Dire Straits - Portobello belle
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Capo: 5
Tuning: D G D G B D
Portobello Belle
Open G Tuning DGDGBD
Capo 5th fret
Chords
G 000000
C/G x00230
F6 x03210
Cadd9 x02010
This sounds like the studio record. Fun to play and not too difficult.
^ Downstroke with index & middle fingers
Thumb plays bass
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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[Chorus]
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[Verse 1]
GBella donna's on the C/Ghigh street
GHer breasts upon the C/Goff beat
GAnd the stalls are just the C/Gside shows
GVictoriana's C/Gold clothes
GAnd yes her jeans are C/Gtight now
GShe got to travel C/Glight now
GShe got to turn up all her C/Groots now
GShe got a turn up for the C/Gboots now
[Chorus]
GShe thinks she's tough
GShe ain't no English rose C/G
GBut the blind singer
GHe's seen enough and he knows C/G
F6Yes and he do a sCadd9ong about a lGong-gone Irish girlC/G
F6Ah but I got one Cadd9for you, PoGrtobello Belle C/G
[Verse 2]
GShe sees a man upon his C/Gback there
GEscaping from a C/Gsack there
GAnd Bella donna C/Glingers
GHer gloves ain't got no C/Gfingers
GYeah, the blind man sing in C/GIrish
GHe get his money in a C/Gtin dish
GJust a corner sereC/Gnader
GUpon a time he could C/Ghave made her, made her
[Chorus]
GShe thinks she's tough
GShe ain't no English roseC/G
GBut the blind singer
GHe's seen enough and he knowsC/G
F6Yes and he do a sCadd9ong about a lGong-gone Irish girlC/G
F6Ah but I got one Cadd9for you, PoGrtobello Belle C/G
[Verse 3]
GYes and the barrow boys are C/Ghawking
GAnd the parakeet's sC/Gquawking
GUpon a truck there is a C/Grhino
GShe get the crying of a C/Gwino
GAnd then she hear the reggae C/Grumble
GBella donna's in the C/Gjungle
GBut she is no garden C/Gflower
GThere is no distress in the C/Gtower
[Outro]
GBella donna walks
GBella donna taking a stroll C/G
GShe don't care about your window box oC/Gr your buttonhole
F6Yes and she sing Cadd9a song about Ga long-gone Irish gC/Girl
F6Ah but I got one Cadd9for you, PGortobello Belle C/G