My Claim to Fame Chords
My Claim to Fame by Mark Knopfler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, G, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
F C G F C
Dm C G C
C Am
Well he's a big star now
F G C
But I've been a fan of his for years
C (*) F
The way he sings and plays guitar
G C
Still brings me to tears
I wouldn't want to be a big deal
I wouldn't want to be a celebrity
> I spend my life building ships of steel
> That's all there ever was for me
>
> Take a hammer to the sea belles
> And shout my name
> And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
> That's my claim to fame
>
> He spends his life in the studio
> Jet planes and big black cars
> Plays records on the radio
> In all of the clubs and in all of the bars
>
> By day he didn't have a choice
> You had to take a trade
> You had no money and you had no voice
> That's the life I made
>
> Take a hammer to the sea belles
> And shout my name
> And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
> That's my claim to fame
>
> That's my claim to fame boys
> That's my claim to fame
> To sail the seas as free as a breeze
> That's my claim to fame
La, la ....: same as intro
Solo: same as verse
>
> Well a song can live forever and a day
> An old ship goes to the breakers yard
> In a hundred years you're gonna hear him play
> They won't remember me for working hard
>
> Now they've all gone away, all the boys and the girls
> They yard is a grave where the river runs through
> We used to build the ships for the whole wide world
> Now we couldn't do it if we wanted to
>
> Take a hammer to the sea belles
> And shout my name
> I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
> That's my claim to fame
>
> Take a hammer to the sea belles
> And shout my name
> I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
> That's my claim to fame
>
> That's my claim to fame boys
> That's my claim to fame
> To sail the seas as free as a breeze
> That's my claim to fame