Dire Straits
Brothers In Arms
Key: G#m..organ and effects/bass
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G#m / E / G#m / E / C#m.....(bass/keybd)
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E F#
These mist covered mountains
B Bsus4 B
Are home now for me
D#m(A) G#m D#m
But my home is the low lands
E F#sus4 F#
And always will be
G#m D#m
Someday you'll return to
E C#m7 F#sus4
Your valley and your farms
F# G#m
And you'll no longer burn
E F#sus4 F#
To brothers in arms
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G: G#m / E / G#m / E
G#m/ E / C#m /C#m/ G#m sus2
G#m
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D#m(A) E F#
Through these fields of destruction
B Bsus4 B
Baptisms of fire
D#m(A) G#m D#m
I've watched all your suffering
. E F#sus4 F#
As the battles raged higher
G#m D#m
And though they did hurt me so bad
E C#m F#sus4
In the fear and alarm
F# G#m
You did not desert me
E F#
My brothers in arms
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G: G#m / E / C#m / E / G#m / E / C#m / C#m -E-F#/ G#m sus2 etc
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G#m F# G#m F#
There's so many different worlds
B E
So many different suns
F# G#m F#
And we have just one world
B E E
But we live in different ones
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G: G#m / E / C#m / E / G#m / E / C#m / C#m -E-F#/ G#m sus2 etc
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D#m(A) E F#
Now the sun's gone to hell
B Bsus4 B
And the moon's riding high
D#m(A) G#m D#m
Let me bid your farewell
E
Everyman has to die
G#m D#m
But its written in the starlight
E C#m F#sus4
ANd every line on your palm
F# G#m
We're fools to make war
E F#
On our brothers in arms
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: G#m / E / C#m / E
: G#m / E / C#m / E-F#
: G#m / E / C#m / E
: G#m / E / C#m / E-F# etc
fade.
Dire Straits:- Down To The Waterline
Key Bm:
G / Bm / G / Bm
Bm F#m A E7 Bm
Sweet surrender on the quay side
Bm F#m A E7 Bm
You remember we used to run and hide
Bm F#m
In the shadows of cargoes, I take you on time,
A (D)-E
Counting all the numbers
Bm
Down to the waterline
Near misses on the dogleap stairways
French kisses in the darkened doorways
Foghorn blowing out wild and cold
A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder
Lead 1 G / Bm / G / A / Bm
Up comes a coaster, fast and silent through the night
Over my shoulder, all you can see are pilot lights
No money in our jackets and jeans are torn
Your hands are cold but your lips are warm
G / Bm / G / A -
solo: E / C#m / C
G / C (?)
D / A
F# / G / A / Bm
she can see you in the jetty where you used to go
she can see you in the places where the sailors go
when she's walking down the river on the railway line
she can still hear you whisper
Lets go down to the water line
come on.
G / Bm / G / A / Bm / G / A / Bm-#9-9 end||
Fade To Black
Dm7 A7
Well I wonder where U R 2 nite probably on a rampage...
F G7
You have been known to take... in getting in somebody's....
Bb A7 Dm7 A7
Always had the knack 2 fade to black
Dm7 A7
I betcha already made your pass..... I see a darkened room somewhere...
How Long
Chords used: D, G, Em, A7
Intro: Light strumming with D major.
D
How long, how long baby
D
How long has it been
D G
How long you gonna keep me wondering
D
How long before you see
Em A7 D
Stallin' me was wroooong- how long
D
How long, how long you gonna keep
slappin' my hands away
D G
How long you gonna keep my love at bay
D
How long before you're sure
Em A7 D
my love is stroooong- how long
D
How long, how long you gonna keep
tellin' me you like me fine
D G
How long until I'm gonna make you mine
D
How long before you wake(up)
Em A7 D
and find your good man goooone- how long
Em A7
goooone, how long....
In The Gallery
Key: Am or (A#m on the record)
Intro: drums and guitar 0.5 0.5 1.0
Am D Am D - Am Am - C - D
Harry made a bareback rider proud and free upon a horse 0.5 0.5 0.5
Am D D - Am Am - C - D
And a fine coalminer for the NCB that was
(repeat chord sequence ahead....)
