Chords for Mark Knopfler - My Claim to Fame

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_ [Am] Well, he's a big [F] star now, [G] but I've been a [C] fine ass for years
The way he sings [F] and plays [C] guitar [G] still [C] brings me to tears
I wouldn't [Am] want to be a big [F] deal, [G] wouldn't want [C] to be a celebrity
I spent my life [F] building ships of steel, [G] [C] that's all there ever was for me
_ Take a hammer [Am] to a [F] sea bell, [G] one [C] shall my name
And to sail the [F] seas, he has [G] to be a [C] smart playing fane
He _ spends his life [Am] in a studio, [G] _ [F] [G] jet [C] planes, big black cars
Plays [F] records on the [C] radio, [G] in all of the [C] clubs and in all of the bars
_ In my day you [Am] didn't have a [G] choice, [F] _ [G] [C] you had to take a trade
You had no [F] money and you [C] had no [G] voice, [C] that's the life I mean
Take a hammer [Am] to a sea [F] bell, [G] [C] one shall my name
And to sail the [F] seas, he [G] has to be a smart [C] playing fane
That's my playing fane, [F] that's [C] my playing fane
Sail the sea, [F] free as a [G] breeze, and that's my [C] playing [F] fane
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_ a son can live [Am] forever [Dm] and a day
An old [G] ship goes [C] to the breaker yard
In a hundred years [F] they're gonna hear [Am] him sing
[G] They won't [C] remember me for working hard
Now they've all gone away, all the boys and the girls
The yard is a grave where the river runs through
We used to build the ships for the whole wide world
Now we couldn't do it if we wanted to
Take a hammer [Am] to a sea bell, [F] [C] one shall my name
Sail the sea, [F] free as a [G] breeze, that's my playing [C] fane
Take a [Am] hammer to a sea bell, [F] [G] one shall [C] my name
And to sail the seas, [F] he has to be [G] a smart [C] playing fane
That's my playing fane, [G] that's [C] my playing fane
Sail the sea, [F] free [G] as a breeze, that's [C] my playing _ [F] _ _
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