Mark Knopfler ? Madame Geneva?s

Intro: Bm   G   Em   A (2x)

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I?m a maker of ballads right pretty 
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I write them right here in the street 
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You can buy them all over the city 
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yours for a penny a sheet 
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I?m a word pecker out of the printers 
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out of the dens of Gin Lane 
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I?ll write up a scene on a counter 
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- confessions and sins in the main, boys 
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confessions and sins in the main 

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Then you?ll find me in Madame Geneva?s 
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keeping the demons at bay 
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There?s nothing like gin for drowning them in 
            Em        F#m
but they?ll always be back 
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on a hanging day 
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on a hanging day 

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They come rattling over the cobbles 
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they sit on their coffins of black 
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Some are struck dumb, some gabble 
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top-heavy on brandy or sack 
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The pews are all full of fine fellows 
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and the hawker has set up her shop 
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As they?re turning them off at the gallows 
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She?ll be selling right under the drop, boys 
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selling right under the drop 

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Then you?ll find me in Madame Geneva?s 
 G           D         A
keeping the demons at bay 
         A            F#m     Bm           G
There?s nothing like gin for drowning them in 
            Em        F#m
but they?ll always be back 
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on a hanging day 
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on a hanging day