A fallen angel and Jesus on the cross
A skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater's waltz
Some people have got to paint and draw
Harry had to work iin clay and stone
Like the waves coming to the shore
It was in his blood and in his bones
Ignored by all the trendy boys in London and in Leeds
Am D - G - C G
CHORUS: He might as well have been making toys or strings of beads
C C G C slide D
He could'nt be... He could'nt be..... in the gallery
And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at all
He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall
The birds of a feather all the phonies and all of the fakes
While the dealers they get together
And they decide who gets the breaks
And who's going to be in the gallery
Solo: Follow 1 verse chord pattern
and then do the chorus
No lies he wouldn't compromise
No junk no bits of string
And all the lies we subsidise
That just don't mean a thing
I've got to say he passed away in obscurity
And now all the vultures are coming down from the tree
So he's going to be in the gallery
(keep chord sequence going
ie Am - D.C / Am - D.C)
Dire Straits:- Industrial Disease
Intro:
Start with | A |
then 4 times | D | E | G | D | C Bm | A | | |
Verse:
A
Warning lights are flashing down ...
D
... there's a meeting in the boardroom ...
A D
... there's leaking in the washroom, there's a sneak in personnel,
E D
Somewhere in the corridor someone was heard to sneeze
A
Goodness me this could be industrial disease
(Each instrumental part is played like the intro)
Outro:
5 times | A | | E | G | D | C Bm | A | |
end with | A |
Lady Writer
key: C#m
Intro: A / B / C#m
A / B / C#m
A / B / C#m
A / B / G#m
A B C#m
Lady writer on the TV
A B C#m
Talk about the virgin mary
A B C#m
Reminded me of you
A B G#m
Expectation left a come on too
Lady writer on the TV
She had another quality
The way you used to look
And I know you never read a book
A C#m
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
A C#m G#m
And I recall my fall from grace
F#m F#m7(?) C#m
Another time another place
Lady writer on the TV
She had all her brains and the beauty
The pictures does not fit
You'd talk to me when you felt like this
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Another time another place
E
Your rich old man,
B
You know he'd a call her a dead wringer
G#m
You got the same command
F#m
Plus your mother was a mess in life
Solo: A / B /C#m etc
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Another time another place
Lady writer on the TV
She knew all about history
You couldn't hardly write your name
I think I want it just the same
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about the virgin mary
You know I'm talking about you and me
Lady writer on the TV
On Every Street
(E)[---------------] Play the three used strings
(B)[---------------] Simultaneously.
(G)[----2----------]
(D)[------3--------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[1--------------]
(E)[---------------] Play the three used strings
(B)[--------5------] Simultaneously.
(G)[-------4-------]
(D)[---------------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[-----3---------]
(E)[---------------] Play the three used strings
(B)[---------------] Simultaneously.
(G)[------3--------]
(D)[----2----------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[----2----------]
(E)[---------------] Play the used string + (G) & (E)
(B)[---------------] Simultaneously.
(G)[---------------]
(D)[----2----------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[---------------]
(E)[---------------] Play the three used strings
(B)[---------------] Simultaneously.
(G)[----2----------]
(D)[------3--------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[1--------------]
(E)[---------------] Play the used strings + (E)
(B)[---------------] Simultaneously.
(G)[-------4-------]
(D)[--------5------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[---------------]
(E)[---------------] Play the three used strings
(B)[---------------] Simultaneously.
(G)[--------5------]
(D)[--------5------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[-----3---------]
(E)[---------------] Play the three used strings
(B)[--------5------] Simultaneously.
(G)[-------4-------]
(D)[---------------]
(A)[---------------]
(E)[-----3---------]
& Repeat
Dire Straits:- Once Upon A Time In The West
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key Am : Time signature: 14/4 (i believe..some one told me)
(plenty of off-beats ; time lengths of each
chord bar is variable)
Intro: Lead
(organ intro)
Am / F
Am / G / F
Am / G / F
Time interval: bass-to-bass= 1.0, then....
