Mark Knopfler's Privateering double album chords by Foma I've transcribed only songs with rhythm guitar in it For any questions mail me to fffoma@gmail.com ________________________________________________________ 01. Redbud Tree Time: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4 Key: D Minor Capo: 5 fret * Play with first string muted by little finger of the right hand | Am | % | % | % | Am G F C Hunted down, I came upon Bb Am A place of ferns and grass G F C Gathered to a redbud tree Bb Am And now their footsteps pass G F C Where I crouch in dread Bb Am Discovery my certain death G F C Her leaves reaching for my head Bb Am As I suspend my breath C Dm A Redbud tree, shelter me, shelter me Dm G A Redbud tree, shelter me, shelter me | 3/4 Am - G | F - - | C Bb | Am | - G | | 3/4 F - - | C Bb | Am | | C | 2/4 Dm | A | Dm G | A | | C | 2/4 Dm | A | Dm/F G | A | % | | Am | % | G F C Those days of fear are gone Bb Am Yet I am pledged to her G F C As to my only one Bb Am My lovely protector C Dm A Redbud tree, shelter me, shelter me Dm G A Redbud tree, shelter me, shelter me C Dm A Redbud tree, shelter me, shelter me Dm/F G A Redbud tree, shelter me, shelter me | A | repeat | A | ______________________________________________________ 02. Haul Away Time: 4/4 Key: C Major Capo: 5 fret | C D | Em | D | C/G | | G C/G | G | C/G G It was a windless night when you left the ship D/F# G G/B C You never were a steady bold one D/F# Em I gave my hand, ah, but you did slip Cmaj7 D/F# Em C/G I?m a living man and you?re a cold one G C/G G Haul away, haul away for home C/G G My love?s as fair as a girl can be D/F# G G/B C/G My wedding ring is a heavy gold one D/F# Em Now you lie alone in the deep dark sea Cmaj7 D/F# Em C/G I?m a living man and you?re a cold one G C/G G Haul away, haul away for home | C/G | G - - D/F# | 2/4 G G/B | C | | C D/F# | Em - - Cmaj7 | D/F# | Em C | | G C/G | G | C/G G The morning brings, Lord, a fresh young breeze D/F# G G/B C/G To fill our sails and end the doldrums D/F# Em Our lucky ship speeds across the sea Cmaj7 D/F# Em C/G I?m a living man and you?re a cold one G C/G G Haul away, haul away for home | C | G - - D/F# | 2/4 G G/B | C | | C D/F# | Em - - Cmaj7 | D/F# | Em C | | G C/G | G | repeat | G | _________________________________________________________ 04. Privateering Time: 2/4 Key: C Minor Capo: 3 fret | Am | % | % | % | Am | % | G | Am | | Am | % | % | % | Am | % | G | Am | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | Am Yon?s my privateer See how trim she lies To every man a lucky hand And every man a prize I live to ride the ocean C G Am The mighty world around C To take a little plunder G Am And to hear the cannon sound F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | G | Am | | Am | % | % | % | Am The people on your man o? war Are treated worse than scum I?m no flogging captain And by God I?ve sailed with some Come with me to Barbary C G Am We?ll ply there up and down C Not quite exactly G Am In the service of the Crown F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | D5 | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | repeat Am Look?ee there?s my privateer She?s small but she can sting Licensed to take prizes With a letter from the King I love the streets and taverns C G Of a pretty foreign town Am C Tip my hat to the dark-eyed ladies G Am As we sally up and down F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | D5 | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | repeat Am Britannia needs her privateers Each time she goes to war Death to all her enemies Though prizes matter more Come with me to Barbary C G Am We?ll ply there up and down C Not quite exactly G Am In the service of the Crown F C To lay with pretty women G