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5 . 15 A . m . by mark knopfler from shangri - la album for any questions mail me to fffoma@gmail . com key : E - flat major time : 4/4 D/A . . . . . . . . . . . [ x00232 ] Gmaj7 . . . . . . . . . [ 3x443x ] G6 . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3x243x ] | D/A | x4 5 . 15 A . m . ( A ) G snow laying all around a collier cycles home D/A A from his night shift underground past the silent pub Em primary school , workingmens club on the road from the pithead G the churchyard packed D/A with mining dead D then beneath the Bridge he comes to a giant car G a shroud of snow upon the roof D A a mark ten jaguar he thought the man was fast asleep Em silent , still and deep both dead and cold D/F# G shot through D with bullet holes Gmaj7 G6 the one armed bandit man D came north to fill his boots came up from cockneyland Gmaj7 E - type jags and flashy suits put your money in G6 pull the levers D watch them spin cash cows in all the pubs but he preferred the new nightclubs A nineteen sixty - seven Bm bandit men in birdcage heaven la dolce vita , sixty - nine G D A all new to people of the tyne D who knows who did what somebody made a call G they said his hands were in the pot D A that hed been skimming hauls he picks up the swag Em they gaily gave away drives his giant jag D/F# G D off to his big pay day Gmaj7 G6 oh the bandit man D came north to fill his boots came up from cockneyland Gmaj7 E - type jags and flashy suits G6 the bandit man D came up the great north road up to geordieland to mine the mother lode | A | G/A | A | G/A | | A | G/A | A | A7 | D seams blew up or cracked G black diamonds came hard won generations toiled and hacked D A for a pittance and black lung crushed by tub or stone together Em and alone how the young and old D/F# G D paid the price of coal A eighteen sixty - seven Bm my angels gone to heaven G hell be happy there D A sunlight and sweet clean air D/A they gather round the glass Bm tough hewers and crutters child trappers and putters Em A Em the little foals and half - marrows who pushed A Em and pulled the barrows the hod boys G D/A and the rolleywaymen 5 . 15 A . m .