Basil by Mark Knopfler Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Basil guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Basil by Mark Knopfler using guitar or guitar.
This song by Mark Knopfler can also be played by that instruments.
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Basil guitar chords has rhythm and included in Tracker (2015) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Basil by Mark Knopfler Guitar Chords


Key: A Minor
Time: 6/8

CAPO: No

C/G……………………..[332010]
Dm/A…………………….[x00231]
FMaj7……………………[133210]

F#m7b5…………………..

!

Bm7b5……………………
!

Am7add11…………………[x05533]

| C | E7 | Am | % |
| Am | % |

My Saturday [(Am)]job pays s[C/G]ix and six d

F
own[Dm/A]
A copy boy at the Chr
F
onicle
Five cigar
Am
ettes and two s[C/G]ilver half cr
F
owns[Dm/A]
Meeting Vince at Mark T
F
oney?s in town[Dm/A]
Boy, do we g
F
et around
Am

Basil sits t[(Am)]here on the t[C/G]able for s

F
ubs
Dm

But not a part of the Br
F
i-nylon club
Ancient blue sw
Am
eater, too [C/G]old for the j
F
ob
Bored
Dm
out of his mind
With the C
F
olins and Bobs

I?m a jack and a l[C/G]ad

!

And I?m up for the w
C
orld
!

And I?ve kissed a G
C
ateshead g
F
irl
Am

He [(Am)]calls for a copy boy, gr[C/G]umpy as h

F
ell
Dm

Poets have to
F
eat as well
What he wouldn?t g
Am
ive just to w
C
alk out tod
F
ay
Dm

To have time to th
F
ink about time
Dm

And young love thr
F
own away

I?m a jack and a l

C
ad
!

And I?m up for the w
C
orld
!

And I?ve kissed a G
C
ateshead g
F
irl

St

F
arlings swarming a cl
C
oud
E7

Over Gr
Am
ainger Street
Over the bl
F
ack church
Dm
Over the Bl[C/E]ack Gate
E7

And the shadowy [(Am)]Keep

| Am | F#m7b5 | Bm7b5 | E7 |
| F | % | C | E7 |
| Am |

He peers through his [(Am)]wire rims
At the f[C/G]ish and chip w

F
ords
Dm

He?s supposed to dish
F
up and forget
His drudgery n
Am
ow has become
C
slightly bl
F
urred
By
Dm
one of his Players untipped
F
cigarettes

Bury all j

C
oy
!

Put the poems in s
C
acks
!

And bury me h
C
ere with the h
F
acks

| Am | (Am7add11) | % | % |

In the summer the [(Am)]fair
Will stretch [C/G]over the M

F
oor
L[Dm/A]overs will lie and make
F
out in the park
Basil puts
Am
on his old d[C/G]uffel and sc
F
arf
Dm

And goes out int
F
o the dark

| C | FMaj7 | C | FMaj7 |
| C | F | % |

| F |

If you want to learn Mark Knopfler Basil guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Basil. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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