D/F# To drink Madeira wine Am C To hear the rollers thunder G Am On a shore that isn?t mine Am Privateering we will go Privateering, yo ho hoho Privateering we will go Yo ho ho, yo ho ho | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | D5 | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | repeat | Am | ___________________________________________________________ 05. Miss You Blues Time: 4/4 Key: D Major Capo: 2 fret | C | F C | C | F/C G | | C | F C | C | G C | C F C Miss you blues, baby, miss you blues F G Miss you blues, baby, miss you blues C F C You never used to look behind you, that isn?t what you?d do G C Didn?t leave a thing behind you but the miss you blues C F C Who?s gonna take your place, fill your shoes? F G Who?s gonna take your place, fill your shoes? C F C You never used to look behind you, that isn?t what you?d do G C Didn?t leave a thing behind you but the miss you blues C F C Miss you blues, baby, miss you blues F G Miss you blues, baby miss you blues C F C You never used to look behind you, that isn?t what you?d do G C Didn?t leave a thing behind you but the miss you blues | C | F C | C | F G | | C | F C | C | G C | C F C Walk alone down the avenue C F G Walk alone down the avenue C F C You never used to look behind you, that isn?t what you?d do G C Didn?t leave a thing behind you but the miss you blues C F C Miss you blues, baby, miss you blues F G Miss you blues, baby miss you blues C F C You never used to look behind you, that isn?t what you?d do G C Didn?t leave a thing behind you but the miss you blues | C | F C | C | F G | | C | F C | C | G C | repeat | C | _____________________________________________________________ 06. Corned Beef City Time: 4/4 Key: C Major Capo: No | C | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | C Early in the morning Going to meet a man Csus2 Wants a truck unloading Csus4 C For cash-in-hand You don?t ask questions When there?s nothing in the bank Csus2 Got to feed the kids Csus4 C And put the diesel in the tank Bacon, egg and sausage Double chips and beans G Tea and bread and butter F C And a day on the machines Christmas is coming With the final demand G What you got going F C For cash in hand F G C So it ain?t too pretty F G C Corned Beef City F G C It ain?t too pretty F G/D C Corned Beef City | C | % | % | % | | C G | F C | G F | | C | % | % | % | Early in the morning Where the trucks all stand G I?ve got a pocket full of folding F C And a pair of jerry cans I?ve got to keep it going They?re laying off at Ford G I?m only one step ahead F C Of my room and board F G C So it ain?t too pretty F G C Corned Beef City F G C It ain?t too pretty F G/D C Corned Beef City | C | % | % | % | | C G | F C | G F | | C | % | % | % | Early in the morning Going to meet a man G Wants a truck unloading F C For cash-in-hand You don?t ask questions When there?s nothing in the bank G Got to feed the kids F C And put the diesel in the tank F G C So it ain?t too pretty F G C Corned Beef City F G C It ain?t too pretty F G/D C Corned Beef City | C | % | % | % | | C G | F C | G F | | C | % | % | % | | C G | F C | G F | | C | _____________________________________________________ 07. Go, Love Csus4/F = [133010] D7sus2/A = [x04530] Time: 4/4 Key: B Minor Capo: 2 fret | Am | F G | Am Am/G | F | | Am | Csus4/F G | Am F | G | repeat Am F G Am I had to leave for certain Am/G F Am I like to come back now and then Csus4/F G Am Maybe I?m just retu - rning F G Am So I can leave again F G Am Am/G The wind comes softly blowing F Am From the cold grey sea Csus4/F G Am She leans into my col - lar F G Starts whispering to me Am Csus4/F G Am Go, love, if you?re going Am/G F Am You keep looking down the track Csus4/F G Am Go, love, if you?re going F G I?ll be here