Mr Solomons Said Chords by Mark Knopfler

[Intro]

Am
 
 
[Verse]

Dm7 G7     C
One day Mr Solomons said
            Bm           E7    
There was a little black cloud 
          Am7   A7
over your head
Dm7   G7           C        F
   Anyway you’ve received a threat
         E7
Or so he understands
      Dm7     G        C
I’m a country lad but I see it too
Dm7    G7        C      A7
   How much it’s got to you
    Dm7
And now you’re slipping down
         E7
Into the shadowlands
 
 
[Verse]

Dm7   G7         C
   My life’s the fighting game
  Bm7     E7    
I keep my cool, 
  Am7      A7
I stay the same
Dm7         G7       C      F
   We never mind how bad it is
   Bm7     E7       Am
In fact we like all your
           E7
Showbiz shenanigans
Dm7         G7       C
   And Jack wants to help you out
   Dm7
Is what it’s all about
        E7
With Mr Solomons
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

            Am
We like the flashbulbs, 

pop, pop, pop
        Am
All the razzamatazz
            D7
We like the big nights, 

the West End lights
    E7
And all of that jazz
 
 
[Chorus]

    Am
And you can bet
 
Jack is never going back
   Am
To Frying Pan Alley
Am
You can bet 

Jack is never going back
 
To Frying Pan Alley
 
 
[Verse]

   Dm7    G7      C
He signed me as a prospect, see
    Bm7        E7     Am7
Then something let go in my knee
    Dm7    G7          C        F
But I’m no clapped out punchateer
     E7
Like some of the other ones
Dm7         G7   C
Promoting’s all about the gate
Dm7     G7       C
   Information’s worth its weight
        Dm7
I’m the eyes and

ears and it’s great
        E7
With Mr Solomons
 
 
 
[Bridge]

Am
  Daytimes I’ll make the rounds
 
In every caff and 

every pub in this part of town
          Am
There’s a mug or a pug
                  E
And always someone blathering
     Dm7      G7    C
It’s gossip calypso all day long
Dm7          G7    C
   Who’s the money going on
Dm7
Who’s been training wrong
           E7
Got hurt or struggling
 
 
[Bridge]

     Am
Well I might have 

a couple with a cornerman
 
The one with the sponge and bucket
     Am
I’ve maybe got a bottle 

for a club doorman
Bm                     
Tickets for a waitress 
E7
in my pocket
 
 
[Instrumental]

Dm7 G7   C
Bm7 E7   Am  A7
Dm7 G7    C  F   E7
 
 
[Verse]

               Dm7       G7   
She said ‘It’s me or the ring, 
      C
Jack’ years ago
      Bm7         E7      
So he swapped his gloves 
    Am7    A7
for Savile Row
Dm7       G7     C    F
   Jack’s no pushover though
   E7
He likes that story told
Dm7        G7        C
Behind the pinstripe buttonhole
Dm7
Behind the yellow rose
        E7
Beats a heart of gold
   Dm7     G      C
Now   he’s got me something new
Bm7      E7      Am       A7
Which is to look out for you
         Dm7            
I said, ‘I’d be happy to, 
   E7
Mr Solomons’
 
 
[Verse]

Dm7 G7     C        F
One day Mr Solomons said
Am                    F#dim   
‘London, son, we have got some
F7 E7   Am
   hard pavements’
        Dm7         G7  
There’s more to the man 
         C
than the motto read
Am
On the wall above his head
F#dim         F7    
‘Winners win, losers 
          E7
make their  own arrangements’
 
 
[Outro]

Am
You can bet 

Jack is never going back
 
To Frying Pan Alley
      Am
Yeah, you can bet 

Jack is never going back
 
To Frying Pan Alley
Am
You can bet 

Jack is never going back
 
To Frying Pan Alley
      Am
Yeah, you can bet 

Jack is never going back
 
To Frying Pan Alley
 
Am

Track Info

• Song: Mr Solomons Said
• Artist: Mark Knopfler
• Writer Mark Knopfler
• Producers Mark Knopfler & Guy Fletcher
• Album: The Boy (EP)
• Released Date: 20 April 2024

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