Mark Knopfler

The Last Laugh

Mark Knopfler


Tom: E

                   A
Don't you love the sound
B                      E
 Of the last laugh my friend
                   A
Don't you love the sound
B                         E 
 Of the last laugh at the end
A                             B
  Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers
E            E/Eb               E/C#   B
 Down in the scuppers with the drunken sailors
A                               B
  Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers
         E                  B7
But the last laugh, baby is yours
                        A       B
And don't you love the sound
                         E
Of the last laugh going down

                        A         B
Games you thought you'd learned
                     E
You neither lost nor won
                        A       B
Dreams have crashed and burned
                          E
You still keep on keeping on
A                            B
 Out on the highway with the road gang working
E          E/Eb              E/C#       B 
 Up on the mountain with the cold wind blowing
A                             B
  Out on the highway with the road band working
         E                  B7
But the last laugh, baby is yours
                       A        B
And don't you love the sound
                           E
Of the last laugh going down

Solo
A B E E (2 X)
A                             B
  They had you crying but you came up smiling

E              E/Eb            E/C#     B 
 They had you crawling and you came up flying
A                             B
  They had you crying and you came up smiling
          E                 B7
And the last laugh, baby is yours
                       A       B
And don't you love the sound
                         E
Of the last laugh going down
                        A       B
Yeh don't you love the sound
                        E
Of the last laugh going down