when you come back Am7 D7sus2/A Am7 D7sus2/A repeat Go, love, if you?re going Am7 D7sus2/A Am7 D7sus2/A Am7 D7sus2/A Go, love, if you?re going | Am | F G | Am Am/G | F | | Am | Csus4/F G | Am F | G | repeat Am F G Am So go, love, if you?re going Am/G F Am Don?t stay on account of me Csus4/F G Am Go, love, if you?re going F G If that?s the way it?s got to be Am Csus4/F G Am Go, love, if you?re going Am/G F Am You keep looking down the track Csus4/F G Am Go, love, if you?re going F G I?ll be here when you come back Am7 D7sus2/A Am7 D7sus2/A repeat Go, love, if you?re going Am7 D7sus2/A Am7 D7sus2/A Am7 D7sus2/A Am Go, love, if you?re going | Am7 D7sus2/A | repeat __________________________________________________________ 09. Yon Two Crows AmMaj7 = [x02110] Am6 = [5x4555] Time: 4/4 Key: D Minor Capo: 5 fret | Am | % | % | % | Am AmMaj7 Pennies from heaven Am7 Don?t make me laugh Here all you?ll get Am6 Is the pattering rain F C/G Or yon two crows up over the hill G Looking for winterkill Am Always at your boots AmMaj7 Am7 The mud behind the byre Am6 With its clammy hold F Would mock you up a grave C/G G Here in the mire of a wrecked sheepfold C/G And all you?ll bring to this F C/G Is muscle and grit F C/G Persistence, that?s just about it What made you think F There?d be a living in sheep? C/E F C/E F Eat, work, eat, work and sleep Am Duck under the eaves AmMaj7 Of the bothy Am7 Am6 F To sit here, caged by rain Somewhere to go conjure C A next move G When I have to think again Am AmMaj7 Am7 The dog lifts his gaze to plead Am6 F Believes the wizard has a magic stick C Leans his weight into my tweed G I give an unholy hand to lick C I take a swig of sheep dip F C From my flask F C And once again I ask What made you think F There?d be a living in sheep? C F C F Eat, work, eat, work and sleep | Am C | G | % | Em | | Am | Em | - G | Am | | Am | % | % | Am They were at this game AmMaj7 Am7 Two hundred years ago Had thirty ways Am6 F Of dying young, poor souls C/G Laid to rest in their soggy rows G Rain on their holy books Am AmMaj7 Blood and whisky Am7 On the tongue Am6 F And no-one watching over anyone C No-one left but your stubborn one G And the crows and rooks C F C Ah, the dying young F C/G Well I?m not done F You watch me and I?ll watch thee C I can still work for two men F C And drink for three And I raise my flask F C/G To the clearing skies To you, sweepers F C/G You carrion spies F C/G To scavenge and survive F If you can do it so can I | Am C | G | % | Em | | Am | Em | - G | Am | repeat | Dsus2 | ____________________________________________________ 10. Seattle Bb6/9 = [x10011] Fsus4/G = [3x3311] Time: 4/4 Key: C Major Capo: No | C | Bb6/9 | repeat 4 times | C | % | C Am F Above the bar the TVs are showing the game C But we?re not watching it, we?re hardly focussing C/B Am Through the windows in the fading day Dm Bbmaj7 1st Avenue is turning grey F C F Do you ever look at me and see another man Dm G C Let?s get two more beers and try to make a plan C/B Am Sometimes it feels as though I have a key Dm Bbmaj7 But every time I try it it won?t turn for me F C Seattle - you?ve got to love the rain Bb6/9 Fsus4/G And we both love rain C We both love rain C Am F We watched the city skyline from the ferry deck C And you put your arms around my neck C/B Am Dm We talked of looking just out of town Bbmaj7 Now it?s looking like a dream shot down F C F I still believe that there?s somewhere for us Dm G C But now it?s something that we don?t discuss C/B Am Dm And you?re the best thing I ever knew Bbmaj7 Stay with me, baby, and we?ll make it to We?ll make it to F C Seattle - you?ve got to love the rain Bb6/9 Fsus4/G And we both love rain C We both love rain F C Seattle - I want you just the same Bb6/9 