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Mark Knopfler
5.15 A.M.
(Album: Shangri-La)
capo: 1
D5.15 a.m.
Snow laying all around
GA collier cycles home
From his night shift underDground 
APast the silent pub
Primary school, workingmens club 
EmOn the road from the pithead
The churchyard Gpacked 
With mining Ddead
DThen beneath the bridge
He comes to a giant car
GA shroud of snow upon the roof
A Mark Ten JaguDar
AHe thought the man was fast asleep
Silent, still and deep
EmBoth dead and cold
Shot Gthrough
With bullet Dholes
Gmaj7The one armed bandit man
Came north to fill his boots
DCame up from cockneyland 
E-type Jags and flashy suits
Gmaj7Put your money in
Pull the levers
Watch them spin 
DCash cows in all the pubs                                                 
But he preferred the new nightclubs
ANineteen sixty-seven
Bandit men in birdcage heaven 
BmLa dolce vita, sixty-nine 
GAll new to people of the TyneD  A  
DWho knows who did what
Somebody made a call 
They Gsaid his hands
Were in the pot 
That he'd been skimming Dhauls 
AHe picks up the swag
They gaily gave away 
EmDrives his giant Jag 
Off Gto his big pay Dday
Gmaj7The bandit man
Came north to fill his boots 
DCame up from cockneyland
E-type Jags and flashy suits 
Gmaj7The bandit man
Came up the great north road 
DUp to geordieland
To mine        A  
The mother lode 
DSeams blew up or cracked
Black diamonds came hard won
GGenerations toiled and hacked
For a pittance and black Dlung
ACrushed by tub or stone
Together
And alone
EmHow the young and old
Paid the Gprice of Dcoal
AEighteen sixty-seven
My angel's gone to heaven
BmHe'll be happy there
GSunlight and sweet clean airD  A  
DThey gather round the glass
Tough hewers and crutters
BmChild trappers and putters 
The little foals Gand half-Amarrows 
EmWho pushed 
And pulled the Abarrows 
EmThe hod boys 
And the Grolleywaymen 
D5.15 a.m.
Gmaj7=320002  
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M.ark A.dded A.gain S.upersongs
J.M. Ofchords, Febr. 15, 2005

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5 15 Am

by Mark Knopfler

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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Gmaj7

Mark Knopfler

5.15 A.M.

(Album: Shangri-La)

capo: 1

5.15 a.m.

Snow laying all around

A collier cycles home

From his night shift underground

Past the silent pub

Primary school, workingmens club

On the road from the pithead

The churchyard packed

With mining dead

Then beneath the bridge

He comes to a giant car

A shroud of snow upon the roof

A Mark Ten Jaguar

He thought the man was fast asleep

Silent, still and deep

Both dead and cold

Shot through

With bullet holes

Gmaj7

The one armed bandit man

Came north to fill his boots

Came up from cockneyland

E-type Jags and flashy suits

Gmaj7

Put your money in

Pull the levers

Watch them spin

Cash cows in all the pubs

But he preferred the new nightclubs

Nineteen sixty-seven

Bandit men in birdcage heaven

La dolce vita, sixty-nine

G D A

All new to people of the Tyne

Who knows who did what

Somebody made a call

They said his hands

Were in the pot

That he'd been skimming hauls

He picks up the swag

They gaily gave away

Drives his giant Jag

G D

Off to his big pay day

Gmaj7

The bandit man

Came north to fill his boots

Came up from cockneyland

E-type Jags and flashy suits

Gmaj7

The bandit man

Came up the great north road

Up to geordieland

To mine

The mother lode

Seams blew up or cracked

Black diamonds came hard won

Generations toiled and hacked

For a pittance and black lung

Crushed by tub or stone

Together

And alone

How the young and old

G D

Paid the price of coal

Eighteen sixty-seven

My angel's gone to heaven

He'll be happy there

G D A

Sunlight and sweet clean air

They gather round the glass

Tough hewers and crutters

Child trappers and putters

G A

The little foals and half-marrows

Who pushed

And pulled the barrows

The hod boys

And the rolleywaymen

5.15 a.m.

Gmaj7

=320002

+++

M.ark A.dded A.gain S.upersongs

J.M. Ofchords, Febr. 15, 2005

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