(drum roll)
Am / D / Am / D
3.5 0.5 3.5 0.5
Am / G / D / Am
1.5 2.0 1.5 1.5
C / Am / Dm / G / Am
1.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Am D
SOME PEOPLE GET A CHEAP LAUGH BREAKING UP SPEED LIMIT
Am D
SCARING A PEDESTRIAN ON FOR A MINUTE
Am G
CROSSING UP PROGRESS, DRIVING ON THE GRASS
D Am
LEAVING JUST ENUFFA ROOM TO PASS
C Am
SOMEDAY DRIVER NEVER TOOK A TEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH! ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Am D
THEY SAY ITS NO USE SAYING THAT YOU DONT KNOW NOTHING
Am D
STILL GONNA GET YOU IF YOU DONT KNOW SOMETHING
Am G
SITTING ON A FENCE, THAT'S A DANGEROUS CALL
D Am
YEAH YOU COULD EVEN CATCH A BULLET FROM THE PEACE KEEPING FORCE
C Am
EVEN A HERO GETS A BULLET IN THE CHEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Lead:
Am / F (double time rythym)
Am / G / F
(roll)
Am / D / Am / D
Am / G / D / Am
C / Am / Dm / G / Am
Am / F (double time rythym)
Am / G / F
Am D
MOTHER MARY YOUR CHILDREN ARE SLAUGHTERED
Am D
SOMEDAY YOUR MAMA'S GONNA LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTER
Am G
WHO'S PROTECTING THE INNER GENTEEL
D Am
IT SPELLS TROUBLE IN THE LAND OF PLENTY
C Am
TELL ME HOW WE GONNA DO OUT SPARES ??
Dm G Am
YEAH, YOU GUESS... ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
G Am
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST..
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
repeat to fade.....(chorus)
(repeat Dm / G / Am)
Dire Straits:- Romeo and Juliet
Actual chord Play Capo'd as first position
F (x87565) C
Dm (x57765) Am
C (875558) G
Bb (688766) F
Gm (xx5786) Dm
Romeo and Juliet:
intro:
F Dm x4
Verse I:
F C Dm C F
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
F C Dm C Bb
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
C Bb C F
Finds a street light steps out into the shade
Bb C
Says something like you and me babe, how about it?
F C Dm C F
Juliet says hey it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack
F C Dm C Bb
He's underneath the window, she's singing hey la my boyfriends back
C Bb C F
you shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that
Bb C
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?
Chorus I:
F C Dm C Bb
Juliet the dice was loaded from the start
F C Dm C Bb
And I bet, and you exploded in my heart.
F C Dm Bb
And I forget, I forget, the movie song
Gm F Bb C Dm C F
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse II:
Come up on different streets, they both the streets of shame
Both dirty both mean, yes and even and dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real.
How can you look at me as if I was just another part of your deal
Well you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold.
you can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin yeah
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah, I used to have a scene with him.
Chorus II:
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
you said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Verse III:
I can't do the talk, like they talk on the tv
I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be.
I can't do anything, but I'd do anything for you.
I cant't do anything but be in love with you.
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat and bad company.
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you anytime.
Repeat Chorus II:
Verse IV:
A love struck Romeo, sings the streets a serenade.
Now he's laying everymody low, with a love song that he made.
Finds a convenient street light, steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it
outro:
Bb C (as long as the lead player can do those tasty fills)
p.s. A second guitarist playing in first position really fills this song
out if you are not doing it with a full band.
Dire Straits:- Setting Me Up Key A
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A
You say I'm the greatest bound for glory
E D
Well the word is out and I learned
A
I got the latest side of the story
G D A
You're pulling out before you get burned
Well your hands are squeezing me down to the bone
I never saw you breaking no law
Stands to reason I've got to leave you alone
What you take me for
A D
You're setting me up to put me down
E A
You're making me out to be your clown
A D
You're just setting me up to put me down
E
You better give it up
A
Quit your messing around
You think I care about your reaction
You think I don't understand
All you wanted was a piece of the action
Now you talk about another man
Dire Straits:- Single Handed Sailor
Intro: Dm / C : G
Dm C Bb F
Two in the morning bright uptown
Dm C Bb - F
The river run away in the night
Dm C Bb F
Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down
Dm C Bb - F
She put her in the wind and the light
(Same chords as above)
Yeah, the sailing ship is just held down in chains
From the lazy days of sailing
She's just lying there silent in pain
You lean on the tourist rail
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb
A mother and her baby in the college of war
C
In the concrete grave
Dm C Bb F
You never want to fight against the river law
Gm Bb
Nobody rules the waves
C A7 Dm
Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Bb C
Around the cutting saw
Dm C Bb F
Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
Singing away in the dark
He's up on the bridge on the self-say night
A mariner of dried-up land
Two in the morning, well there's one green light
And the man on the barge is sad
She's gonna step away below him
Away from things he's done
But he just shouts, "Hey man whatcha call this thing?"
