Chords for Mark Knopfler gives a guitar lesson 2001

_ _ _ _ _ _ I started off with a flat pick, the same way as most guitar players do.
_ A little peck drum, you know, or a flat pick, whatever you want to call it.
_ _ [D]
And I still do use a flat pick for a lot of recording
_ _ _ _ _ rivet parts for the acoustic [G] guitar.
You know, you just_
I haven't got one, but it's_ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know, it's _
[C] _ _ _ _ just_
_ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ [Bm] Whatever _ you're doing, and it's [Ebm] important to me,
because you get a better signal, that's what I'm trying to say.
_ When you do it with your [E] fingers, you get a clear, big sound,
and _ _ _ it's generally speaking _ _ _ probably better than the way I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
do a basic finger pick. _ _
[D] And, _ you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ know, it begins when you start yourself,
you're doing pretty slow, two to the bar, _ _ _ or_
One to the bar kind of [G] sound. _ _ _
Once you build it up, you get to a_
You _ _ _ get to a _ _ [Ab] four to the bar, where _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
the_
That's four beats to the bar, you know, and then_
_ And then _ you've_ _
_ _ _ _ _ The [Ab] fingers_
You make the fingers start to go in like the little holes in between there. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And then, _ once you got that off,
[Bb] _ _ it's difficult, I mean, you _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ think_
So, _ you're just sort of picking around still.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You know, you may change the [A] thumbs _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] and all that.
_ _ So, and then it's more like piano playing,
you start to get a little more_
Once you start picking, you start to do, you _ [Eb] know_
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ [Bm] _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] You [Ab] [Am] know_
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [Ab] [Am] And _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ so, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] it's like _ _ _ a_
_ A little stride piano kind of style.
Then back through ragtime, western swing and all that.
And then slowly, you have to start breaking the rules,
where _ my thumb has started creeping up to the top strings,
and fingers down to the [Gm] bottom,
so that _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ the [N] fingers don't fall over the whole thing,
instead of just sticking to the, you _ _ _ _ know_
And so, [B] it's just _ _ the flat picking style
and the _ _ finger picking style, you know,
sort of start _ _ fusing together.
And it's sort of just really a bit of a mishmash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
I just play [G] very simple music. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ But_
_ [Ab] _ _ _ And when _ I was 15 and heard people like Ken Atkins,
I just thought, well, forget it.
It's another planet.
It'll never happen.
[N] So, don't even try.
But you get up into that picking area.
I mean, it never did. _
But, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ you know, you get to places without _ _ really _ _ _ _ _ _ realizing.
_ _ It's just a slow _ _ _ _ _ _ business.
You just creep forward very slowly. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You know, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ if I was to ask them,
do you ever get _ _ tired of what you're doing?
And the answer is, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
it's just that you are where you are.
It's different to you.
You're actually moving forward very slowly. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Really structured and prepped.
I don't know what else, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ you know.
If I've got a _ _ _ _ _ _ film to do, it's better.
Because I mean, I have to go down there.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So, that's probably better for me to have something to do. _
But what I really, really need,
what I should have, is somebody _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ that makes me do it. _
_ Well, _ you know, somebody who really knows what I want. _ _ _ _
Come and tell me.
Give me some exercise. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ Because it just keeps the thing alive.
_ _ _ My way is, you know, you_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _