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Madame Genevas
Mark Knopfler
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Mark Knopfler
Madame Geneva�s
Tabbed By Mad Mart
Capo 2
Intro. | Am F F G | x 4 | Am Am |
Vers. | Am G Am | Am G Am | C G F | F E Am | Am | x 2
I�m a maker of ballads right pretty
I write them right here in the street
You can buy them all over the city
yours for a penny a sheet
I�m a word pecker out of the printers
out of the dens of Gin Lane
I�ll write up a scene on a counter
- confessions and sins in the main, boys
confessions and sins in the main
Chorus. | C F G C | F C G | G C C F | G E Am |
Then you�ll find me in Madame Geneva�s
keeping the demons at bay
There�s nothing like gin for
drowning them in
but they�ll always be back on a hanging day
Intermezzo. | Am F F G | x 4 | Am Am |
Vers. | Am G Am | Am G Am | C G F | F E Am | x 2 | G F G Am |
They come rattling over the cobbles
they sit on their coffins of black
Some are struck dumb, some gabble
top-heavy on brandy or sack
The pews are all full of fine fellows
and the hawker has set up her shop
As they�re turning them off at the gallows
she�ll be selling right under the drop, boys
selling right under the drop
Chorus. | C F G C | F C G | G C C F | G E Am |
Then you�ll find me in Madame Geneva�s
keeping the demons at bay
There�s nothing like gin for drowning them in
but they�ll always be back on a hanging day
Solo. | Am F F G | x 7 | Am Am |
Outro. | E E E | (picked)