Chords for Mark Knopfler - 5.15 AM

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_ _ _ 5.15 a.m. _ _ _ _ Snowing all around,
[Ab] _ _ Colley cycles home from his night shift [Eb]
underground.
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_ _ Past the silent pub, primary school, workin' men's club.
[Fm] On the road from the pit head, _ the [Ab] churchyard packed with mining _ [Eb] day. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Then, beneath the bridge, _ he comes to a giant car.
[Ab] A shroud of snow upon the roof, _ _ a Mark 10 [Eb] Jaguar.
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He thought the man was fast asleep, _ _ _ _ silent, still and deep.
[Fm] _
_ _ Both dead and cold, _ _ _ a shot [Ab] through with [Eb] bullet _ _ holes.
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_ The one-armed bandit man _ came north to fill his [Eb] boots.
_ Came up from Cockney land, guitar _ jacked, flashy suits.
[Ab] _ _ _ Put your money in, pull the levers, watch them spin.
[Eb] _ _ Cash cows in all the _ pubs, but he preferred the new _ _
[Bb] nightclubs. _ _ _ _ _ _
1967, bandit man in birdcage, _
[Cm] getting _ adultery to _ 69,
[Ab] all new to people of the [Fm]
[Eb] time.
_ Who _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ knows who did what?
_ _ Somebody _ made a [Ab] call.
All they said his hands were in the pot,
_ _ that he'd been skimming [Eb]
all.
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_ He picks up the swag, _
he gaily gave away.
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_ _ Drives his giant Jag _ _ _ off to his big [Eb] _
payday.
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_ _ Oh, the bandit man _ came north to fill his boots.
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Came up from Cockney land, guitar jacked, flashy suits.
[Ab] _
_ _ Yeah, the bandit man _ came up the great north road,
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_ up to Geordie land _ to mind the mother's law.
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_ Seams blew up all cracked, _ _ black diamonds came hard-won.
[Ab] _
_ Generations toiled and hacked _ for a pittance and black [Eb] balloon. _
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Crushed by a tub of stone, _ _ together and alone.
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How the young and old _ [Ab] paid the price _ [Eb] of _ coal.
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_ _ 1867, _ my angel's gone to heaven.
_ [Cm] _ He'll be happy there, [Ab] _ sunlight and sweet clean air.
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_ They _ [Eb] _ _ _
gather round the glen, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tough hewers and putters,
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_ child trappers and putters. _
_ _ _ The little foals and [Bb] half marrows,
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who pushed and pulled [Bb] the barrels. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] The hot [Ab] boys and the lolly way men,
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_ 5 _ .15am. _ _
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