Mark Knopfler
Madame Genevaâs
Tabbed By Mad Mart
Capo 2
Intro. | | x 4 | |
Vers. | | | | | | x 2
Iâm a maker of ballads right pretty
I write them right here in the street
You can buy them all over the city
yours for a penny a sheet
Iâm a word pecker out of the printers
out of the dens of Gin Lane
Iâll write up a scene on a counter
- confessions and sins in the main, boys
confessions and sins in the main
Chorus. | | | | |
Then youâll find me in Madame Genevaâs
keeping the demons at bay
Thereâs nothing like gin for
drowning them in
but theyâll always be back on a hanging day
Intermezzo. | | x 4 | |
Vers. | | | | | x 2 | |
They come rattling over the cobbles
they sit on their coffins of black
Some are struck dumb, some gabble
top-heavy on brandy or sack
The pews are all full of fine fellows
and the hawker has set up her shop
As theyâre turning them off at the gallows
sheâll be selling right under the drop, boys
selling right under the drop
Chorus. | | | | |
Then youâll find me in Madame Genevaâs
keeping the demons at bay
Thereâs nothing like gin for drowning them in
but theyâll always be back on a hanging day
Solo. | | x 7 | |
Outro. | | (picked)