artist : mark knopfler
song : one more matinee
album : sailing to philadelphia
standard tuning
capo : no
really beautiful song by mark knopfler off of his 2000 album sailing to
philadelphia . for details with respect to the solo and fingerpicking , check out
the power tab on this site , as it is very accurate!
unusual chord fingerings :
Esus4 Dsus2 A#maj7 A#6 D5b5
0 0 x x
x 0 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 0 1
2 0 3 3 0
2 x 1 1
x 0 x x x
xc G/B
here’s one of the two of us
Am7 F
in 1954 don’t laugh
C
i keep all of the pictures
G
are you going to take a photograph
C Esus4 E
here’s something nice for you
Am F
a dear old thing came to a show
C
last time here we did
G
an interview on local radio
D5 Dsus2
make yourself at home my darling
F G
come on in
D5 Am
hand me down that jar love
F A#maj7 A#6 Am/G G
can i offer you a gin
C G/B
we’re proud to be the oldest
Am7 F
ugly sisters in variety
C
there’s not the glamor now you see
G
what happened to society
C Esus4 E
there’s another light bulb gone
Am F
they don’t all answer to the switch
C
i don’t know how we carry on
G
and her she couldn’t care the bitch
D5 Dsus2
but in a while the old boys
F G
in the band begin to play
D5 Am
and in a while the houselights
F A#maj7 A#6 Am/G G
and the curtains slide away
C
and something’s going to happen
C
to make your whole life better
C/A# F
your whole life better one day
C
something’s going to happen
Esus4 E Am
to make your whole life better
C G
your whole life better one day
solo :
| C G/B | Am7 F | C | G | C Esus4 E | Am F | C | G | D5 Dsus2 | F G | D5 Am | F | A#maj7 A#6 | Am/G G |
C G/B
now the landlady’s all squared away
Am7 F
it’s just a temporary deal
C
i’m afraid tonight it’s take – away
G
you see there is no evening meal
C Esus2 E Am
don’t worry dear you shall go to the ball
F
i think the fairy said
C
these suitcases have seen it all
G
from under someone else’s bed
D5 Dsus2
you want to smile those tears away
F G
now don’t you cry
D5 Am
you want to know what i say
F A#maj7 A#6 Am/G G
i say never say die
C
’cos something’s going to happen
C
to make your whole life better
C/A# F
your whole life better one day
C
something’s going to happen
Esus4 E Am
to make your whole life better
C G
your whole life better one day
| C G/B | Am7 F | C D5b5 | C |
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