Devil baby Chords
Devil baby by Mark Knopfler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D
The freaks'll stay together
G
They're a tight old crew
A
You look at them
D
And they look at you
I love the ballyhoo girl
G
But she don't care
G A Bm
It's hard to find love anywhere
G A Bm A
Hard to find love anywhere
D
The professor is the talker
G
He's the talking man
A
And if he can't clean a midway
D
Nobody can
He'll get the tip on in
G
From the midway mud
G A Bm
You gotta have the sawdust in the blood
G A D
Gotta have the sawdust in the blood
D G
See the pig-faced man and the monkey girl
A D
Come see the big fat lady
Bm Em
'Gator slim with the alligator skin
A D
Come see the devil baby
Solo: D G A D G A Bm
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D
Springer is the talker
G
He's the talking man
A
He's got the whole studio
D
Eating out of his hand
You can be on too
G
With the nuts and the geeks
G A Bm
Call 1-800-IM A FREAK
G A Bm A
1-800-IM A FREAK
D G
Be the pig-faced man or the monkey girl
A D
Come be the big fat lady
Bm Em
'Gator slim with the alligator skin
A D
Come be the devil baby
G A D G
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