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Yon Two Crows Track by Mark Knopfler taken from his album Privateering. Bass Performance Glenn Worf. Tab by bass50611. As per original I think One has to listen to the tempo and as always good album track from Mark Knopfler. Doesn’t fit the live version. Intro: (No Bass) Verse 1: Pennies from heaven, don’t make me laugh...Here all you’ll get is the G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------NO BASS--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| Pattering rain...Or yon two crows up over the hill looking for winterkill G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------NO BASS------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Always at your boots, the mud behind the byre...with its clammy hold G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------NO BASS--------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Would mock you up a grave...Here in the mire of wrecked sheepfold. G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------NO BASS-------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus: And all you’ll bring to this is muscle and grit...Persistence that’s just G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------NO BASS-------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| About it...What made you think there’d be a living in sheep G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------NO BASS----------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| Eat work eat work and sleep. G|----------------------------------| D|------------------------------8---| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| Verse 2: Duck under the eaves of the bothy... to sit here, caged in rain G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5-------------------------------------5----------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| Somewhere to go conjure a next move when I have to think again. G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------8------------------------------------| E|-6---------------------------------------------8--------------| The dog lifts his gaze to plead...believes the wizard has a magic stick G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5---------------------------------5----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| Leans his weight into my tweed I give an unholy hand to lick G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------8---------------------------------| E|-6---------------------------------------------8-----------| Chorus: I take a swig of sheep dip from my flask......And once again I ask...What G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-8---------------------------------------8--------------------------8--| E|---------------------------6----------------------------6--------------| Made you think there’d be living in sheep...Eat Work Eat Work and sleep G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------8--------8-----------------| E|-------------------------6----------------------6-----------------6---| Interlude: G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----3----------------------------------------------------| A|-5-------3----3----0----5----0------3----5----5----5----5-| E|----------------------------------------------------------| Verse 3: They were at this game two hundred years ago...Had thirty ways of dying G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5---------------------------------5-----------5-----------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Young poor souls...Laid to rest in their soggy rows G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|-5---------------------------------------8---------| E|-------------------6-------------------------------| Rain on their holy books.....Blood and whisky on the tongue...And no one G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------5---------------5----------------5--------| E|---------8---------------8----------------------------------------------| Watching over anyone...No one left but your stubborn one and the G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------5------------------------------8-------------------| E|-----------------------6----------------------------------------| Crows and rocks G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-8---------------8-| Chorus: Ah the dying young......well I’m not done...You watch me and I’ll watch G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-8-------------------8--------------------------------------------------| E|-------------6-------------------6-----------8----------------6---------| Thee...I can still work for two men and drink for three...And I raise my G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------8-------------------------------------------------8------------| E|-----------------------------------------6------------------------------| Flask to the clearing skies...To you sweepers you carrion spies G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------6----------------8--------------------6-------------| To scavenge and survive...If you can do it so can I G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|---8---------6-----------8----------------6------------6---| Outro Interlude G|-------------------------------------------| D|-----3-------------------------------------| A|-5-------3----3----0----5----0------3----5-| E|-------------------------------------------| (End Bass Chord) G|--------------------------------------------| D|-----3------------------------------------5-| A|-5-------3----3----0----5----0------3-------| E|------------------------------------------3-|