Fsus4/G And we both love rain C Bb6/9 We both love rain | C Bb6/9 | repeat | C | ____________________________________________________________ 01. Kingdom Of Gold Time: 3/4 Key: C# Minor Capo: 4 fret | Am | % | G | Am | F | G | % | Em | % | | Am | % | G | Am | F | Em | % | Am | % | % | % | Am G Am The high priest of money looks down on the river F G Em The dawn coming up on his kingdom of gold Am G Am When the rim of the sun sends an arrow of silver F Em Am He prays to the gods of the bought and the sold Am G Am He turns to his symbols, his ribbons of numbers F G Em They circle and spin on their mystical scroll Am G Am He looks for a sign while the city still slumbers F Em Am Asus2 Am And the ribbons and the river forever unroll Am Asus2 G In his kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# Dsus2/F# His kingdom of gold Dm7 Am Asus2 G Kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# C/E His kingdom of gold D E Kingdom of gold | Am | % | G | Am | F | Em | % | | Am | % | % | % | Am G Am On the horizon an enemy haven F G Em Sends traces of smoke high up into the sky Am G Am A pack of dog jackals and a rabble of ravens F Em Am Who?ll come for his fortress, his castle on high Am Asus2 G In his kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# Dsus2/F# His kingdom of gold Dm7 Am Asus2 G Kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# C/E His kingdom of gold D E Kingdom of gold | Am | % | G | Am | F | G | % | Em | % | | Am | % | G | Am | F | Em | % | Am | % | % | % | Am G Am His axes and armour will conquer these devils F G Em The turbulent raiders will falter and fall Am G Am Their leaders be taken, their camps burned and levelled F Em Am They?ll hang in the wind from his citadel walls Am Asus2 G In his kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# Dsus4/F# Kingdom of gold Dm7 Am Asus2 G Kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# D/F# Kingdom of gold Dm7 Am Asus2 G Kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# Dsus4/F# Kingdom of gold Dm7 Am Asus2 G/B Kingdom of gold Cmaj7 D/F# D/F# C/E Kingdom of gold D Em Kingdom of gold | Am | % | G | Am | F | G | % | Em | % | | Am | % | G | Am | F | Em | % | Am | _________________________________________________________________ 02.Got To Have Something Time: 4/4, 2/4 Key: B Major Capo: 2 fret | A5 | % | % | % | | A5 | % | % | % | D7 Well if you ain?t got whiskey C5 A5 Don?t tell me that you ain?t got gin D7 If you ain?t got whiskey C5 A5 Don?t tell me that you ain?t got gin E Well I got to have something D7 C5 A5 Need to get my medicine D7 Well I can play your fish fry C5 A5 Play for change in town D7 I can play your fish fry C5 A5 I can play for change in town E D7 Well I got to have something C5 A5 Keep me from going down | D7 | - C5 | A5 | % | 2/4 % | | D7 | - C5 | A5 | % | 2/4 % | | E | D7 C5 | A5 | % | 2/4 % | D7 Well let me play you one thing C5 A5 Somebody must have just got paid D7 Yeah, let me play you one thing C5 A5 Somebody must have just got paid E Well I got to have something D7 C5 A5 Even if I don?t get laid | D7 | - C5 | A5 | % | 2/4 % | | D7 | - C5 | A5 | % | 2/4 % | | E | D7 C5 | A5 | % | 2/4 % | D7 Yes, if you ain?t got whiskey C5 A5 Don?t tell me that you ain?t got gin D7 If you ain?t got whiskey C5 A5 Don?t tell me that you ain?t got gin E Well I got to have something D7 C5 A5 Need to get my medicine E Yeah, I got to have something D7 C5 A5 Need to get my medicine | A5 | ________________________________________________________________ 03. Radio City Serenade Time: 4/4 Key: B Major Capo: 2 fret Intro (piano): | Bsus2/F# F#dim7 | Bsus4/F# F# | | Ebm7 Abm7 | C#m7 C(b5) | Intro (guitar): | D | A/C# | D | A/C# | | G6 Gm6 | Dmaj7 Bm | C#m | G | | F#m | D A/C# | D A | D E | | Asus4 A | A | A You?ve got to have no credit cards A/C# To know how good it feels D/A The howling of the bridges The sidewalks bound with steel A D/A Sitting on the sidewalk A F#m/A Bm With a party to arrange Bm/A D/A E May you never change A I stay out when I want to A/C# D Still she takes me back Don?t know another girl Would cut me so much slack A/C# D Every wounded soldier A F#m Bm Needs a lady with a light Bm/A D E To help him through the night A So blow a kiss to Radio City E/G# A A/C# My forever silhouette D A/C# Oh, you are so pretty D E My beautiful Rockette A/C# D E You?ve got my arms A F#m And the crosstown horns D Esus4 E Going on - we?ve got it going on | A | E/G# A A/C# | D A | D E | | D E | A F#m | D | Esus4 E | A Have I got you a river view A/C# This one tops the list D Got a head full of you A/C# And Irish Mist D I know I owe it A F#m Bm To the lady by the sea Bm/A D E Who still looks out for me A So blow a kiss to Radio City E A A/C# My forever silhouette D A/C# Oh, you are so pretty D E My beautiful Rockette D E You?ve got my arms A F#m And the crosstown horns D E Going on - we?ve got it going on D E You?ve got my arms A F#m And the crosstown horns D E Going on - we?ve got it going on We?ve got it going on | D | A/C# | D | A/C# | | G6 Gm6 | Dmaj7 Bm | C#m | G | | F#m | D A/C# | D A/C# | D E | | Asus4 A | | G6 | G6 F#m7 | D E | D A | | D | A | ____________________________________________________________ 04. I Used To Could Time: 4/4 Key: E Major Capo: No * Major blues in E | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | E Well, all down the 40 I never used to lift Thirteen gears, double clutch shift A7 All those horses underneath the hood E I don?t do it no more but I used to could | E | % | % | % | E GMC Cannonball going like a train All down the 40 in the driving rain A7 All those horses underneath the hood E I don?t do it no more but I used to could | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | | A7 | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | | A7 | % | E | % | | B7 | A7 | E | % | | E | % | % | % | E Well I don?t hang around ?cause it ain?t no good Like the big bad wolf in the neighborhood A7 Chasin? after Little Red Riding Hood I don?t do it no more but I used to could | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | | A7 | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | | A7 | % | E | % | | B7 | A7 | E | % | | E | _____________________________________________________ 06. Bluebird Gm6 = [3x233x] A7 = [x02223] Time: 4/4 Key: Eb Minor Capo: 1 fret * Minor blues in Eb | Dm | % | % | % | | Gm | % | Dm | % | | F | Gm6 A7 | Dm | % | Got crows in my pasture Gm Rats in my barn Crows in my pasture, babe Dm Rats in my barn F Gm6 A7 If I was you, little bluebird Dm I?d up and find another farm I?ve got nightshade in my meadow Gm Ragweed in my corn Nightshade in my meadow Dm And ragweed in my corn F Gm6 A7 If I was you, little bluebird Dm I?d be long gone | Dm | % | % | % | | Gm | % | Dm | % | | F | Gm6 A7 | Dm | % | Yes, I got squirrels in my rafters Gm Weevils in my hay Squirrels in my rafters Dm Weevils in my hay F Gm6 A7 If I was you, little bluebird Dm I?d up and fly away Fly away, baby | Dm | % | % | % | | Gm | % | Dm | % | | F | Gm6 A7 | Dm | % | | Dm | ___________________________________________________________ 07. Dream Of The Drowned Submariner Fmaj7 = [133210] Time: 4/4 (3/4 and 2/4 for certain bars) Key: C Minor Capo: 3 fret | Am - - G/B | C | Dm Am - C/G | F | | Am - - G/B | C | 3/4 Dm Am - | G | % | C Fmaj7 G C We run along easy at periscope depth Dm7 G Sun dappling through clear water F G C Am So went the dream of the drowned submariner F C/G G Am Far awa - y from the slaughter C Fmaj7 G C Your hair is a strawflower that sings in the