She could say, "Pride of London"
On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Around the cutting saw
Yeah, single-handed sailor go sailing
Singing away in the dark
For the intro: I tried to play the long note as a slide note. I have to say
that it sounds much better.
Tab notation followed:-----------------
10^12 : slide from 10th to 12th fret
10^(12) : bending (one tone) on 10th fret
(12)^10 : descending bend note on 10th fret
10vv : vibrato note
10>12 : hammer on
12<10 : pull off
---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
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-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^(15)-
----10>12------10----------
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-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
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-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13-------------------------------
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SINGLE HANDED SAILOR
Key: Dm
Intro: Dm / C : G (2 times)
Dm C Bb F
Two in the morning dry-dock town
Dm C Bb - F
The river rolled away in the night
Dm C Bb F
Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's all tied down
Dm C Bb - F
She put her in the wind and the light
Yeah, the sailing ship is just a-held down in chains
From the lazy days of sail
She's just lying there, silent pain
You lean on the tourist rail
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb
A mother and her baby and the College of war
C
And the concrete grave
Dm C Bb F
You never want to fight against the river law
Gm Bb
Nobody rules the waves
C A7 Dm
Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Bb C
Around the _Cutty Sark_
Dm C Bb F
Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
Sailing away in the dark
Guitar: Dm / C : G
He's up on the bridge on the self-same night
A mariner of dry-dock land
Two in the morning, well there's one green light
And the man on the barge is sayin'
'She's a-gonna slip away below him
Away from things he's done'
But he just shouts, 'Hey man whatcha call this thing?'
Could say, 'Pride of London'
On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Around the _Cutty Sark_
Yeah, single-handed sailor go sailing
Sailing away in the dark
Six Blade Knife
key: Am
Am / C / D
Am / C / D
Am C D
Six blade knife, do anything for you
Anything you want it to
ONe blade breaking my heart, One blade tear me apart
Yeah, six blade knife, do anything for you
You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin
You come up from behind and lay it close on my skin
Took a stone from my soul, when I was lame
Just so that you, can make me tame
Yeah, six blade knife, (it) do anything for you
Dm C (G) G
I want to be free from it now mm mm
D
I dont want it no more
Dm C G
I want to be free from it now
D
mm mm I dont want it no more
solo:[ Am / C / D ] repeat like verse
Everybody got a knife, they just want it like they want it to be
A needle or a wife, something that you just cant see
Your sixblade knife, keeps you strong
It'll do me wrong,
yeah, six blade knife, do anything for you.
do any thing, anything
So Far Away From Me
E B A E B E
Here I am again in this mean old town and your so far away from me
B E
Now where are you when the sun gos down and your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can't see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
B E
I'm tired of bein in love and bein all alone when your sofar away
from me
B E
I'm tired of makin out on the telephone cus your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can't see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
B E
And I get so tired when I have to explain your so far away from me
B E
See you be in the sun and I be in the rain and your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can't see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
Dire Straits:- Sultans Of Swing
Dmin (5th posn) Cmaj (3rd pos) Bbmaj
(1st pos) A7 (1st pos)
You get a shiver in the dark, its raining in the park the
meantime
Dmin Cmaj Bbmaj
A7
Sound of the river you can hear
everything
Fmaj (1st pos) Cmaj (3p)
A band is blowing dixie - double four time
Bbmaj (1p) Dmin (5p)
You go inside when you hear the music play
Bbmaj Dmin Bbmaj-(slide)-Cmaj (short fill)
The rest of the song continues with the same chord structure, but between
some verses there is a long-fill/chorus which is:
Bbmaj Dmin Bbmaj-slide-C
We are the sultans
Bbmaj Dmim Bbmaj-slide- C Dmin
we are the sultans of swing
Dmin Cmaj Bbmaj-slide-C Dmin C {repeat once}
Note -
The Bb-Dmin-Bbmaj-C part in the chorus can be quite tricky if the song is
played at a fast tempo. One trick is just to play strings 2,3,4 (using the
first finger for Bb and C). Then, the Dmin shape can be fingered on top of
the C shape using fingers 2,3,4.
