Subject: k/knopfler_mark/the_ragpickers_dream.crd

Transcribed by: Andrew Collins (nagami.ac@bigpond.com)

Date: 12-26-2002

Artist:  Mark Knopfler

Album: The Ragpicker's Dream

 

 

GUITAR INTRO TAB

 

 E       A      G#m7 Asus2   E   C#m       A     Bsus4

 

E : ------0--------------------------0---------------------
B : ---------4--2----------------------/7--5-4h5p4---------
G : ----1----------4p2h4--4--------1--------------6--4h6p4-
D : 2-4---------------------2-—2-4-------------------
A : -------------------------------------------------------
E : -------------------------------------------------------

 

CHORDS:

 

E:          022100

A:          X02220

G#m7:       46444X

Asus2:      X02200

C#m:        X46654

Bsus4:      X24400

F#m11:      244200

A6          X04550     

C#m7        X4645X

G#madd4     446444

Ammaj7      X06550

 

VERSE 1

 

E                       A

When Jack Frost..

 

G#m7                    Asus2

With a brass ..

 

E                       C#m

The Rail King ..

 

A                       Bsus4

Hopped a Florida ..

 

E                       A

And they blew ..

 

 

G#m7                    Asus2 

And stared through ..

 

E                       C#m

Then they drank ..

 

A                       F#m11

Of Ragpickers dream

 

VERSE 2

 

A6                      G#m7

Where the whiskey ..

 

G#madd4-C#m7**          G#m7 **-denotes quick change

Cold pitchers ..

 

C#m                     Bsus4

Me and my ..

 

A                       Bsus4

Like the ..

 

E                       A

Get the onions ..

 

G#m7                    Asus2 

Rib eyes on ..

 

E                       C#m

Toothpicks and ..

 

A                       F#m11

And a coffee ..

 

VERSE 3 (as per verse 1)

 

GUITAR SOLO

 

VERSE 4

 

E                       A                

There were kids ..

 

G#m7                    Asus2

All aglow ..

 

E                       C#m

Music in the ..

 

A                       Bsus4

Sure carries ..

 

E                       A                

There was turkey ..

 

G#m7                    Ammaj7

Pie and icecream ..

 

E                       C#m

And gifts ..

 

A                       F#m11

In the ragpickers ..

 

VERSE 5 (as per verse 2)

 

VERSE 6

E                       A                

Where the scarecrow ..

 

G#m7                    Asus2

Have started to ..

 

E                       C#m

But a nightstick ..

 

A                       Bsus4

Won’t give peace ..

 

E                       A                

Here I think they ..

 

 

 

G#m7                    Ammaj7           

Your song and ..

 

E                       C#m              

Heading home for ..

 

A                       F#m11

With the ragpickers ..

 

VERSE 7

 

E                       A

On his knees ..

 

G#m7                    Asus2

The rail riding ..

 

E                       C#m

Like a sack ..

 

A                       Bsus4

Like a bull ..

 

E                       A

The Scarecrow ..

 

G#m7                    Ammaj7      A6   

With a tear ..

 

E                       C#m

Home for the ..

 

A                       F#m11

In the Ragpickers ..

 

VERSE 8

 

A6                      G#m7

Where the red eye ..

 

G#madd4-C#m7**          G#m7 **-denotes quick change

Like tears in ..

 

C#m                     Bsus4

Me and my ..

 

 

A                       Bsus4

Like the ambience ..

 

E                       A

Where they cornered ..

 

G#m7                    Ammaj7      A6

In a white ..

 

E                       C#m

Merry Christmas ..

 

A                       F#m11

In the ragpickers ..

 

OUTRO

 

E     A     G#m7  Asus2 G#m7  Asus2 G#m7  Asus2