Floating Away - Mark Knopfler Chords
Chords: F#m7b5, Bm7b5, Am/E, G7, Em, A, Em/G, B7, C, C/G
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Genre: blues, rock, folk
* Play 1st fret of 5th string followed by an open D at asterisks
F#m7b5 [2x221x]
Gadd9/B [x2023x]
Bm7b5 [x2323x]
Am/E [0x221x]
B7b9/F# [2x121x]
G7 [32300x]
| 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#m7b5 B7 B7
As a man can be
C C/G Gadd9/B G/B Bm7b5
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 F#m7b5 B7 B7
And I mark each crease and sting
C C Gadd9/B
My brush my wooden flail
G/B Bm7b5 Bm7b5 Esus4 E7 Am7
My ancient thresher
F#m7b5
As unforgiving time
Am/E B7 B7b9/F# B7 B7
Flays everything
| Em A | Em A | Em A | Em/G A |
| Em A | Em A * | B7 F#m7b5 | B7 |
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