Year: 2005 - Album: Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Written by Mark Knopfler
Intro: F#m D A F#m D A (x2) F#m D A F#m D E (x2)Verse 1:
F#m The drinking dens are spilling out A There's staggering in the square D There's lads and lasses falling about A E And a crackling in the air F#m Down around the dungeon doors A The shelters and the queues D Everybody's looking for A E F#m D E Somebody's arms to fall intoF#m D A And it's what it is F#m D E It's what it is nowVerse 2:
F#m There's frost on the graves and the monuments A But the taverns are warm in town D People curse the government A E And shovel hot food down F#m The lights are out in city hall A The castle and the keep D The moon shines down upon it all A E F#m D E The legless and asleepPre-Chorus
D And it's cold on the tollgate A With the wagons creeping through D Cold on the tollgate A E God knows what I could do with youF#m D A And it's what it is F#m D E It's what it is nowVerse 3:
F#m The garrison sleeps in the citadel A With the ghosts and the ancient stones D High up on the parapet A E A Scottish piper stands alone F#m And high on the wind A The highland drums begin to roll D And something from the past just comes A E F#m D E And stares into my soulPre-Chorus
D And it's cold on the tollgate A With the wagons creeping through D Cold on the tollgate A E God knows what I could do with youInstrumental F#m A D A E E F#m A D A E E F#m D E F#m D E F#m D E F#m D EF#m D A And it's what it is F#m D E It's what it is now F#m D A What it is F#m D E It's what it is nowVerse 4:
F#m There's a chink of light, there's a burning wick A There's a lantern in the tower D Wee willie winkie with a candlestick A E Still writing songs in the wee wee hours F#m On Charlotte Street A I take A walking stick from my hotel D The ghost of Dirty Dick A E F#m D E Is still in search of little nellOutro F#m D E F#m D E F#m D E F#m D E (To Fade)F#m A D A And it's what it is F#m A D E It's what it is now F#m A D E What it is F#m A D E It's what it is now