Mark Knopfler - The Ragpicker's Dream Album Tab by Foma' fffoma@gmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 - Why aye man Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: [ch]D5[/ch] [xx0235] [ch]Gadd9[/ch] [320005] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [xx0233] [ch]C[/ch] [x32013] Intro: [ch]D5[/ch] We had no way of staying afloat We had to leave on the ferry boat Economic refugees On the run to germany [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gadd9[/ch] We had the back of maggie's hand [ch]D5[/ch] Times were tough in geordieland ([ch]D5[/ch]) We got wor tools and working gear And humped it all from newcastle to here [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] Why aye man, why aye man [ch]D5[/ch] We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise Drills and hammers, diggers and picks Mixing concrete, laying bricks [ch]G[/ch] There's english, irish, scots, the lot [ch]D5[/ch] United nation's what we've got ([ch]D5[/ch]]) Brickies, chippies, every trade German building, british-made [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] Why aye man, why aye man [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Nae more work on maggie's farm [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] Hadaway down the autobahn [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Mine's a portacabin bed [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dsus4[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] | There's plenty deutschmarks here to earn And german tarts are wunderschoen German beer is chemical-free Germany's alreet with me [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gadd9[/ch] Sometimes I miss my river tyne [ch]D5[/ch] But you're my pretty fraulein ([ch]D5[/ch]) Tonight we'll drink the old town dry Keep wor spirit levels high [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] Why aye man, why aye man [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Sometimes I miss my river tyne [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] But you're my pretty fraulein [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Tonight we'll drink the old town dry [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] Keep wor spirit levels high [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Sometimes I miss my river tyne [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] But you're my pretty fraulein [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Tonight we'll drink the old town dry [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] Keep wor spirit levels high [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dsus4[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dsus4[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dsus4[/ch] | [ch]Gm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] | ___________________________________________________________________________ 2 - Devil Baby Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [xx0230] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [x02200] Intro: [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] The freaks'll stay together [ch]G[/ch] They're a tight old crew [ch]A[/ch] You look at them [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] And they look at you I love the ballyhoo girl [ch]G[/ch] But she don't care [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] It's hard to find love anywhere [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Hard to find love anywhere [ch]D[/ch] The professor is the talker [ch]G[/ch] He's the talking man [ch]A[/ch] And if he can't clean a midway [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Nobody can He'll get the tip on in [ch]G[/ch] From the midway mud [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] You gotta have the sawdust in the blood [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Gotta have the sawdust in the blood [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] See the pig-faced man and the monkey girl [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] Come see the big fat lady [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]/D 'Gator slim with the alligator skin [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Come see the devil baby [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] Springer is the talker [ch]G[/ch] He's the talking man [ch]A[/ch] He's got the whole studio [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Eating out of his hand You can be on too [ch]G[/ch] With the nuts and the geeks [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] Call 1-800-ima frek [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] 1-800-ima frek [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] See the pig-faced man and the monkey girl [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] Come see the big fat lady [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]/D 'Gator slim with the alligator skin [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Come see the devil baby [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] See the pig-faced man and the monkey girl [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch] Come see the big fat lady [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]/D 'Gator slim with the alligator skin [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Come see the devil baby [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | ___________________________________________________________________________ 3 - Hill Farmer's Blues Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [x32030] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [xx0230] Intro: [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] I'm going into tow law [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] For what I need [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Chain for the ripsaw [ch]Em[/ch] Killer for the weed [ch]G[/ch] The dog's at the back door [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] Leave him be [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Don't feed him jack [ch]Em[/ch] And don't wait up for me [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Going into tow law [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] To fuel my fire [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Shells for the twelve [ch]Em[/ch] And razor wire [ch]G[/ch] The dog's at the back door [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] Leave him be [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Don't do jack [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] And don't wait up for me С [ch]Cadd9[/ch] So bad С [ch]G[/ch] So bad С So bad [ch]Dsus2[/ch] So bad [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] I'm going into tow law [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] To have my fun [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Don't get me wrong [ch]Em[/ch] You were the only one [ch]G[/ch] Behind my back lord [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] You made a fool of me [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Don't do jack [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] And don't wait up for me С [ch]Cadd9[/ch] So bad [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] So bad С So bad [ch]Dsus2[/ch] So bad [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch] | ___________________________________________________________________________ 4 - A Place Where We Used to Live Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: [ch]E7[/ch] [020100] [ch]C7M[/ch] [x32000] Intro: [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] This empty kitchen's where [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] I'd while away the hours [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Just next to my old chair [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] You'd usually have some flowers [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch] The shelves of books [ch]Am/F#[/ch] Even the picture hooks [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] Everything is gone [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] But my heart is hanging on [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] If this old neighbourhood [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] Survived us both alright [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Don't know that it withstood [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] All the things that took our light [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch] You on the stair [ch]Am/F#[/ch] I can see you there [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] Everything is gone [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] But my heart is hanging on [ch]F7M[/ch] [ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]F7M[/ch] Once there was a little girl [ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]F7M[/ch] Used to wonder what she would be [ch]C7M[/ch] Went out into the big wide world [ch]F7M[/ch] Now she's just a memory [ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]F7M[/ch] There used to be a little school here [ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]F7M[/ch] Where I learned to write my name [ch]C7M[/ch] But time has been a little cruel here [ch]F7M[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] Time has no shame [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C7M[/ch] It's just a place where [ch]F7M[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] We used to live [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C7M[/ch] It's just a place where [ch]F7M[/ch] We used to live Now in another town You lead another life And now upstairs and down You're someone else's wife Here in the dust There's not a trace of us Everything is gone But my heart is hanging on It's just a place where We used to live It's just a place where We used to live [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C7M[/ch] | [ch]F7M[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C7M[/ch] | [ch]F7M[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C7M[/ch] | [ch]F7M[/ch] | ___________________________________________________________________________ 5 - Quality Shoe Tuning: Standart Capo: 5 Chords: [ch]C7M[/ch] [x3200x] [ch]C#m6[/ch] [x4232x] Lick1: [ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] e|-------|------------------| B|--0----|-1----------------| G|--0---0h2-----------------| D|------0h3-----------------| A|-------|-3----------------| E|-------|-1----------------| Lick2: [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] e|-----------------|--------| B|-----------------|--------| G|-----------------|--------| D|-----------------|--------| A|-----------0-2-0-|-3------| E|---3--3----------|--------| Lick3: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] e|-----------------|--------| B|-----------------|--------| G|-----------------|--------| D|-----------------|--------| A|--3--3-2--2-0--0-|--------| E|-----------------|-3------| Intro: | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] Lick2 [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] You got your toecaps reinforced with steel [ch]C[/ch] Lick1 ([ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]) Hard-wearing sole and heel [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#m6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Make those tired feet feel like new [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] Take your pick, black or Brown [ch]C[/ch] Lick1 ([ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]) Great for the country or the man in town [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] You're gonna need a quality shoe [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] You don't want no stand-by pair [ch]C[/ch] Lick1 ([ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]) 'Cos these'll take the wear and tear [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#m6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Made to take good care of you [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] For that trip by road or rail [ch]C[/ch] Lick1 ([ch]C7M[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]) For extra grip on those rocky trails [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] Lick3 ([ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]) You're gonna need a quality shoe [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] Now they maybe ain't too hot for dancing [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] But I don't foresee too much of that [ch]B7[/ch] You ain't exactly gonna be prancing [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C#m6[/ch] Around in the moonlight [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] With a cane and a top hat If you could use a change of pace And be excused from the rat race Just take a look at what's on view Lace 'em up, walk around I guarantee you can't wear 'em down You're gonna need a quality shoe Now I wish you sunny skies And happiness wherever you may go But you got to realise There'll be wind, there'll be rain And occasional snow You're gonna want to smile in them If you're gonna walk a mile in them There'll be times when you'll be blue To laugh at rainy days and then Make your getaways in them You're gonna need a quality shoe You got your toecaps reinforced with steel Hard-wearing sole and heel Make those tired feet feel like new Take your pick, black or Brown Great for the country or the man in town You're gonna need a quality shoe ___________________________________________________________________________ 6 - Fare Thee Well Northumberland Tuning: Standart Capo: Chords: [ch]C5[/ch] [x355xx] [ch]F[/ch](no3) [133xxx] [ch]C[/ch](No3) [x335xx] Intro: [ch]C5[/ch] Come drive me down to the central station I hate to leave my river tyne For some damn town that's god-forsaken Fare thee well, northumberland [ch]F[/ch](no3) [ch]C5[/ch] Although i'll go where the lady takes me [ch]C5[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch] She'll never tell what's in her hand [ch]C5[/ch] I do not know what fate awaits me [ch]F[/ch](No3) F(No3)/G [ch]C5[/ch] Fare thee well, northumberland [ch]C[/ch](No3) My heart beats for my streets and alleys [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]C[/ch](No3) Longs to dwell in the borderlands The north-east shore and the river valleys [ch]F[/ch](No3) F(No3)/G [ch]C5[/ch] Fare thee well, northumberland I may not stay, i'm bound for