What It Is Chords by Mark Knopfler

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_ [F#m] The rain condensers spilling out, [A] staggering in the square.
[D] There's lads, lads that's falling [A] about and they're [E] crackling in the air.
[F#m] Then around the dungeon doors, [A] there's shouts and a queue.
_ [D] _ Everybody's looking for [A] [E] somebody's arms to hold and [F#m] take.
That's what it is.
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_ [F#m] It's frost on the graves and the [A] monuments, but the towers are warm in town.
[D] People curse the government [A] and shovel [E] hot coals down.
[F#m] Lights are out in the city [A] hall, the castle and the keep.
[D] The moon shines down upon it all, [A] the [E] legless and the [D] sleepers.
Cold on the toll gate, [A] with the wagons creeping through.
_ [D] Cold on the toll gate, [A] God knows what I [E] could do for you.
[F#m] That's what it is.
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[E] _ [F#m] Peter Gavison sleeps in the citadel [A] with a ghost and an ancient stone.
[D] High on the parapet, [A] a Scottish piper [E] stands alone.
[F#m] High on the wind, the [A] highland runs, fading to roll.
_ [D] Something from the past just [A] comes and stares [E] into my soul.
[D] Cold on the toll gate, [A] with the Caledonian rule.
_ [D] Cold on the toll gate, [A] God knows what [E] I could do for you.
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[E] _ [F#m] a chink of light, there's a burning wit, [A] there's a lantern in the tower.
_ [D] Wee Willie Rinker with a [A] candlestick still writing [E] songs in a wee wee [F#m] house on Charlotte Street.
I take a [A] walking stick from my hotel.
[D] The ghost of dirty [A] Dick is still in search of [E] fiddle now.
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