Chords for Mark Knopfler - The ragpicker's dream

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When [E] Jack Frost [A] came for Christmas [G#m] with a [A] brass monkey date
_ [E] The real king [C#m] and the scarecrow [A] up to Florida free _
[E] Then they blew [A] on their paper cups
[E] _ Stared [A] through this team [E] then they drank [C#] half a bottle
[A] red [F#m] pickers dream
Where the whiskey _ [Am] keeps following [G#m] cold pictures a bit
_ [C#m] _ Me [E] and my associate [A] like the [B] clientele here
[E] Get the onions [A] in the taste
_ [E] rib [A] eyes on the grill
[E] _ _ [C#m] toothpicks and luckies
[A] in a coffee refill _
[E] As _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _
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_ [E] the real king [A] lay rocking
_ [E] He [A] was leaving the ground [E] then he was flying
[C#m] like Santa [A] Claus
over [F#m] the town
[E] Where he came [A] to the window _ [E] of a house [A] by a stream
_ [E] Was a family [C#m] Christmas
[A] in a rag [F#m] pickers dream
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[A] the table [F#m] _ [E] all [A] a glow in the light
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music [C#m] in a winner
_ [A] Sure carries at [F#m] night
_ [E] There was turkey [A] and gravy
_ [E] pie [C#m] and ice cream _ _ _
[E] And gifts [C#m] for each and everyone [A] in a rag [F#m] pickers dream _
[A] Where the radar [Am] keep tumbling [B] in our glasses [G#m] a beer
_ [C#m] Me [E] and my associate [A] like the service [B] and he _
[E] There's a tin [A] for your trouble
_ [E] _ You have beautiful _
Make the last one [C#m] two doubles.
[A] It's a [F#m] cold one out there
_ _ _ [E] The scarecrow [A] and the real king
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Started [A] to dance
[E] But a nightstick [C#m] and a billy club [A] won't give peace a chance
[E] Here I I think [A] they went that a [E] raise
your song [A#] and dance team
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[E] heading home
[C#m] for the holidays
[A] with a [F#m] rag pickers dream _
_ _ On [E] his knees [A] like a fighter
_ [E] The real riding king
_ Like a sack [C#m] of potatoes
[A] Like a bull in [F#m] the ring
[E] Where the scarecrow [A] falls over?
_ [E] With a tear in the scene
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_ [E] home [C#m] for the rover
[A] in a rag pickers [F#m] dream _
[A] Where the radar [Am] keeps tumbling [B] like [E] tears in [G#m] our beer
_ [C#m] _ Me and [E] my associate [A] like the _ [B] ambience here
[E] Where they caught her [A] to cast away?
[E] in a white [G] flashlight beam
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_ _ _ [E] Merry Christmas [C#m] and happy days [F#m] in the rag pickers dream
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