What it is
Mark KnopflerVon dem Album "Sailing to Philadelphia" 2000
Intro: F#m - A - D - E / F#m - D - E - (7x)
Verse 1:
F#m A D
Drink and dance are spilling out and straggering in the square
A E
There’s lads and lasses falling about and a crackelling in the air
F#m A D
Then around the dungeon doors there’s shelters in the queues
A E
Everybody’s looking for somebody’s arms to fall into
F#m D E F#m D E
It’s what it is It’s what it is now
Verse 2:
F#m A D
Here’s frost on the graves and the monuments but the taverns are warm in town
A E
People curse the government and shovel hot food down
F#m A D
Lights are out in cityhall ,the castle and the keep, Moon shines down
A E
upon it all the legless and the sleepless
Übergang:
D A
Cold on a tollgate where the wagons creeping through
D A E
Cold on a tollgate God knows what I can do
F#m D E F#m D E
Hmm that's what it is It’s what it is now
Verse 3:
F#m A D
The garnison sleeps and the citadel with the ghosts and the ancient stones
A E
High on the parapet the scottish pipers stands alone
F#m A D
High on the wind the howling runes speak of the rule
A E
And something from the past just comes and stares into my soul
Übergang:
D A
Cold on a tollgate where the wagons creeping through
D A E
Cold on a tollgate God knows what I can do
F#m D E F#m D E
That's what it is It’s what it is now
F#m D E F#m D E
That's what it is It’s what it is now
Solo: F#m - A - D - A - E (2x) D#m - D - E (4x)
Verse 4:
F#m
There’s a chink of light as a burning wick
A
There’s a lantern in the tower
D
Wee Willie Winkie with the candle sticks
A E
still writing songs in the mean Wee hours
F#m A
On charlotte street they take a walking stick from my hotel
D E
The ghost of dirty dick is still in search of little nell
F#m D E F#m D E
That's what it is It’s what it is now
F#m D E F#m D E
That's what it is It’s what it is now
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