leaving I'm bound to ramble and to roam I only say my heart is grieving I would not gamble on my coming home Roll on, geordie boy, roll Roll on, geordie boy, roll Roll on, geordie boy, roll Roll on, geordie boy, roll So drive me down to the central station I hate to leave my river tyne For some damn town that's god-forsaken Goodbye old friend of mine Although i'll go where the lady takes me She'll never tell what's in her hand I do not know what fate awaits me Fare thee well, northumberland So roll on, geordie boy, roll Roll on, geordie boy, roll Roll on, geordie boy, roll Roll on, geordie boy, roll ___________________________________________________________________________ 7 - Marbletown Tuning: Dropped D Capo: 5 Chords: [ch]D5[/ch] [00023x] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [x3003x] [ch]G5[/ch] [5x003x] [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [3x001x] [ch]Am7[/ch] [x02010] Intro: [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] Roll out here mister [ch]Csus2[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] If you need a lttle rest [ch]G5[/ch] [ch]Fsus2[/ch] Roll out here mister [ch]D5[/ch] If you need a lttle rest [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch] Lay me down in marbletown [ch]D5[/ch] A bone yard is the best There was a bad bull on the railroad Tried to put me off his train Lay me down in marbletown 'Til the coast is clear again [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch] Ssus2 [ch]D5[/ch] I can hear them a- hollerin' 'We got a man down here We got a man down' I'm gonna flip me a cannonball That won't stop for anyone Lay me down in marbletown Wait 'til morning comes I'm gonna roll out here in the tombstones Wait here on my train Lay me down in marbletown I hope that it don't rain And I can still hear them hollerin ''We got a man down here We got a man down' Roll out here mister If you need a little rest Lay me down in marbletown A bone yard is the best ___________________________________________________________________________ 8 - You Don't Know You're Born Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: [ch]D5[/ch] [xx032x] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [xx053x] [ch]D6[/ch] [xx043x] [ch]D7[/ch](No3) [xx021x] Intro: [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D6[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] What do you know about the hammer and the spike What do you know about the farm You don't know You don't know what it's like Because you don't know You don't know you're born What do you know about the hammer and the chisel You only know the kitchen and the warm You don't know about the night shift whistle Punching the clock to the horn Because you don't know You don't know you're born [ch]D5[/ch] You don't know [ch]D7[/ch](No3) You don't know you're born [ch]G[/ch] You don't know [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] You don't know you're born [ch]D5[/ch] You don't know [ch]D7[/ch](No3) You don't know you're born [ch]G[/ch] You don't know [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] You don't know you're born [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] What do you know about the hammer and the nails Know about the thistles and the thorns What do you know about the road and the rails Your heart so weary and your hands all worn Your hands so weary and your heart all torn And you don't know You don't know you're born [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] ___________________________________________________________________________ 9 - Coyote Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: Intro: [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D/C[/ch] | [ch]D/C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]/F | [ch]D[/ch] :| Look at me coyote Don't let a little road dust put you off You can't judge a book Well you know that stuff There's a tear in my upholstery And a hole in my shoe But don't you just wish that you could Make half of the speed I do [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do You can't catch me coyote Though there may be blood on the tracks There may be some bridges burning Behind our backs But I got my laundry on the backseat And an itinerary too And don't you just wish that you could Make half of the speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do Now I'm a speck on your horizon Getting smaller fast An ambush wouldn't be surprising I hope it's better than your last Once again the roadrunner Leaves the coyote in the dirt You've got another plan of action But we all know it ain't never gonna work It must be hard having dog dreams That never come true And don't you just wish that you could Make half of the speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do ___________________________________________________________________________ 10 - The Ragpicker's Dream Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: [ch]E/B[/ch] [x2210x] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [x0220x] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [4x210x] [ch]A/F#[/ch] [2x222x] [ch]A6[/ch] [x0465x] [ch]Am6[/ch] [x0455x] [ch]A#m7[/ch]/5- [6x665x] [ch]A#7[/ch]/5- [6x675x] [ch]A#dim[/ch] [6x565x] [ch]C6[/ch] [x3221x] Intro: [ch]E/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]G#m[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] | [ch]C#m[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] When Jack Frost came for Christmas [ch]Asus2[/ch] With a brass monkey date [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] The rail-king and the scarecrow [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] Hopped a Florida freight [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] And they blew on their paper cups [ch]Asus2[/ch] And stared through the steam [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] Then they drank half a bottle [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] Of Ragpicker's Dream where [ch]A6[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] The whiskey keeps following [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] Cold pitchers of beer [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]E/B[/ch] Me and my associate [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] Like the clientele here get [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] The onions and the 'taters [ch]Asus2[/ch] Rib-eyes on the grill [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] Toothpicks and luckies [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] And a coffee refill [ch]E/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]G#m[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] | [ch]C#m[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] As the rail-king lay rocking [ch]Asus2[/ch] He was leaving the ground [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Then he was flying like Santa Claus [ch]A/F[/ch] Over the town where [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] He came to the window [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] Of a house by a stream [ch]C#m[/ch] It was a family Christmas [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] In the Ragpicker's Dream there [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] Were kids at the table [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] All aglow in the light [ch]C#m[/ch] Music in the wintertime [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] Sure carries at night there [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Was turkey and gravy [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A#m7[/ch]/5- Pie and ice cream [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] And gifts for each and everyone [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] In the Ragpicker's Dream where [ch]A6[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] The red-eye keeps tumbling [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] In our glasses of beer [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]E/B[/ch] Me and my associate [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] Like the service in here there's [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] A ten for your trouble [ch]Asus2[/ch] You have beautiful hair [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] Make the last one two doubles [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] It's a cold one out there where [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] The scarecrow and the rail-king [ch]Asus2[/ch] Have started to dance [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] But a nightstick and a billyclub [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] Won't give peace a chance here [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] I think they went thataways A#m7/5- Your song and dance team [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Heading home for the holidays [ch]A/F#[/ch] With the Ragpicker's Dream on [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] His knees like a fighter [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] The rail-riding king [ch]C#m[/ch] Like a sack of potatoes [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] Like a bull in the ring where [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] The scarecrow falls over [ch]A#7[/ch]/5- [ch]A6[/ch] With a tear in the seam [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] Home for the rover [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] In the Ragpicker's Dream where [ch]A6[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] The red-eye keeps tumbling [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] Like tears in our beer [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]E/B[/ch] Me and my associate [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] Like the ambience here where [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] They cornered two castaways [ch]A#dim[/ch] [ch]A6[/ch] In a white flashlight beam [ch]E[/ch]\[ch]B[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] Merry Christmas and happy days [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A/F#[/ch] [ch]C6[/ch] In the Ragpicker's Dream [ch]E/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]G#m[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] ___________________________________________________________________________ 11 - Daddy's Gone To Knoxville Tuning: Standart Capo: No Chords: [ch]C#m[/ch]/5- [x4565x] Intro: [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Oh, you're gonna miss your daddy when he's gone [ch]G[/ch] When he's gone [ch]A[/ch] Yeah, you're gonna miss your daddy when he's gone [ch]D[/ch] When he's gone [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] Daddy's gone down that gallatin road [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]/5- The hen never laid and the corn never growed [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Oh, you're gonna miss your daddy when he's gone [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] Oh, I'd rather have a dollar than a dime [ch]G[/ch] Than a dime [ch]A[/ch] Yeah, I'd rather have a dollar than a dime [ch]D[/ch] Than a dime [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] Daddy's gone down that crossville track [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]/5- If he can't make a dollar then he ain't comin' back [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] Oh, I'd rather have a dollar than a dime Oh, you better love your daddy while you can While you can Yeah, you better love your daddy while you can While you can Daddy's gone south on the natchez trace If the can't show the money then he don't show his face Oh, you'd better love your daddy while you can Oh, your daddy's gone to knoxville now Knoxville now Yeah, your daddy's gone to knoxville now Knoxville now Daddy's gone down that knoxville road The dog never barked and the cock never crowed Oh, your daddy's gone to knoxville now ___________________________________________________________________________ 12 - Old Pigweed Tuning: Standart Capo: No Capo: 2 E [076455] or [022100] E7M [076445] or [021100] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7M[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] Everything was in there [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7M[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] That you'd want to see [ch]B[/ch] Corned beef and onions [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7M[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] And true love [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] Turnips and tinned tomatoes [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Parsnips and a few potatoes A couple extra blessings [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] From above [ch]B[/ch] Now this here mingle-mangle [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7M[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Was my best one yet [ch]B[/ch] A big old bad goulash [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7M[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Worth waiting for [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] And i'm just about to dip my can [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Taste some brotherhood of man [ch]B[/ch] When I get a feeling [ch]A[/ch] That there's a flaw [ch]B[/ch] Who put old pigweed [ch]E[/ch] In the mulligan [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] Was it you Who put old pigweed [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] In the mulligan stew [ch]B[/ch] I close my eyes [ch]E[/ch] For just a minute [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] What do you do [ch]E[/ch] Who put old pigweed [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] In the mulligan stew [ch]B[/ch] In the mulligan [ch]E[/ch] In the mulligan [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7M[/ch] In the mulligan stew You won't find self-improvement or philosophy In a dumpster sitting by The kitchen door There's plenty leek and humble pie Ain't too much ham on rye Sometimes I wonder What i'm looking for But a spoonful of forgiveness Goes a long, long way And we all should do our best To get along Add a pinch of kindness crumbling To your loving dumpling Okra for thickening When something's wrong But who put old pigweed In the mulligan Was it you Who put old pigweed In the mulligan stew I close my eyes For just a minute What do you do Who put old pigweed In the mulligan stew