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Occupation Blues by Mark Knopfler
Occupation Blues
Bm7b5 = x2323x
Time: 4/4
Key: C# Minor
Capo: 3 fret
| - C G/B C | Dm G | Am F | G |
| C - G/B C | Dm - G E7/G# | Am F |
| E7 | % |
| Am | % | % | % |
Am E7
I can get you what you want at the market
Am F
As long as you have the price
C Bm7b5
The colonel is the governor
E7
He steals from his own supply
Am E7
The Jail house is full of small fry
Am Am/G F
Who never did much wrong
C
All the big fish swam away
E7 Am
All long gone
C Dm7 G
All long gone
Am F G
All long gone
C Dm7 G
All long gone
Am F E7 Am
All long gone - all long gone
Am E7
I can get you what you want at the market
Am F
Everybody’s on the make
C Bm7b5
The colonel is the governor
E7 Am
And he’s on a slice of the cake
E7
And everyone in this occupied land
Am Am/G F
is on the game
C E7
And over here in contraband
Am
It’s the same
C Dm7 G
All long gone
Am F G
All long gone
C Dm7 G
All long gone
Am F E7 Am
All long gone - all long gone
Am
Chief cook and bottle washer
That’s me
Dm6 Am
I’m the man
So many people to see
Dm6 Am
Contraband
Chief cook and bottle washer
That’s me
Dm6 Am
I’m the man
G
What do you do
F7 E7
What do you do
Am
You do what you can
| Am | E7 | % | Am Am/G |
| F | C | Bm7b5 | E7 |
| Am | E7 | % | Am Am/G |
| F | C | E/G# E7 | Am |
| Am |
C Dm7 G
All long gone
Am F G
All long gone
C Dm7 G E/G#
All long gone
Am F E7 Am
All long gone - all long gone
C
G/B
There’ll be rain
C Dm G
behind the wind
Am F G C/G
Last night it was cold
G/B C Dm G
And when it all caves in
E/G# Am F E7
I’ll tell them
I only did what I was told
| Am |
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