Chord My Claim To Fame by Mark Knopfler

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