Occupation Blues Chords & Lyrics by Mark Knopfler
Occupation Blues
guitar chords lyrics
Occupation Blues by Mark Knopfler from Privateering album
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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 |
