Stand Up Guy(Chords)

	        
Intro 
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verse 1 
         B                   B7                         E 
brew the coffee in a bucket, double straight man and banjo 
                     B                  E               F#7 
if you don't got the snake oil, buster, you don't got a show 
             B                                              E 
who puts the doh-re-me in our pockets keeps the party going on? 
                           B                 F#7               B 
it's the man who sells the potions, i'm just one who plays the songs 

         F#                 F#7               B 
now they generally buys the bigger size, they usually rub it in 
  E                 B            E                   F#7 
i drank it once, it tasted, like grease and paraffin 
     B                                        E 
it's mostly alcohol, okay you can't deny it's strong 
                         B                 F#           B 
we was going through the motions, ?til the doctor came along 
 
B                Ebm     E          B 
there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen 
E         B        E                  F#7 
all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends 
B                               Ebm              E 
these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky 
                          B            B7    F#7 B 
raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy 


verse 2 
         B                              B7            E 
when the monkeyshine is flying and he's promising the cure 
                            B               E              F#7 
he says the french for your lovesick blues, la maladie d'amour 
            B                                        E 
he gets the chumps all laughing but he gets a few to buy 
                                B           F#7                 B 
here's to beefsteak when you're hungry, and whiskey when you're dry 

        F#                 F#7         B             B7 
now the band'll blow their moolah,like sailors gone ashore 
    E                   B           E                F#7 
now we're going to west helena, to gamble, drink and whore 
      B                             B7                 E 
let's you and me, all make whoopee, here's mud in your eye 
                           B              F#              B 
here's to all the gals you ever want, and heaven when you die 

B                Ebm     E          B 
there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen 
E         B        E                  F#7 
all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends 
B                               Ebm              E 
these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky 
                          B            B7    F#7 B 
raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy
 

verse 3 
          B                        B7                 E 
there's a big cheese with a cigar, been sizing up the show 
                    B                E      F#7 
he wants to get the doctor, pitching on the radio 
       B                                B7              E 
i will make a switch to guitar, but the rules all still apply 
                       B                F#7             B 
they want to trust somebody, yeah, they want a stand up guy 

B                Ebm     E          B 
there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen 
E         B        E                  F#7 
all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends 
B                               Ebm              E 
these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky 
                          B            B7    F#7 B 
raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy 
     B7    F#7 B 
to a stand up guy

	        

Written by Mark Knopfler