Chords for Mark Knopfler - Why Aye Man (Official Video)

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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We had no way of staying _ afloat
We had to leave on a feather boat _ _ _
Economic refugees _ _ _
On the run to Germany
_ We [G] had the back of Maggie's hand
_ [D] Times were tough in Geordie
We _ got our tools and work and gear
And humped it all from Newcastle [C] to here
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Why aye, _ [F] why [G] aye, why aye, why _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] aye _
_ We're _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ the nomad tribes, travelling boys
_ _ The dust and dirt and the wrecking balls
_ _ _ Drills and hammers, diggers and figs
_ _ _ Mixing concrete, laying bricks
_ _ [G] There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot
_ _ _ _ [D] United Nations, what we've got
_ _ [Dbm] British chippies, every trade
German build and British [D] made _
_ _ _ _ _ Why aye, why _ [F] _ [G] aye, why aye, why _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] aye
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They [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] more work on Maggie's [C] farm
_ _ _ [F] Head away [Dm] down the Audubon
_ [F] Mine [Gm] some plots at Cabin [C] Bay
_ [F] Or a bunk in a [Dm] Nissan hut instead
_ There's [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
Why aye, why aye, why aye
And German tarts are a wonder, sure
Why aye, why aye, why aye
German beer is chemical free
Why aye, why aye, why aye
Germany's our required main
Why aye, why aye, [G] why aye
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne _
But [D] you're my pretty corner
_ _ Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high _ _ _ _
_ _ Why aye, why _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] aye, _
[Dm] why aye _ _ _ _ _ _
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