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Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That
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Album: Shangri-La [2004]
Tuning: Standard - EADGBe
Capo 3 - All tabs are related to capo
Intro and how it's played during verses, chorus and solos - everything but the bridge;
Em G Asus2 C
e|---------------|---------------|------------|-----------|
B|---------0-----|---------0-----|------0-----|-------1---|
G|-----(0)-------|-----0---------|------------|-----------|
D|---2-------x-0-|---0-------x-0-|---2----x-0-|-2---2-----|
A|---------------|---------------|-0----------|---3-----3-|
E|-0-------------|-3-------------|------------|-----------|
C
e|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
B|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------1--------------|
G|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0------------------|
D|---2-------x-0-|---0-------x-0-|---2---2----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|-3----------------------|
E|-0-------------|-3-------------|--------------3-2-------|
Em
I'm going to San Bernardino
G Asus2 C
ring-a-ding-ding
Em
Milkshake mixers
G C
that's my thing, now
Em
These guys bought
G Asus2 C
a heap of my stuff
Em
And i gotta see a good thing
G C
sure enough, now
Then these chords is strummed once without any capo by the second
guitarist while the picking is going on as usual. Note that these chords
is exactly the same as in the verse but without a capo.
Gm
Or my name's not kroc
Bb C D#
that's kroc with a 'k'
Gm
Like 'crocodile'
Bb D#
but not spelled that way, yeah
Gm
It's dog eat dog
Bb C D#
rat eat rat
Kroc-style
boom, like that
e|--------------------------|
B|-3-0----------------------|
G|-----0-2------------------|
D|------------2-0-----0-----|
A|----------------2-0---2---|
E|------------------------3-|
Em
The folks line up
G Asus2 C
all down the street
Em
And I'm seeing this girl
G C
devour her meat, now
Em
And then I get it, wham
G Asus2 C
as clear as day
Em
My pulse begins to hammer
G C
and I hear a voice say
Bridge;
Em
These boys have got this down
C/G (G as bass note)
Oughtta be a one of these
D
in every town
Em
These boys have got the touch
C/G
It's clean as a whistle
D
and it don't cost much
Em
Wham, bam you don't wait long
C/G
Shake, fries
D
patty, you're gone
Em
And how about that friendly name?
C/G
Heck, every little thing
D
oughtta stay the same
One strum only again by second guitarist.
Gm
Or my name's not kroc
Bb C D#
that's kroc with a 'k'
Gm
Like 'crocodile'
Bb D#
but not spelled that way, now
Gm
It's dog eat dog
Bb C D#
rat eat rat
Gm
Dog eat dog
Bb D#
rat eat rat, now
Gm
Oh, it's dog eat dog
Bb C D#
rat eat rat
Gm
Kroc-style
boom, like that
e|--------------------------|
B|-3-0----------------------|
G|-----0-2------------------|
D|------------2-0-----0-----|
A|----------------2-0---2---|
E|------------------------3-|
First solo - 2:19
e|---------------------------------|
B|----5----------5-7-5-------------|
G|-/4---4/7~~~b--------7-4---------|
D|-------------------------5-------|
A|---------------------------7--5--|
E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------7-7-----|
G|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7b--|
D|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-----------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-9b--7--9--7-9-7----9-7----------|
D|------------------------9-5------|
A|----------------------------7----|
E|---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/mark-knopfler/215423.html ]
e|---------------------------------|
B|-3----3--------0-----------------|
G|---2b---2b-0-2---0--2------------|
D|----------------------2----------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Em
You gentlemen
G Asus2 C
ought to expand
Em
You're going to need
G C
a helping hand, now
Em
So, gentlemen
G Asus2 C
well, what about me?
Em
We'll make a little
G C
business history, now
One strum only again by second guitarist.
Gm
Or my name's not kroc
Bb C D#
Call me Ray
Gm
Like 'crocodile'
Bb D#
but not spelled that way, yeah
Gm
It's dog eat dog
Bb C D#
rat eat rat
Gm
Kroc-style
boom, like that
e|--------------------------|
B|-3-0----------------------|
G|-----0-2------------------|
D|------------2-0-----0-----|
A|----------------2-0---2---|
E|------------------------3-|
Second solo - 3:23
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------8----|
G|-7b--7b-4-7~----7b--7-4--------------7---7---9~-|
D|------------------------5--------7-9---9--------|
A|--------------------------7~--------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-11b--11-9--------9-7-------------------------|
D|-------------9b---------9-5---------4-----------|
A|----------------------------7---5-7---5-7~------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----2/4--2--------------------|
D|-4-5--------5-4-2~-------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Em
Well we build it up
G Asus2 C
and I buy 'em out
Em
But, man they made me
G C
grind it out, now
Em
They open up a new place
G Asus2 C
flipping meat
Em
So I do, too
G C
right across the street
Bridge;
Em
I got the name, I need the town
C/G
they sell up in the end
D
And it all shuts down
Em
sometimes you gotta be an S.O.B.
C/G D
you wanna make a dream reality
Em
Competition, send 'em south
C/G
If they're gonna drown
D
put a hose in their mouth
Em
Do not pass 'go', go straight to hell
C/G D
I smell that meat hook smell
One strum again by second (as first going on as usual)
Gm
Or my name's not kroc
Bb C D#
that's kroc with a 'k'
Gm
Like 'crocodile'
Bb D#
but not spelled that way, now
Gm
It's dog eat dog
Bb C D#
rat eat rat
Gm
Dog eat dog
Bb D#
rat eat rat, now
Gm
Oh, it's dog eat dog
Bb C D#
rat eat rat
Gm
Kroc-style
boom, like that
Third solo/outro - 4:59
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---5-8-7-5----------------------------|
G|-7b--------7--------7-9---------------|
D|-------------9~---------9-7-5---------|
A|------------------------------7-------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------5-7-8-7-5--------|
G|-4-4~-----4--------7b----------7------|
D|--------7---5--------------------9~---|
A|--------------7~----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|----5-7-5---5-------------------------|
G|-7b-------4---4-----------------------|
D|----------------5---------------------|
A|------------------7~------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------7-7----------|
G|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----9~-------|
D|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9----------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|----5-7-7b7-5-------------------8-----|
G|-x7------------7-4~---7-9-7-9-9---9---|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----12~---12-------------------------|
G|-14b----------14-12-------------------|
D|--------------------14~-----x12-11-9~-| ... fading out
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
