Basil by Mark Knopfler from Tracker album For any questions mail me to [email protected] Key: A Minor Time: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars CAPO: No C/G..........................[332010] Dm/A.........................[x00231] FMaj7........................[133210] D9/F#........................[2x0210] Bm7b5........................[x2323x] | C | E7 | Am | % | | Am | % | (Am) C/G F Dm/A My Saturday job pays six and six down F A copy boy at the Chronicle Am C/G F Dm/A Five cigarettes and two silver half crowns F Dm/A Meeting Vince at Mark Toney’s in town F Am Boy, do we get around (Am) C/G F Dm Basil sits there on the table for subs F But not a part of the Bri-nylon club Am C/G F Ancient blue sweater, too old for the job Dm Bored out of his mind F With the Colins and Bobs C/G FMaj7 I’m a jack and a lad C FMaj7 And I’m up for the world C F Am And I’ve kissed a Gateshead girl (Am) C/G F Dm He calls for a copy boy, grumpy as hell F Poets have to eat as well Am C F Dm What he wouldn’t give just to walk out today F Dm To have time to think about time F And young love thrown away C FMaj7 I’m a jack and a lad C FMaj7 And I’m up for the world C F And I’ve kissed a Gateshead girl F C E7 Starlings swarming a cloud Am Over Grainger Street F Over the black church Dm C E7 Over the Black Gate (Am) And the shadowy Keep | Am | D9/F# | Bm7b5 | E7 | | F | % | C | E7 | | Am | % | (Am) He peers through his wire rims C/G F Dm At the fish and chip words F He’s supposed to dish up and forget Am C F His drudgery now has become slightly blurred Dm F By one of his Players untipped cigarettes C FMaj7 Bury all joy C FMaj7 Put the poems in sacks C F And bury me here with the hacks | Am | Am7 | % | Am | (Am) In the summer the fair C/G F Will stretch over the Moor Dm/A F Lovers will lie and make out in the park Am C/G F Dm/A Basil puts on his old duffel and scarf F And goes out into the dark | C | FMaj7 | C | FMaj7 | | C | F | % | | F |