_________________________________________________________________________Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
key: Dm
(single snare beat)
Dm / C-C / Dm / C-C
Intro lead
Dm
you get a shiver in the dark
C Bb A
it's raining in the park but meantime
Dm C Bb A
south of the river you stop and you hold everything
F C
a band is blowing Dixie double four time
Bb Dm Bb-C
you feel alright when you hear that music ring
Dm C Bb A
(Now) you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm C Bb A
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down
F C
too much competition too many other places
Bb Dm
but not too many horns can make that sound
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)
Bb-C
way on downsouth
Bb-C
way on downsouth
Dm Dm-C-Bb-C Dm-C-Bb-C
London town
Dm C Bb A
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Dm C Bb A
mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F C
and an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb Dm Bb-C
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
Dm C Bb A
(and) harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm C Bb A
he('s) got a daytime job he's doing al(l)right
F C
he can play honky tone just like anything
(He can play the honky tonk like anything)
Bb Dm Bb-C
saving it up for friday night
Bb-C
with the sultans
Dm Dm-C-Bb-C
with the sultans of swing
Dm-C-Bb-C
Dm C Bb A
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm C Bb A
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F C
they don't give a damn about ('bout) any trumpet playing band
Bb Dm Bb-C
it ain't what they call rock and roll
Bb-C
and the sultans
Dm Dm-C-Bb-C
and the sultans played creole
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)
Dm-C-Bb-C
Lead 1: ( chords:Follow 1 full verse)
Dm C Bb A
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm C Bb A (A7)
and says at last just as the time bell rings
F C
thank you goodnight now it's time to go home
Bb Dm Bb-C
and he makes it fast with one more thing
Bb-C
we are the sultans
Dm Dm-C-Bb-C
we are the sultans of swing
Dm - C - Bb - C
1.25 0.5 2.25 4.0
Ticket to Heaven
Intro: D Bm G A (twice)
D A
I can see what you're looking to find in the smile on my face
G A G D
In my peace of mind In my state of grace
D A
I send what I can to the man from the ministry
G A D
he's a part of heaven's plan and he talks to me
D A
Now I send what I can to the man with the diamond ring
G A G D
he's a part of heaven's plan and he sure can sing
D A
now it's all I can afford but the lord has sent me eternity
G A D
it's to save the little children in a poor country
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A G D
I got a ride all the way to paradise
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A D
all the way to paradise
D
Now there's nothing left for luxuries nothing left to pay my
A
heating bills
G A G D
but the good lord will provide I know he will
D A
so send what you can to the man with the diamond ring
G A D
they're tuning in across the land to hear him sing
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A G D
got a ride all the way to paradise
D A
I got my ticket to heaven and everlasting life
G A D Bm
All the way to paradise
G A D Bm
All the way to paradise
G A D Bm
G A D
Dire Straits:- Twisting by the Pool
A
We're going on a holiday, now
D E
Gonna take a villa or a small chalet
A
Costa Del (?), magnifico,
D E
You know the cost of living's so low
CHORUS :
D E
Yeah, gonna be so neat
D E
Dance, to the Euro-beat
D E
Yeah, gonna be so cool
E
Twistin' by the (twisting-by-the)
E A
Twistin' by the (twisting-by-the), by the pool
A D
Twistin' by the pool
A D
Twistin' by the pool (twistin' by the pool)
A D
Twistin' by the pooooool
Verse 2 :
Sitting in a small cafe now
Swing-swing-swinging to the cabaret
Wanna see a movie, take in a show
Meet new people at the disco, yeah
Repeat chorus
Bm
And we can still get information
F#
Reading all about inflation
Bm D/E
And you're never gonna be out of reach
E
There's a clubhouse on the beach
E
A one, a two, a-one-a-two-a-three-a-four
Solo : Same chords as verse
A C#m
Mmmm, you're gonna look so cute
D E
Sunglasses, bathing suit
A C#m
Be the lady of my dreams
D E
Like the ladies in the magazines
Repeat chorus and fade
Note : I use a regular D chord with the first E string open for
D/E - sounds close, anyway.
