Another user did a pretty good job of tabbing this song, but I found that a few of his
notes were off. The key is to keep the bass line with your thumb during the intro. Sorry
for the messy tab, it's my first one.
Capo: 4
( ) indicates a ghost note, or a note that is played quieter than the others. Listen to
the song for the exact rhythm on the intro.
Intro:
|--------3-----------3-----------3--------------------|
|----0-----------1-----1-----1-------1----------------|
|----0-------0-----------(0)-----------------2--------|
|----0-----0-------2---2-------2---2------2-----(0)---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--3---3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------3------|
|--------3-----------3---------------------3------|
|---0------------1--------------------1-----------|
|---0--------0-------------------0----------------|
|---0------0-------2---2---2---2-------2----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3--3--------3-----3----3---3-----3-------3------|
(repeat)
G
I am better with my muscles
Than I am with my mouth
G7 C/G
I work the fair grounds in the summer
G
Or go pick fruit down south
G
And when I feel them chilly winds
Where the weather goes I'll follow
G7 C
Pack up my travelling things
G
Go with the swallows
D/F# D/F# D7/F#
And I might get Lucky now and then
G G/C
You win some
Am Am7 C
I might get lucky now and then
G C/G C/G
You win some
| G | C/G | C/G | C/G |
| G | C/G | C/G | C/G |
| G | C/G | C/G | C/G |
G
I wake up every morning
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mark_knopfler/get_lucky_crd.html ]
Keep an eye on what I spend
G7 C/G
Got to think about eating
G
Got to think about paying the rent
I always think it's funny
It gets me every time
G7 C/G
That one about happiness and money?
G
Tell it to the breadline
D/F# D/F# D7/F#
But you might get Lucky now and then
G C
You win some
Am Am7 C
You might get Lucky now and then
G C/G G G
Yeah you win some
[solo]:
| G | G | G | G |
| G G7 | C/G | C/G | G |
| G | G | G | G |
| G | G7 | C | C |
| G | G | D/F# | D/F# |
| D/F# | D7/F# | G | C |
| Am | Am Am7 | C | C |
| G | C/G | G | G |
Bm
Now I'm a rambling through this meadow
Em Em7
Happy as a man can be
C G D/F#
Think I'll just lay me down
D7/F#
Under this old tree
G
On and on we go
Through this old world a shuffling
G7 C
If you've got a truffle dog
G
You can go truffling
D/F# D/F# D7/F#
And you might get Lucky now and then
G C
You win some
Am Am7 C
You might get Lucky now and then
G C/G C/G
Yeah you win some
(end on G)
