Chords for Mark Knopfler's "Basil"

Tempo:
150.1 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

Dm

Am

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mark Knopfler's "Basil" chords
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[C]
[E]
[Am]
My Saturday job pays [C] six and [F] six down
[Dm] A copy boy [F] at the Chronicle
Five [Am] cigarettes and [C] two silver [F] half crowns [Dm]
Meetin' Vincent, [F] Mark, Tony's in town
[Dm]
Boy, [F] do we get around
[G] [Am]
Basil sits there [C] on the [F] table for slopes
Not [Dm] a part of [F] the bright nylon club Ancient [Am] blue sweater [C] too old [F] for the job
[Dm] Bored out of his mind [F] with the Collins and Bobs
I'm a jack [C] and a lad [F]
and I'm up for [C] the world [F]
And I've [C] kissed a [F] Gateshead girl
[Am]
He calls for [A] a copy boy [C] [F] grumpy as hell [Dm]
Poets have [F] to eat as well
What he [Am] wouldn't give just [C] to walk out [F] today To [Dm] have [F] time to think about time
[Dm] And young [F] love thrown away I'm a jack [C] and a lad
[F] and I'm up [C] for the world
[F] And I've [C] kissed a [F] Gateshead girl
Starlings swarm [C] in a cloud
[E]
[Am] Over Granger Street
Over [F] the black church [Dm]
Over [C] the black gate
[E] And the shadow [Am] he keeps
[D] [F#]
[B]
[E]
[F]
[C]
[E]
[Am]
He peers through his wire rims
[C] At the fish and [F] chip wars [Dm]
He's supposed to [F] dish up and forget
His drudgery [Am]
now has [C] become [F] slightly blurred [Dm] By one of his players on [F] tip cigarettes
Bury [C] all joy [F] Put the poems [C] in sacks
[F] And [C] bury me here with [F] that
In
[Am]
the summer the fair [G] will stretch [C] over [F] the moor
[Dm]
Lovers will lie and [F] make out in the park
[Am] Basil puts on his [C] old duffel [F] and scarves
[Dm]
Goes [F] out into the dark
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Key:  
F
134211111
C
3211
Dm
2311
Am
2311
E
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
Dm
2311
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My Saturday _ _ job _ pays [C] six and [F] six down _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ A copy boy [F] at the Chronicle _
Five _ _ _ _ _ [Am] cigarettes _ _ and [C] two silver [F] half _ _ crowns _ [Dm] _
_ Meetin' Vincent, [F] Mark, _ Tony's in town
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_ _ _ Boy, [F] do we get around _ _
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Basil sits _ there [C] on the [F] table for slopes
_ Not [Dm] _ _ a part of [F] the bright nylon club _ _ _ _ Ancient [Am] blue _ sweater _ [C] too old [F] for the job
_ _ _ [Dm] Bored out of his mind [F] with the Collins and _ Bobs _
I'm a jack [C] and a lad _ _ _ [F] _ _
and I'm up for [C] the _ world _ _ [F] _ _
And I've [C] kissed a _ _ _ _ [F] Gateshead girl
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He calls for [A] a copy boy [C] _ [F] grumpy as hell _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ Poets have [F] to eat as well _ _ _ _
What he [Am] wouldn't give _ just [C] to walk out [F] today _ _ To [Dm] _ _ have _ [F] time to think about time
_ [Dm] _ _ And young [F] love thrown away _ I'm _ _ a jack [C] and a lad _
_ [F] _ _ and I'm up [C] for the world _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ And I've [C] kissed a _ _ _ _ [F] Gateshead _ girl _
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Starlings _ _ _ swarm [C] in a cloud _
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[Am] Over Granger Street _
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Over [F] the _ black church _ _ _ [Dm] _
Over [C] the _ _ black gate
[E] _ _ And the shadow [Am] he keeps _ _
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_ _ _ He peers through his wire _ rims
[C] At the fish and [F] chip wars _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
He's supposed to [F] dish up and forget _ _ _
His drudgery [Am] _
now _ has [C] become [F] slightly blurred _ _ [Dm] By one of his players on [F] tip _ cigarettes
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Bury [C] all joy _ _ [F] Put _ _ the poems [C] in _ sacks
_ [F] _ _ _ And [C] bury me _ here with [F] that
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_ _ _ _ the summer the fair [G] will stretch [C] over [F] the moor
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Lovers will lie and [F] make out in the park _ _ _
_ [Am] Basil puts _ on his [C] old duffel [F] and _ scarves _
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Goes [F] out into the dark
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