Boom, Like That Mark Knopfler
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Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That
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Album: Shangri-La (2004)
Tuning: Standard - EADGBe
Capo 3 - All tabs are related to capo
Intro and how it's played during verses, chorus and solos - everything but the bridge;
[Em] [G] [Asus2] [C]
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[C]
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I'm going to [Em]San Bernardino
r[G]ing-a-ding-ding[Asus2] [C]
M[Em]ilkshake mixers
t[G]hat's my thing, n[C]ow
T[Em]hese guys bought
a[G] heap of my stuff[Asus2] [C]
And i [Em]gotta see a good thing
s[G]ure enough, n[C]ow
Then these chords is strummed once without any capo by the second
guitarist while the picking is going on as usual. Note that these chords
is exactly the same as in the verse but without a capo.
Or my n[Gm]ame's not kroc
that's k[Bb]roc with a 'k'[C] [D#]
Like [Gm]'crocodile'
but not sp[Bb]elled that way, yeah[D#]
It's d[Gm]og eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat [C] [D#]
Kroc-style
boom, like that
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The f[Em]olks line up
all [G]down the street[Asus2] [C]
And I'm s[Em]eeing this girl
d[G]evour her meat, now[C]
And then I[Em] get it, wham
as cl[G]ear as day[Asus2] [C]
My p[Em]ulse begins to hammer
and I h[G]ear a voice say[C]
Bridge;
T[Em]hese boys have got this down
C/G (G as bass note)
Oughtta be a one of these
i[D]n every town
T[Em]hese boys have got the touch
I[C/G]t's clean as a whistle
and it do[D]n't cost much
W[Em]ham, bam you don't wait long
S[C/G]hake, fries
p[D]atty, you're gone
A[Em]nd how about that friendly name?
Heck, e[C/G]very little thing
oughtta s[D]tay the same
One strum only again by second guitarist.
Or my n[Gm]ame's not kroc
that's k[Bb]roc with a 'k'[C] [D#]
Like [Gm]'crocodile'
but not sp[Bb]elled that way, now[D#]
It's d[Gm]og eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat[C] [D#]
D[Gm]og eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat, now[D#]
Oh, it's[Gm] dog eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat[C] [D#]
K[Gm]roc-style
boom, like that
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First solo - 2:19
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[Em]You gentlemen
ought [G]to expand[Asus2] [C]
Y[Em]ou're going to need
a hel[G]ping hand, now[C]
S[Em]o, gentlemen
well, w[G]hat about me?[Asus2] [C]
W[Em]e'll make a little
business[G] history, now[C]
One strum only again by second guitarist.
Or my n[Gm]ame's not kroc
C[Bb]all me Ray[C] [D#]
Like [Gm]'crocodile'
but not sp[Bb]elled that way, yeah[D#]
It's d[Gm]og eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat [C] [D#]
K[Gm]roc-style
boom, like that
e|--------------------------| B|-3-0----------------------| G|-----0-2------------------| D|------------2-0-----0-----| A|----------------2-0---2---| E|------------------------3-|
Second solo - 3:23
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Well we b[Em]uild it up
and I b[G]uy 'em out[Asus2] [C]
But, [Em]man they made me
g[G]rind it out, now[C]
They o[Em]pen up a new place
f[G]lipping meat[Asus2] [C]
So[Em] I do, too
right a[G]cross the street[C]
Bridge;
I[Em] got the name, I need the town
t[C/G]hey sell up in the end
And it a[D]ll shuts down
s[Em]ometimes you gotta be an S.O.B.
you w[C/G]anna make a dream rea[D]lity
C[Em]ompetition, send 'em south
If t[C/G]hey're gonna drown
put a h[D]ose in their mouth
Do [Em]not pass 'go', go straight to hell
I[C/G] smell that m[D]eat hook smell
One strum again by second (as first going on as usual)
Or my n[Gm]ame's not kroc
that's k[Bb]roc with a 'k'[C] [D#]
Like [Gm]'crocodile'
but not sp[Bb]elled that way, now[D#]
It's d[Gm]og eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat[C] [D#]
D[Gm]og eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat, now[D#]
Oh, it's[Gm] dog eat dog
r[Bb]at eat rat[C] [D#]
K[Gm]roc-style
boom, like that
Third solo/outro - 4:59
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