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Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes

by Mark Knopfler

Biography:

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and film score composer. He was the lead guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded with his younger brother, David Knopfler, in 1977. He was born in Glasgow but raised near Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Since Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler has recorded and produced nine solo albums and, as with his previous band, produced many hit songs.

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Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes
By Mark Knopfler from his 2015 Tracker album
For any questions mail me to [email protected]

Key: C Major
Time: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars

To get that folk feeling play some chords with G on top.
For instance, F like [1x3213], C like [x32013] and so on.

CAPO: No

C/G.......................[332010]

| Am7 Em7 | x12

| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/8 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| Am | % |

Am

Laughs and jokes
C F
And drinks and smokes
C F
And no lights on the stairs
Am
We were young, so young
C F
And always broke
G Am F
Not that we ever cared
C G C
Not that we ever cared

G F
Well, the holes in the walls
C G
Were such a lot
F C
Welcome to London town
G F
But when you’re new to it all
C
And you think you’re hot
G F C
You’re not planning on hanging around
C F
People would go on their different ways
C Am F
I left to start a band
G F C G
A note came through the letter box
F C
In your childlike hand

Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
C F
And drinks and smokes
C F
And no lights on the stairs
Am
We were young, so young
C F
And always broke
G Am F
Not that we ever cared
C G C
Not that we ever cared

G F C
One day I rode to where you were
G F C
The doorbell jangled a note
G F
They buzzed me in
C
I climbed the stairs
G F C
In my boots and leather coat
C
There’s an old brass
F
Standing there at the top
C Am F
Without her witch’s broom
G F C
It almost seemed like a knocking shop
G F C
When the girls came out of their rooms

G F
And they all stood around
C
And stared at me
G F C G
Two brunettes and a blonde
F C
Then the old brass shrugged and said
G F C C
We don’t know where she’s gone
F
Later on I picked up the ball
C Am F
And I took off down the line
G F C
I suppose by then I’d realised
G F C
You’d run into hard times

Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
C F
And drinks and smokes
C F
And no lights on the stairs
Am
We were young, so young
C F
And always broke
G Am F
Not that we ever cared
C/G G C
Not that we ever cared

| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/8 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |

| Am7 Em7 |

| Am7 |