Standard Tuning

Capo: No



Really beautiful song by Mark Knopfler off of his 2000 album Sailing to 

Philadelphia. For details with respect to the solo and fingerpicking, check out 

the power tab on this site, as it is very accurate!



Unusual chord fingerings:



Esus4   Dsus2    Bbmaj7   Bb6  D5b5

 0        0        x       x     x

 0        3        3       3     3

 2        2        2       0     1

 2        0        3       3     0

 2        x        1       1     x

 0        x        x       x     x





C                 G/B

Here's one of the two of us

Am7     F

In 1954 don't laugh

    C

I keep all of the pictures

        G

Are you going to take a photograph

C                Esus4    E

Here's something nice for you

Am                        F

A dear old thing came to a show

C

Last time here we did

           G

An interview on local radio



D5                       Dsus2

Make yourself at home my darling

F       G

Come on in

D5                  Am  

Hand me down that jar love

      F          Bbmaj7  Bb6  Am/G  G

Can I offer you a gin



C                     G/B

We're proud to be the oldest

     Am7        F

Ugly sisters in variety

       C

There's not the glamor now you see

     G

What happened to society

C                Esus4    E

There's another light bulb gone

Am                    F

They don't all answer to the switch

   C

I don't know how we carry on

    G

And her she couldn't care the bitch



D5                    Dsus2

But in a while the old boys

       F             G

In the band begin to play

    D5              Am

And in a while the houselights

        F              Bbmaj7  Bb6  Am/G   G

And the curtains slide away



    C

And something's going to happen

             C

To make your whole life better

     C/Bb                  F

Your whole life better one day

C

Something's going to happen

              Esus4  E   Am

To make your whole life better

      C         G                

Your whole life better one day



Solo:

|C G/B|Am7 F|C|G|C Esus4 E|Am F|C|G|D5 Dsus2|F G|D5 Am|F|Bbmaj7 Bb6|Am/G G|



        C              G/B

Now the landlady's all squared away

      Am7             F

It's just a temporary deal

    C

I'm afraid tonight it's take-away

    G

You see there is no evening meal

C                   Esus2  E        Am

Don't worry dear you shall go to the ball

            F

I think the fairy said

      C

These suitcases have seen it all

     G

From under someone else's bed



     D5                      Dsus2

You want to smile those tears away

    F          G

Now don't you cry

    D5                Am

You want to know what I say

 F              Bbmaj7  Bb6  Am/G  G

I say never say die



     C

'Cos something's going to happen

             C

To make your whole life better

     C/Bb                  F

Your whole life better one day

 C

Something's going to happen

             Esus4   E    Am

To make your whole life better

     C          G

Your whole life better one day

|C G/B|Am7 F|C D5b5|C|