Mark Knopfler (nacido el 12 de agosto de 1949 en Glasgow, Escocia) es guitarrista, cantante y compositor, y anteriormente fue periodista y profesor.
Es conocido como líder y cantante de Dire Straits, pero también ha tocado en otras bandas (como The Notting Hillbillies) y ha realizado algunos álbumes en solitario. Además, ha compuesto música para varias películas, incluyendo Local Hero, Comfort and Joy, Cal, The Princess Bride, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Wag the Dog, Metroland y A Shot at Glory.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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G There’s laughter in the darkness CG Music floating in across the bay G He’s half listening and wondering EmD How he could have let her slip away C So long ago but still he wants to know GC/G If anyone has seen her G And he’s sitting out in the night CDGD Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
GC They were young and love was shining G Like the colours of the rainbow G Desire felt like choking EmD/A Love was smoking under the volcano C He can still taste her kisses GC/G Sweet as the red wine from Messina G Now he’s sitting out in the night CDG Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
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Seems like another lifetime G When they rambled along the shore
Seems like another lifetime C She used to call him her sweet senor
Maybe in another lifetime G On a pathway to the sea D Maybe there they’ll be
G The crowd calls for the emperor CG Raise their hands to hail another king G But he’s been so long a wanderer EmD Another crowd can never mean a thing C He came, he saw, he conquered GC/G Ten thousand voices roared in the arena G Now he’s sitting out in the night CDG Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
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G He hears the chimes of history CG Myths of gods and men forever ringing G Ancient dreams in all their mystery EmD Wars for Sicily and Spartan women C In the mists of antiquity GC Ships of war set sail from Carthagina G Now he’s sitting out in the night CDGC Looking down upon the lights of Taormina G Sitting out in the night CDG Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
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