Floating Away Chords
Floating Away by Mark Knopfler is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Fm. It uses the chords Em, A, Em/G, B7, F#m7/5-, C, C/G, Gadd9/B, G/B, Bm7/5-, E7, Am, D/F#, Gadd9, G, Fm7/5-, Esus4, Am7, Am/E, B7(9-)/F#, D, G7 and D/A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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Intro: | Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A | (x3)
Em
It’s the weight I’m trying
A Em
To get inside the frame
A Em A Em/G A
I’ve been painting a fat man
Em A Em
He’s big and fat and heavy
A * B7 F#m7/5- B7 B7
As a man can be
C C/G Gadd9/B G/B Bm7/5-
But he’s been floating away
E7 E7 Am
Floating away
D/F# Gadd9 G B7
He’s been floating away from me
Em A Em
In the mirror my withering skin
A Em A Em/G A Em
Is a thorny pleasure
A
I stand unflinching
Em A * B7 Fm7/5- B7 B7
And I mark each crease and sting
C C Gadd9/B
My brush my wooden flail
G/B Bm7/5- Bm7/5- Esus4 E7 Am7
My ancient thresher
F#m7/5-
As unforgiving time
Am/E B7 B7(9-)/F# B7 B7
Flays everything
| Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A |
| Em A | Em A * | B7 F#m7/5- | B7 |
| C | Gadd9/B G/B | Bm7/5- | E7 |
| Am | D/F# | Gadd9 G | B7 |
Em
It’s the truth I’m trying
A Em
To get inside the frame
A Em A Em/G A
Now I’m painting myself naked
Em A
But I need a pair of boots
Em A * B7 F#m7/5- B7 B7
About as heavy as boots can be
C C Gadd9/B G/B Bm7/5-
Or I’d be floating away
E7 E7 Am
Floating away
D/F# Gadd9 G G
I’d be floating away from me
C
D G/B C Am D/F#
And every thorn sends thistledown
G7 G7
Drifting all around
C Gadd9/B G/B Bm7/5-
And floating away
Esus4 E7 Am
Floating away
D/A G B7
Floating away from me
| Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A | Fade Out