So Far From The Clyde

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - so far from the clyde - mark knopfler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabber E - mail : fffoma@gmail . com capo : 1 tempo : 140 time signature : 3/4 chords : Asus4 [ x02230 ] Dsus2 [ xx0211 ] Intro ( chords in round brackets isn’t playing ) : | Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) | | Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) | | G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) | | Dm | ( Dm ) | G | ( G ) | | Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) | | Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) | | G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) | | Am | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | Am they had a last supper G Am Am the day of the beaching Am C she’s a dead ship sailing Em Em skeleton crew F the galley is empty C Am Am Am F the stove pots are cooling Am Asus4 with what’s left of the stew Am the time is approaching G Am Am the captain moves over Am C the hangman steps in Em Em to do what he’s paid for F with the wind down the tide C Am Am she goes proud ahead steaming F Am Am and he drives her hard into the shore C Em F F so far from the clyde Dm Dm together we ride F F we did ride | Am | Am | Am | Am | | Am | Am | Am | Am | | Am | Am | Am as if to a wave G Am Am from her bows to her rudder Am C Em Em bravely she rises to meet with the land F C Am Am under their feet they all feel her keel shatter F Am Am the shallow see washes their hands | Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) | | Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) | | G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) | | Am | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | Am later the captain G Am Am shakes hands with the hangman Am C and climbs slowly down Em Em to the oily wet ground F C Am Am goes ’bout to the car that has come here to take him F Am Am to the graveyard and back to the town C Em F F so far from the clyde Dm Dm together we ride F F we did ride | Am | Am | Am | Am | Am they pull out her cables G Am Am and hack off her hatches Am C Em Em too poor to be wasteful with pity or time F C Am Am they swarm on her carcass with torches and axes F Am Am like a whale on the bloody shoreline Am stripped of her pillars G Am her stays and her stantions Am C Em Em when there’s only her bones on the wet poison land F C Am Am steel ropes will drag her with winches and engines F Am Am ’til it’s only a stain on the sand C Em F F so far from the clyde Dm Dm together we ride F F/E Dsus2 Dsus2/A we did ride C Em F F so far from the clyde Dm Dm together we ride F F we did ride | Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) | | Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) | | G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) | | Dm | ( Dm ) | G | ( G ) | | Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) | | Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) | | G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) | | Am | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | | Am |