Intro: D (Dsus2)

D                                                   G
The freaks'll stay together, they're a tight old crew 
A                                   D
You look at them and they look at you 
D                                         G
I love the ballyhoo girl but she don't care 
G                      A     Bm
It's hard to find love anywhere 
G                  A     D             A
Hard to find love anywhere 


D                                              G
The professor is the talker he's the talking man 
A                                       D
And if he can't clean a midway nobody can
D                                         G 
He'll get the tip on in from the midway mud 
G                           A       Bm
You gotta have the sawdust in the blood 
G                      A       D            A
Gotta have the sawdust in the blood 

D                                       G
See the pig-faced man and the monkey girl 
A                       D
Come see the big fat lady 
Bm                    G
'Gator slim with the alligator skin 
A                     D
Come see the devil baby 


Solo: D, G, A, D, G, A, Bm, G, A, D, A




D                                         G
Springer is the talker he's the talking man 
A                                              D
He's got the whole studio eating out of his hand 
D                                        G
You can be on too with the nuts and the geeks 
G          A     Bm
Call 1-800-IMA FDA K
G       A    D        A 
1-800-IMA FDA K 

D                                     G
Be the pig-faced man or the monkey girl 
A                      D
Come be the big fat lady 
Bm                   G
'Gator slim with the alligator skin 
A                    D
Come be the devil baby

D                                     G
Be the pig-faced man or the monkey girl 
A                       D
Come be the big fat lady 
Bm                   G
'Gator slim with the alligator skin 
A                     D
Come be the devil baby


P: Pull off
~: Que notes
S: Slide




Intro: (1st guitar plays this, 2nd guitar plays the chord)

E|-----------2p0--2----------| x 4
B|--------3------------------|
G|-----2---------------------|
D|--0------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|






On almost every “Bm” and some other time Mark is playing this:

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---(11)--9s11--11--9s7--7----|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

The Chords

D play’s like this:

E|-------------2---------------|
B|-------------3---------------|
G|--------2-------2------------|
D|---0-~-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

G like this:

E|--------------3--------------|
B|--------------3--------------|
G|--------0--------0-----------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|----3-~----------------------|

A like this:

E|-----------------------------|
B|-------------2---------------|
G|-------------2---------------|
D|--------2--------2-----------|
A|----0-~----------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

And Bm like this:

E|-----------------------------|
B|--------------3--------------|
G|--------------4--------------|
D|---------4--------4----------|
A|----2-~----------------------|
E|-----------------------------|






Solo (I think the other guitar also jam’s along the solo, but i took out the
part Mr. Knopfler plays) :

E|-------------5----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----s5---7-----8-8-8-----------8-8----8---7-7-7-----5s7----------------|
G|-----------------------------7--------------------------------(7)-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------9--9----5s7~------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------10p8-10s12--------10----8--7-------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---(11)--9s11--9s7--------12--11---9s7s9s7-7s11-------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------10p8p7----------------------12------------------------------------|
D|----------------9-7s9------9s11~----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|