Your Latest Trick

Dire Straits

Tom: E

E
   All the late night bargains have been struck
F#m5-(7)           B           A/C#         B   C#
   Between the satin beaus and their belles
F#m
   And prehistoric garbage trucks
            D13(11+)
   Have the city to themselves
E
   Echoes roars dinosaurs
F#m5-(7)            B         A/C#    B/D#
  They're all doing the monster mash
C#/F   F#m
   And most of the taxis and the whores
       D13(11+)
   Are only taking calls for cash

A		       B        B/A
   I don't know how it happened
      E/G#              A9  A
   It all took place so quick
A      E/B          E/G#
   But all I can do
F#m/A B          A/C#
   is hand it to you
Bb/D#       G#7
   And your latest trick

F#m5-/9
G#7   E
   My door was standing open
F#m5-(7)  B          A/C#          B
   Security was laid back and lax
C#            F#m
   But it was only my heart got broken
             D13(11+)
   You must have had a pass key made out of wax
              E
   You played robbery with insolence
                F#m5-(7)          B           A/C#         B/D#
   And I played the blues in twelve bars down Lover's Lane
C#/F       F#m
   And you never did have the inteligence to use
             D13(11+)
   The twelve keys hanging off my chain

A		       B       B/A
   I don't know how it happened
      E/G#              A9
   It all took place so quick
A      E/B          E/G#
   But all I can do
F#m/A B          A/C#
   is hand it to you
Bb/D#       G#7
   And your latest trick
F#m5-/9
G#7         E
   Now it's past last call for alcohol
F#m5-(7)     B               A/C#         B
   Past recall has been here and gone
C#     F#m
   The landlord finally paid us all
              D13(11+)
   The satin jazzmen have put away their horns
             E
   And we're standing outside of this wonderland
F#m    B        A/C#            B/D#
   Looking so bereaved and so bereft
C#/F      F#m
   Like a Bowery bum when he finally understands
               D13(11+)
   The bottle's empty and there's nothing left

A                      B      B/A
   I don't know how it happened
  E/G#                            A9
 It was faster than the eye could flick
A          E/B          E/G#
   But now all I can do
F#m/A B          A/C#
   is hand it to you
B/D#        G#7/9+
   And your latest trick


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C#m7  A      /  B       B/A
G#m7         /  Amaj7
F#    F#/A#  /  B       B/A
G#7          /  F#m5-/9  G#7
(to FADE)
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