What It Is - Mark Knopfler | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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   The drinking dens are spilling out
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There's staggering in the square
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There's lads and lasses falling about
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And a crackling in the air
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  Down around the dungeon doors
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The shelters and the queues
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 Everybody's looking for
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Somebody's arms to fall into

[Chorus (1)]
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That's what it is
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   It's what it is now

[Verse 2]
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   There's frost on the graves and the monuments
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But the taverns are warm in town
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 People curse the government
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And shovel hot food down
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Lights are out in the city hall
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The castle and the keep
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The moon shines down upon it all
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The legless and asleep
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And it's cold on the tollgate
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With the wagons creeping through
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 Cold on the tollgate
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God knows what I could do with you
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That's what it is

[Chorus (2)]
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   It's what it is now

[Verse 3]
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The garrison sleeps in the citadel
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With the ghosts and the ancient stones
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 High on the parapet
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A Scottish piper stands alone
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  And high on the wind
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The highland drums begin to roll
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 And something from the past just comes
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And stares into my soul
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And it's cold on the tollgate
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With a Caledonian blues
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 Cold on the tollgate
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God knows what I could do with you

[Chorus (3)]
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That's what it is
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   It's what it is now
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   What it is
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   It's what it is now

[Solo 1]
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[Verse 4]
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   There's a chink of light, there's a burning wick
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There's a lantern in the tower
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Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick
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Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
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On Charlotte Street I take
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A walking stick for my hotel
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 The ghost of Dirty Dick
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Is still in search of Little Nell

[Chorus (4)]
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That's what it is
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   It's what it is now
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It's what it is
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   What it is now…

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[Outro]
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