Chords for Jimmy Teaches the Mark Knopfler Sound
Tempo:
124.5 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
B
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
So, we got this Gypsy Knopfler kind of music here going on.
And we're in the key of B minor, and I want to show you a few of the licks that I [Em] did in here, the key licks.
and we're going to play this version up here, up high.
Okay?
little splat-a-lee-doo, we call it.
Almost sounds like echo, doesn't it?
So [Em] what I'm doing is, I'm taking just that part of the E minor chord here, you see what I'm doing?
G string, I've got an E note.
And we're in the key of B minor, and I want to show you a few of the licks that I [Em] did in here, the key licks.
and we're going to play this version up here, up high.
Okay?
little splat-a-lee-doo, we call it.
Almost sounds like echo, doesn't it?
So [Em] what I'm doing is, I'm taking just that part of the E minor chord here, you see what I'm doing?
G string, I've got an E note.
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So, we got this Gypsy Knopfler kind of music here going on.
_ And we're in the key of B minor, and I want to show you a few of the licks that I [Em] did in here, the key licks.
We started out with an E minor, _ _ and we're going to play this version up here, up high.
_ _ Okay?
What I do is, I do like a little splat-a-lee-doo, we call it.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ Almost sounds like echo, doesn't it? _ _
_ _ _ So [Em] what I'm doing is, I'm taking just that part of the E minor chord here, you see what I'm doing?
From the G, the G string, I've got an E note.
_ Following the E minor chord, _ just the partial version, the last three notes of the E minor chord.
_ _ Ending with a high B.
What I do is, I do like sort of a flamenco.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ What I do is, I repeat it three times, four times.
And I do it softer each time, so it starts out strong. _
[Bm] There you go. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ So it sounds like it's echoing. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] And then I go back to the B minor.
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
Just working out in the B minor there.
_ [B] _ [Bm] And then I go back, and what I'll do is, I'll jump up to [B] the octave E on the A string.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ I'll use my volume pedal to bring it in. _
_ _ _ And then when it starts in, you hear me counting in, one, two, [G] three, four. _ _
The G chord, B [Bm] minor chord, _ _ _ kind of [G] a bouncy rhythm.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Okay, I'm going to show you what I do there.
The melody _ goes_ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Simply go_
That's even better.
_ _ _ Okay, so [B] what you're doing is, you're running off a G chord here.
So you start out with your B on a G _ string.
_ _ _ And then the next note is the D note.
[Bm] _ _ _ Okay? _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ Classic Knopfler lick, that one.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ I'll slow that down for you.
And then I'll go back to [B] _
[D] the _ E [E] note.
I'll stretch the E up.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] F sharp, E, D.
_ _ [A#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ Now we're going to stretch the E up to [F#] the F sharp and include the high A on the E string, okay?
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Almost a country lick, but it's got such a gypsy quality to it.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ A little vibrato at the end.
So here's what it sounds like up to speed. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ And then here I'm going to do a double stop.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ In the G position, stretching that D on the B string. _
Then up to the A position.
[Am] _ _ Okay. _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Double stop.
Now here comes the money shot.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ That's the money riff. _
Very, very Mark [F#] Knopfler.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ So I'm going to take this one
_ And we're in the key of B minor, and I want to show you a few of the licks that I [Em] did in here, the key licks.
We started out with an E minor, _ _ and we're going to play this version up here, up high.
_ _ Okay?
What I do is, I do like a little splat-a-lee-doo, we call it.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ Almost sounds like echo, doesn't it? _ _
_ _ _ So [Em] what I'm doing is, I'm taking just that part of the E minor chord here, you see what I'm doing?
From the G, the G string, I've got an E note.
_ Following the E minor chord, _ just the partial version, the last three notes of the E minor chord.
_ _ Ending with a high B.
What I do is, I do like sort of a flamenco.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ What I do is, I repeat it three times, four times.
And I do it softer each time, so it starts out strong. _
[Bm] There you go. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ So it sounds like it's echoing. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] And then I go back to the B minor.
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
Just working out in the B minor there.
_ [B] _ [Bm] And then I go back, and what I'll do is, I'll jump up to [B] the octave E on the A string.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ I'll use my volume pedal to bring it in. _
_ _ _ And then when it starts in, you hear me counting in, one, two, [G] three, four. _ _
The G chord, B [Bm] minor chord, _ _ _ kind of [G] a bouncy rhythm.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Okay, I'm going to show you what I do there.
The melody _ goes_ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Simply go_
That's even better.
_ _ _ Okay, so [B] what you're doing is, you're running off a G chord here.
So you start out with your B on a G _ string.
_ _ _ And then the next note is the D note.
[Bm] _ _ _ Okay? _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ Classic Knopfler lick, that one.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ I'll slow that down for you.
And then I'll go back to [B] _
[D] the _ E [E] note.
I'll stretch the E up.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] F sharp, E, D.
_ _ [A#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ Now we're going to stretch the E up to [F#] the F sharp and include the high A on the E string, okay?
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Almost a country lick, but it's got such a gypsy quality to it.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ A little vibrato at the end.
So here's what it sounds like up to speed. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ And then here I'm going to do a double stop.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ In the G position, stretching that D on the B string. _
Then up to the A position.
[Am] _ _ Okay. _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Double stop.
Now here comes the money shot.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ That's the money riff. _
Very, very Mark [F#] Knopfler.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ So I'm going to take this one