oh there's the Rex Hotel.
_ Yeah, yeah.
The Rex Hotel.
You know everybody wanted to play a gig there.
That's right.
Was it Frida or Sally?
I can't remember.
I mean I can't remember.
Remember going to see Linda's farm there?
Yeah, yeah.
A long time ago, yeah.
This is bringing memories back.
Oh yeah.
You must have played there lots of times.
We did.
We did.
We played in pre-Geordie days.
Yeah.
And behind were the old Spanish city where we used to come.
Why did you want to come here?
I think this would be essentially the most powerful _ [E] single spot that I,
which sort of brings it all together, the music and my early childhood.
[D] This is where we used to come.
_ [C] And Color Codes a lot, which is just over there as well.
Yeah.
There's a little little bay next door.
And the [D] Spanish city, which is the fairground of [E] course.
And there's something magical about it.
_ _ _ It was the only place where you could hear music loud.
[Em] It was like a [F#] drug for me then.
When I was a kid, you couldn't get me away from that.
I think me parents [G] must have been terrified
that I was going to just [F] run away with the fairground.
[F#]
Yeah.
It [G#] was romantic.
It was exciting.
And of course to be working on the [B] waltzes and impressing the girls.
That [D#] was the gig, wasn't it?
Springsteen was writing about [D#m] Coney Island and _ Rockaway [N] beat and all of that.
And I thought, well, one of the things that I wanted to do,
you know when you fall in love with rock and roll,
it's all about American geography, isn't it?
Yes.
It's all about Route 66.
And you know, we all know the words to all of them.
And so what I wanted to do, or to try to do then,
was to try and put my little corner of the world [D#] into songs.
_ [D#m] But here is the, [F] this is the ultimate in recognition, [F#] young man.
Lead on, [C#] oh great one.
You know, the lyrics.
_ [N] _ Tunnel of love.
Oh, good grief.
_ I mean, come on.
You can't get better than that.
Look at you, you're right on the scene.
Oh, in fact, _ wow.
_ I mean, I had no idea.
_ _ And girl, it looks so pretty to me.
Just like it always did. _
_ _ Like the Spanish city to me, _ _ when we were kids.
And pop, pop.
_ _ _ Very good.
That's [F#] beautiful.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ The carousel waltz that I started that song with,
that was playing [D#] on the radio all the time.
_ [F#] _ And I used to be, I remember [D#m] playing on the beach
and trying to [F#] imitate the sound of the organ.
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And so I just had to have it in the song to start the song [F#] off,
to be there.
That always brings me [B] there.
Your [A] fanaticism for lyrics, and you can tell it just by the [F] way.
It started when it was, when it started.
[N] Me and you have often talked about how we listen to them,
the silly records on the radio.
Yeah, on the radio.
Like Lonnie Donegan's, does your chewing gum lose its flavor? Absolutely.
All those, I mean, my brain _ is like a junkyard at the best of times.
_ _ _ And it's got so much stuff.
You know, I could sing you an entire, but not that I'm going to.
I'll sing along with you.
I'm not going to.
But I could sing you a Bernard Cribben song.
I could sing the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh, the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Yeah.
The buzzing of the bees and the cigarette trees.
_ The soda water fountain.
_ Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
_ And so what is that?
Well, you know, when I was just a little tiddler, _ I'd be on the floor,
and me mum tells me that I used to listen really _ intently.
Yeah.
To listen with mother, yeah, children's favorites.
There was some great songs out at the time, like, as you said,
Bernard Cribben's, you know.
There I was.
Digging it out.
Down the grounds.
To make it all around it was.
And there was him.
Standing up there so grand.
And the fish was with his nose in the air.
So I gave him a leap, so excited.
And I leaned down the shovel and said,
_ Will you tell me how to put a man's soul?
And he said. Hang on.
Do you mind if I make a suggestion?
Yeah.
Don't dig there.
Dig it elsewhere.
You're digging it round, then it ought to be square.
And the shape's so wrong, it's far too long.
And you can't put a hole where a hole don't be.
Can you believe?
I'm sorry, Brian.
I'm sorry, but it's there.
But I think that's where you got a lot of.
Well, that's where you got it from.
Yes, but _ _ that's why I love writing lyrics as well.
You can be fun or you can be dangerous.
Or you can be just a little witty and _ cheeky.
But every time this Spanish city opens to the public,
the play a tonne of love.
That's lovely.
In Newcastle, it's in James's Park,
when the Newcastle United football team,
before they step on the pitch, they play a local hero.
You've got to be proud of it.
And the crowd.
It's amazing to be there.
The crowd go crazy.
It is, yeah.
It's amazing to be there.
To _ be there, _ _ it's a fantastic feeling.
It really [C] is.
But this part [A] here is just the start of our little adventure
along here, because we're going to try to pop along the time mouse.
All right, well, let's just shuffle around then, shall we?
Let's shuffle over there, because this is great.
It's beautiful.