Artist : Mark Knopfler
Title : Devil Baby
Album : The RagpickerÂ’s Dream
Date: 2006-02-11 22.38
Transcribed by Viktor Ivemo
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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 4B |--------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 playÂ’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 jamÂ’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 |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
