Mark Knopfler - Devil Baby (First Version) Chords and Tabs

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Artist : Mark Knopfler
Title : Devil Baby
Album : The Ragpicker’s Dream
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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 FREAK
G       A    D        A
1-800-IMA FREAK

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