{"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":1809847,"song":"Why Aye Man","artist":"Mark Knopfler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398935-why-aye-man-chords-by-mark-knopfler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1809847?type=chord","rating":4.65111,"votes":30,"content":"\"WHY AYE MAN\"\r\nMark Knopfler\r\n\r\nTip 1: Capo on 5th, and transpose -5 to Am is more correct.\r\nTip 2: Instead of Dm and Gm in the verse and chorus, play D5 and G5. Dm and Gm only on the bridge part. \r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]|----------------------Verse 1----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe had no way of staying a float[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe had to leave on the ferry-boat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nEconomic  refugees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn the run to Germany[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWe had the back of Maggie’s hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTimes were tough in Geordieland[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe got wor tools and working gear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd humped it all from Newcastle to here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDm  (x4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|----------------------Chorus 1-----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|--------------------------Solo 1----------------------------|\r\nDm (x8 bars)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------------Verse 2----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe’re nomad tribes, travelling boys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the dust and the dirt and the wrecking noise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDrills and hammers, diggers and picks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMixing concrete, laying bricks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThere’s English, Irish, Scots, the lot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nUnited Nation’s what we’ve got[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBrickies, Chippies, every trade[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGerman building, British-made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDm  (x4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|----------------------Chorus 2-----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|--------------------------Solo 2----------------------------|\r\nDm (x8 bars)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------------Bridge 1--------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNae more work on Maggie’s farm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHidaway down the auto-bahn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMine’s a porta cabin bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr a bunk in a Nissan hut instead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|--------------------------Solo 3----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                   (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------------Verse 3----------------------------|\r\nDm     (x4)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere’s plenty Deutschmarks here to earn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd German tarts are wunderschön[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGerman beer is chemical- free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGermany’s  alright with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSome times I miss my river Tyne[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut you’re my pretty Fräulein[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTonight we’ll drink the old town dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nKeep wor spirit levels high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDm  (x4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|----------------------Chorus 3-----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|--------------------------Solo 4----------------------------|\r\nDm (x8 bars)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------------Bridge 2--------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome times I miss my river Tyne[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you’re my pretty Fräulein[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTonight we’ll drink the old town dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKeep wor spirit levels high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome times I miss my river Tyne[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you’re my pretty Fräulein[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTonight we’ll drink the old town dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKeep wor spirit levels high[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|--------------------------Solo 5----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                   (x4)","plain_text":"\"WHY AYE MAN\"\nMark Knopfler\n\nTip 1: Capo on 5th, and transpose -5 to Am is more correct.\nTip 2: Instead of Dm and Gm in the verse and chorus, play D5 and G5. Dm and Gm only on the bridge part. \n\nDm  Dm  F  Dm  Dm\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\n\n\n\n\n\nGm         C         F\nDm                   C                   (x2)\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\nGm         C         F\nDm                   C                   (x4)","chords":["Am","Dm","Gm","F","Bb","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}