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EL MACHO by Mark Knopfler
Album: Sailing To Philadelphia
Intro: Em  
EmYour date has gone home
Now you're left on your own sweet own
Your tough-talkin' friend
Split on you in the bitter end
EmAnd you look like a Gfine thing EmJerry
EmYeh you look like a Gfine thing EmJerry
EmThey say you're a star
That's what the boys all say you are
I don't see much TV
So you don't mean shit to me
But you look like a fine thing Jerry
Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry
AmBut they've got a D7name for people like Gyou
Yeh they Cdo
AmAnd they've got a D7name for people like B7me too
B7El machCo, el B7macho
El Cmacho, el B7macho
Now they want you to sing
Don't get shy or anything
The boys are all here
Gonna buy you another beer
Cos you look like a fine thing, Jerry
Yeah you look like a fine thing, Jerry
El macho, el macho
El macho, el macho

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El Macho

by Mark Knopfler

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EL MACHO by Mark Knopfler

Album: Sailing To Philadelphia

Intro:

Your date has gone home

Now you're left on your own sweet own

Your tough-talkin' friend

Split on you in the bitter end

Em G Em

And you look like a fine thing Jerry

Em G Em

Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry

They say you're a star

That's what the boys all say you are

I don't see much TV

So you don't mean shit to me

But you look like a fine thing Jerry

Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry

Am D7 G

But they've got a name for people like you

Yeh they do

Am D7 B7

And they've got a name for people like me too

B7 C B7

El macho, el macho

C B7

El macho, el macho

Now they want you to sing

Don't get shy or anything

The boys are all here

Gonna buy you another beer

Cos you look like a fine thing, Jerry

Yeah you look like a fine thing, Jerry

El macho, el macho

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