Chords for Dire Straits - News report from Adelaide 1986

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_ _ _ [Bb] Tonight there are 55 [D],000 people out there who probably can't get last night off their [Gm] minds.
They're the ones who crowded into Football Park to see the wizardry of a man [G] called Mark Knopfler and his [B] band Dire Straits.
[D] This time around the Straits have been on tour [E] for 11 months, 10 months, starting in Israel.
Last night though it [G] was Adelaide's turn and [B] we had the only [Ab] cameras at the biggest concert this town has ever seen.
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How [C] long have you been here?
Since 11 o'clock _ [B] _
_ [C] last night. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] I'd [D] camp out a week.
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[A] _ _ And a year for the Beatles. _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ With the Sultan.
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_ _ _ [C] _ With the _ Sultan's [Dm] off swing.
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Excuse me Mark, I wonder [Cm] if you're Adelaide fans at all?
_ [C] No.
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_ _ [D] And a crowd of young boys, [C] they're fooling [Bb] around in [A] the corner. _ _ _
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How long have you been [A] setting it up?
About three days. _
_ [F] We can usually do it in one [Dm] day but because this is such a big production here, [A] a lot of stuff had [Dm] to be brought in specially. _ _
_ _ [F] Specially for Adelaide?
Yeah, specially for Adelaide.
[Bb] _ _ Rock [Dm] and roll. _ _
_ It's going to be [C] great fun now, [G] we've got a welcome dance going. _ _ _ _ _
Fans that don't have a sense of humour don't survive.
So if you've got a sense of humour, _ time goes by really quickly.
_ What's my laugh on screen?
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_ Cresco.
[G] _ _ _ Yeah, we have, you get, there's ways of having fun, lots of ways.
[Dm] It's the longest time I've ever worked for _ _ _ [Ab] a band.
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_ Bound to be.
[F] Sorry? _ _
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And anyway, [D] so I've got this new job after the break.
[Gm] _ _ _ Then why don't you tell me [A] if you're good to work for?
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_ I always do.
_ [G] I'm excited.
_ _ [A] I might not [G] look it but I am. _ _
_ I think it's going to be good fun [Em] tonight.
I get a feeling, [G] just seeing the [Em] crowd coming in, they look happy.
_ _ [G] Are [Dm] we rolling?
We're rolling.
[D] Hello Alex.
Where do [F] you come from Alex? _
_ Alex [Dm] Fragnito is our cameraman this evening.
You've [G] got a good management set up, then they can organise good tours for you, you go to the right places at the right time, it's organised properly.
You can do it.
_ And that's going to cost you. _ _
[F] _ Hi Alex.
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They ran into some problems [B] with the new album, _ guitar player Sal [E] had left.
_ _ [B] And I was sitting around doing nothing.
_ Basically I was working in a [Bbm] shop but I'd taken time off to work on my [E] music and Mark just rang up and asked me if I wanted to join the band.
It was that _ simple, [D] that easy.
I can remember doing this myself, [G] you see. _ _
Coming into these big places, or [Em] into halls and [Dm] stuff, being at Monta, I don't know what it [D] feels like.
You get a tremendous sense of [G] expectation.
_ _ [Dm] When the band hits the stage and the lights come on, it's just like, _ [Em] it's tremendous.
Great, great. _
You're there thinking [E] about the band, sitting backstage, [Em] sipping champagne?
Of course, yeah.
Just period, what was it more like? _
[Eb] I always [G] feel a lot of the time when we're playing live that it's all so much better than anything that's on a record.
Yeah, [Gm] alright, I'll see you [D] all tonight.
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_ _ _ _ _ I [G] don't think about _ _ my career, you know.
I just do the best I can, just _ writing and playing songs.
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_ _ [A] Everybody knows the same, and that's the other thing.
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_ [B] I've waited 15, 16 years to [E] do this kind of thing.
I've [B] wanted to do this since I was a kid. _ _ _ _
And to _ _ [Gbm] play in a band with [Dm] the musical caliber [G] of this band, _ I couldn't wait.
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_ _ _ _ Wow, what a welcome to the