{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1719429,"song":"Basil","artist":"Mark Knopfler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11364181-basil-chords-by-mark-knopfler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1719429?type=chord","rating":4.83155,"votes":54,"content":"Key: A Minor\r\nTime: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: No\r\n\r\n\r\nC/G..........................[332010]\r\nDm/A.........................[x00231]\r\nFmaj7........................[133210]\r\n\r\nD9/F#........................[2x0210]\r\nBm7b5........................[x2323x]\r\n\r\n\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]E7[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            ([ch]Am[/ch])      [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nMy Saturday job pays six and six down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA copy boy at the Chronicle[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nFive cigarettes and two silver half crowns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nMeeting Vince at Mark Toney’s in town[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBoy, do we get around[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            ([ch]Am[/ch])         [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBasil sits there on the table for subs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut not a part of the Bri-nylon club[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAncient blue sweater, too old for the job[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBored out of his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith the Colins and Bobs[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nI’m a jack and a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m up for the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I’ve kissed a Gateshead girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   ([ch]Am[/ch])                    [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe calls for a copy boy, grumpy as hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPoets have to eat as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhat he wouldn’t give just to walk out today[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo have time to think about time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd young love thrown away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nI’m a jack and a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         \r\nAnd I’m up for the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I’ve kissed a Gateshead girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nStarlings swarming a cloud[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver Grainger Street[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOver the black church[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOver the Black Gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                ([ch]Am[/ch])\r\nAnd the shadowy Keep[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]D9/F#[/ch]  | [ch]Bm7b5[/ch]  | [ch]E7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]  | % | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]E7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                     ([ch]Am[/ch])\r\nHe peers through his wire rims[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAt the fish and chip words[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe’s supposed to dish up and forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis drudgery now has become slightly blurred[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy one of his Players untipped cigarettes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nBury all joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nPut the poems in sacks[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd bury me here with the hacks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am7[/ch] | % | [ch]Am[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                  ([ch]Am[/ch])\r\nIn the summer the fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWill stretch over the Moor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm/A[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLovers will lie and make out in the park[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nBasil puts on his old duffel and scarf[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd goes out into the dark[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n| [ch]F[/ch] |","plain_text":"Key: A Minor\nTime: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars\n\n\nCAPO: No\n\n\nC/G..........................[332010]\nDm/A.........................[x00231]\nFmaj7........................[133210]\n\nD9/F#........................[2x0210]\nBm7b5........................[x2323x]\n\n\n| C | E7 | Am | % |\n| Am | % |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am | D9/F#  | Bm7b5  | E7 |\n| F  | % | C | E7 |\n| Am | % |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am | Am7 | % | Am |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| C | Fmaj7 | C | Fmaj7 |\n| C | F | % |\n\n| F 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