Dire Straits:- Walk Of Life
E A B A B
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A E
He got the action, He got the motion Yeah the boy can play
A E
Dedication, devotion Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
E A
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
E
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
And after all the violence and double talk
E A
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
E7 B A B E A B A B
You do the walk, you do the walk of life. Yeah, you do the walk of life
Dire Straits:- Where Do You Think I'm Going
ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO:
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D----------2--0-|-3----------3--2-|-3----------3--2-|-3----------|
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FIRST SOLO:
A- F D- F
E-----------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------|
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E-----------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------|
SECOND SOLO:
A- F D- F
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A- F
E--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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E---------10-12^10----10---------|-----------------13^10----------10----------|
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A- F D-
E-----------------------|----15w--|-13--13^15^13-15w-15w-15w-|
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F A-
E--13-----------------12-----12-15-----15-|-----15-----15-----15-----15--------|
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Down To The Waterline
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
G / Bm / G / Bm
Bm F#m A E7 Bm
Sweet surrender on the quay side
Bm F#m A E7 Bm
You remember we used to run and hide
Bm F#m
In the shadows of cargoes, I take you on time,
A (D)-E
Counting all the numbers
Bm
Down to the waterline
Near misses on the dogleap stairways
French kisses in the darkened doorways
Foghorn blowing out wild and cold
A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder
Lead 1 G / Bm / G / A / Bm
Up comes a coaster, fast and silent through the night
Over my shoulder, all you can see are pilot lights
No money in our jackets and jeans are torn
Your hands are cold but your lips are warm
G / Bm / G / A -
solo: E / C#m / C
G / C (?)
D / A
F# / G / A / Bm
she can see you in the jetty where you used to go
she can see you in the places where the sailors go
when she's walking down the river on the railway line
she can still hear you whisper
Lets go down to the water line
come on.
G / Bm / G / A / Bm / G / A / Bm-#9-9 end||
Once Upon A Time In The West
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
(organ intro)
Am / F
Am / G / F
Am / G / F
Am / D / Am / D
Am / G / D / Am
C / Am / Dm / G / Am
Am D
SOME PEOPLE GET A CHEAP LAUGH BREAKING UP SPEED LIMIT
Am D
SCARING A PEDESTRIAN ON FOR A MINUTE
Am G
CROSSING UP PROGRESS, DRIVING ON THE GRASS
D Am
LEAVING JUST ENUFFA ROOM TO PASS
C Am
SOMEDAY DRIVER NEVER TOOK A TEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH! ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Am D
THEY SAY ITS NO USE SAYING THAT YOU DONT KNOW NOTHING
Am D
STILL GONNA GET YOU IF YOU DONT KNOW SOMETHING
Am G
SITTING ON A FENCE, THAT'S A DANGEROUS CALL
D Am
YEAH YOU COULD EVEN CATCH A BULLET FROM THE PEACE KEEPING FORCE
C Am
EVEN A HERO GETS A BULLET IN THE CHEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Lead:
Am / F (double time rythym)
Am / G / F
(roll)
Am / D / Am / D
Am / G / D / Am
C / Am / Dm / G / Am
Am / F (double time rythym)
Am / G / F
Am D
MOTHER MARY YOUR CHILDREN ARE SLAUGHTERED
Am D
SOMEDAY YOUR MAMA'S GONNA LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTER
Am G
WHO'S PROTECTING THE INNER GENTEEL
D Am
IT SPELLS TROUBLE IN THE LAND OF PLENTY
C Am
TELL ME HOW WE GONNA DO OUT SPARES ??
Dm G Am
YEAH, YOU GUESS... ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Dm G Am
OH YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
G Am
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST..
