Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes Cifras

Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes
By Mark Knopfler from his 2015 Tracker album
For any questions mail me to fffoma@gmail.com
 
 
Key: C Major
Time: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars
 
 
To get that folk feeling play some chords with G on top.
For instance, F like [1x3213], C like [x32013] and so on.
 
 
CAPO: No
 
 
C/G.......................[332010]
 
 
| Am7 Em7 | x12
 
| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/8 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| Am | % |
 
 
Am
 
Laughs and jokes
      C          F
And drinks and smokes
     C                       F
And no lights on the stairs
         Am
We were young, so young
    C             F
And always broke
      G           Am    F
Not that we ever cared
      C    G      C
Not that we ever cared
 
 
           G            F
Well, the holes in the walls
      C          G
Were such a lot
            F           C
Welcome to London town
                 G        F
But when you’re new to it all
          C
And you think you’re hot
             G          F              C
You’re not planning on hanging around
 C                        F
People would go on their different ways
   C                    Am   F
I left to start a band
   G           F         C          G
A note came through the letter box
          F        C
In your childlike hand
 
 
     Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
      C          F
And drinks and smokes
     C                 F
And no lights on the stairs
         Am
We were young, so young
    C        F
And always broke
      G           Am    F
Not that we ever cared
      C    G      C
Not that we ever cared
 
 
     G     F        C
One day I rode to where you were
     G        F         C
The doorbell jangled a note
      G            F
They buzzed me in
    C
I climbed the stairs
       G         F            C
In my boots and leather coat
           C
There’s an old brass
               F
Standing there at the top
    C                 Am   F
Without her witch’s broom
   G       F              C
It almost seemed like a knocking shop
          G         F             C
When the girls came out of their rooms
 
 
         G           F
And they all stood around
      C
And stared at me
      G          F    C     G
Two brunettes and a blonde
         F            C
Then the old brass shrugged and said
    G              F       C    C
We don’t know where she’s gone
                  F
Later on I picked up the ball
       C                 Am   F
And I took off down the line
      G        F       C
I suppose by then I’d realised
       G      F            C
You’d run into hard times
 
 
     Am
Oh, laughs and jokes
      C          F
And drinks and smokes
     C                 F
And no lights on the stairs
         Am
We were young, so young
    C        F
And always broke
      G           Am    F
Not that we ever cared
      C/G  G      C
Not that we ever cared
 
 
| Am F | F G | Em Am | 3/8 F | G |
| Am F | F G | Em Am | Dm G |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
| C | G C | Am G | Am |
 
| Am7 Em7 |
 
| Am7 |
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