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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Note: first part of the intro played in free time.
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F/CC A room on the top floor BbC And the chest all but knackered BbC Two fingers not wo-rking F/C And the back’s shot to hell AmC/G It’s a lifetime of digging trenches FC In the cold and wet weather C And for laying half the roadway BbC In England as well
F/CC You’d finish in the one place BbC It was straight to the next one BbC And you never could settle F And you were always alone AmC/G Just a drifter in limbo FC I was best off away, son C Just one of the thousands BbC Who could never go home
BbCBb6 That’s your mighty man, son GmC Your mighty man
FC Well, the boat and the train ride BbC In a misty November BbC We had the worst of the lodgings F And we hated the subs AmC/G Ma’s face on the leaving FC I will always remember C And we wouldn’t get paid BbC Until they had closed up their pubs
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F/CC And I could stand up on horseback BbC Was the man for the singing BbC Put my hand up for boxing F At the fairground on the heath AmC/G I could play my accordion FC And charm all of the women C And dance round the taproom BbC With a chair in my teeth
BbCBb6 That’s your mighty man, son GmC Your mighty man
BbCBb6 That’s your mighty man, son GmC Your mighty man