El Macho Chords
El Macho by Mark Knopfler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, Am, D7, C, B7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em
Em
Your date has gone home
Now you’re left on your own sweet own
Your tough-talkin' friend
Split on you in the bitter end
Em G Em
And you look like a fine thing Jerry
Em G Em
Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry
Em
They say you’re a star
That’s what the boys all say you are
I don’t see much TV
So you don’t mean shit to me
But you look like a fine thing Jerry
Yeh you look like a fine thing Jerry
Am D7 G
But they’ve got a name for people like you
C
Yeh they do
Am D7 B7
And they’ve got a name for people like me too
B7 Am B7
El macho, el macho
D C B7
El macho, el macho
Now they want you to sing
Don’t get shy or anything
The boys are all here
Gonna buy you another beer
Cos you look like a fine thing, Jerry
Yeah you look like a fine thing, Jerry
El macho, el macho
El macho, el macho