sun Dm7 G My darling, my beautiful daughter F G C Am So went the dream of the drowned submariner F C/G G Am Cast awa - y on the water | Am - - G/B | C | Dm Am - C/G | F | | Am - - G/B | C | 3/4 Dm Am F | G | % | | C Fmaj7 | G C | - - Dm7 - | G | | F G/B | 2/4 C | Am | F C/G | G | Am | % | F G F C/G From down in the vault, down in the grave F C/G G Reaching up to the light on the waves C Fmaj7 G C So she did run to him over the grass Dm7 G She fell in his arms and he caught her F G C Am So went the dream of the drowned submariner F C/G G Am Far awa - y on the water F C/G G Am Far awa - y on the water | Am - - G/B | C | Dm Am - C/G | F | | Am - - G/B | C | 3/4 Dm Am F | G | repeat | G | ____________________________________________________________ 08. Blood And Water Time: 4/4 Key: Bb Major and G Minor Capo: 3 fret | G Eaug | A7 D7 | G | B7 | Em Em6 Am7 Blood and water bound to overflow Em Em7 Em Em7 Blood and water bound to overflow G Well there?s no more high water Asus2/F# B7 Em Em7 D7/A But the Old Man?s just waiting, I know G He was sent up on the levee B7 Now they?ve gone up country C They won?t do nothing for you now G And don?t go asking me A7 B7 Em D7 They?ve gone it?s all over here G Sometimes I?d see her passing B7 With the evening coming on C C#dim7 I?ve seen you on her pathway G I?ve seen you at dawn B7 C Look over yonder at that empty shack C#dim7 You know as well as I do They ain?t coming back G Eaug A7 D7 G B7 They?re gone it?s all over here Em Am7 Blood and water bound to overflow Em Blood and water bound to overflow G Well there?s no more high water Asus2/F# B7 Em B7 But the Old Man?s just waiting, I know | Em | % | % | % | | Am7 | % | Em | % | | G | Asus2/F# B7 | Em | D7 | G So many promises B7 We broke them, every one C Kept people on the levees G Withsherrifs and shotguns A7 B7 Em D7 They?re gone it?s all over here G B7 C Look over yonder at that empty shack You know as well as I do C#dim7 They ain?t coming back G Eaug A7 D7 G B7 They?re gone it?s all over here Em Am7 Blood and water bound to overflow Em Blood and water bound to overflow G Asus2/F# B7 Well there?s no more high water Em A7 No more high water G Well there?s no more high water Asus2/F# B7 Em B7 But the Old Man?s just waiting, I know | Em | % | % | % | | Am7 | % | Em | % | | G | Asus2/F# B7 | Em | B7 | ____________________________________________________________ 10. After The Beanstalk Time: 4/4 Key: Eb Major Capo: 3 fret * Blues in Eb Major | C | F | C | C7 | | F | % | C | % | | C | G7 | C F | C G7 | C F C C7 Well a hen can lay a golden egg but she still can?t sing F C A hen can lay a golden egg but she still can?t sing G7 C F C G7 Well the hen?s alright but the harp is everything C F C C7 When he?s gunning for glory a boy just won?t be told F C Gunning for glory a boy just won?t be told G7 C F C G7 I went up three times but it never was for the gold C F C C7 Oh, Mama what?s the matter now F C Oh, Mama what?s the matter now G7 C F C G7 That old cow she wasn?t milking anyhow | C | F | C | C7 | | F | % | C | % | | C | G7 | C F | C G7 | C F C C7 After the beanstalk your life?s not the same F C After the beanstalk your life?s not the same G7 C F C G7 Well the harp?s worth more than any fortune and fame C F C C7 Oh, Mama what?s the matter now F C Oh, Mama what?s the matter now G7 C F C G7 I?m still up in the morning to get behind the plough | C | F | C | C7 | | F | % | C | % | | C | G7 | C F | C G7 | C F C C7 A hen can lay a golden egg but she still can?t sing F C A hen can lay a golden egg but she still can?t sing G7 C F C G7 Well the hen?s alright but the harp is everything F C C7 Oh, Mama what?s the matter now F C Oh, Mama what?s the matter now G7 C F I?m still up in the morning to get behind the plough | C |
