Bad Day For A Knife Thrower Chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
  • BPM: 148
  • Key: A
  • Capo: 2nd fret
  • Chords: Dm, G, Gm, Bm, A, G#m, Am7, C, D, Em, F, Bb, F#m
  • Suggested Strumming:
  • D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
[Intro]
Dm G Gm G Dm G Gm G Bm [Verse]
Bm Rain’s like thunder on the canvas A It’s been coming down hard all day G#m You’ll get the wea ther G And the people all staying away Bm On the old showground On the edge of town A And the wind buffeting the van G#m Well, whatever G I still don’t have a plan [Chorus]
Am7 C Tried to call you once or twice D Drawing a blank Bm A That thing we talked about G Em I need to see it in the bank G Sitting like a dud in
D
the fairground mud
Em D Everything is slower F G It’s been a bad day Bb G For a knife thrower [Instrumental]
Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m
Bm A G#m
G Bm Bm F#m Bm [Verse]
Bm It was a pound a round in ‘64 A With all us kids to feed G#m They stuck together G For whatever it was we’d need F#m Truth is he was flying A On one enginе all the time G#m Out on the racеcourse G He knew a bookie in disorganised crime [Chorus] Am7 C When he couldn’t pick up a payday D Or anything else Bm He’d have to come through A With a tenner or two G Em Have a little bet against himself G Sitting like a dud in the
D
fairground mud
Em D Feel I’m sinking lower F G It’s been a bad day Bb G For a knife thrower [Instrumental]
Bm A G#m G Bm A G#m Em [Outro]
G Sitting like a dud
D
in the fairground mud
Em D Feel I’m sinking lower F G It’s been a bad day Bb G For a knife thrower Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm Bm A G#m G Bm Bm F#m Bm F#m

Track Info

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