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
repeat to fade.....(chorus)
(repeat Dm / G / Am)
Private investigations
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on album-
Em
Bm/D / -
A/C# / G/B
F/A / B7/A
Em/G / Gdim
Am6/F# / B7
Em
Em7 Bm/D
It's a mystery to me - the game commences
A/C#
For the usual fee - plus expenses
G/B F/A
Confidential information - it's in a diary
B7/A Em/G
This is my investigation - it's not a public inquiry
Gdim / Am6/F#
B7
Em
Em7 Bm/D
I go checking out the reports - digging up the dirt
A/C#
You get to meet in all sorts - in this line of work
G/B F/A
Treachery and treason - there's always an excuse for it
B7/A Em/G
And when I find the reason - I still can't get used to it
Gdim / Am6/F#
B7 / Em D/F#
G D
And what have you got at the end of the day?
Am Em D
What have you got - to take away?
G C D
A bottle of whisky - and a new set of lies
C B
Blinds on the windows and a pain behind the eyes
Em7 / Bm/D
Bm/D / A/C#
G/B / F/A
B7/A / Em/G
Edim / Am6
B7 / Em
Gdim Am6/F#
Scarred for life - no compensation
B7 B7/E
Private investigations
Em7 / Em6
Em7 / -
Emsus4 Em7 / Em6
Emsus4 / Em B/F# Em
Em7 /
Where Do You Think You're Going
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Communique-
Am / F
G / Esus4
Am
Where do you think you're going
F
don't you know it's dark outside
G
Where do you think you're going
Esus4
don't you care about my pride
Am
Where do you think you're going
F
I think you don't know
G
You got no way of knowing
Esus4
there's really no place you can go
Am G / F
Dm7 C / F
Am
I understand your changes
F
long before you reach the door
G
I know where you think you're going
Esus4
I know what you came here for
Am
And now I'm sick of joking
F
you know I like to be free
G
You got no way of knowing
Esus4
there's really no place you can go
Am G / F
Dm7 C / F
G
You say there is no reason
Am
but you still find cause to doubt me
G
If you ain't with me girl
Esus4 Am G
You're gonna be without me
F / Dm7
F
Am
Where do you think you're going
F
don't you know it's dark outside
G
Where do you think you're going
Esus4
I wish I didn't care about my pride
Am
And now I'm sick of joking
F
You know I like you to be free
G
(So) Where do you think you're going
Esus4 Am G
I think you better go with me girl
F / Dm7 C
F / G
(double tempo)
(repeat)
Am / G
F / F
Dm7 / C
F / G
Six Blade Knife
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Dire Straits-
Am / C / D
Am / C / D
Am C D
Six blade knife, do anything for you
Anything you want it to
ONe blade breaking my heart, One blade tear me apart
Yeah, six blade knife, do anything for you
You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin
You come up from behind and lay it close on my skin
Took a stone from my soul, when I was lame
Just so that you, can make me tame
Yeah, six blade knife, (it) do anything for you
Dm C (G) G
I want to be free from it now mm mm
D
I dont want it no more
Dm C G
I want to be free from it now
D
mm mm I dont want it no more
solo:[ Am / C / D ] repeat like verse
Everybody got a knife, they just want it like they want it to be
A needle or a wife, something that you just cant see
Your sixblade knife, keeps you strong
It'll do me wrong,
yeah, six blade knife, do anything for you.
do any thing, anything
----X-----
Love Over Gold
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Love Over Gold-
intro::
Bbmaj9 / C Bb/F /
Dm Am / Bb /
/ Am Am7 /
Dm C / Bb /
C7/E / Gm7 /
Dm Am7 / Bb Bb6 /
C / Bb Gm/Bb
C /
1st verse::
F/A Bb / Gm7 C /
Gm7 F/A / Bb C /
F Gm7 / Bb C7 /
A7+ A7 / Dm C C/E /
F Gm7 / Bb C /
A+ A7 / Bbmaj7 Bb6 /
F Gm7 / Bb F /
Dm / Dm Am G/B /
G/B Gm/Bb F/A / Eb/G /
D/F# Eb/G / D/F# Eb/G /
D/F# / Eb/G D7/F# D7/
A / Gm /
Bbm6 / C /
C7/Bb /
2nd verse::
F/A Bb / Gm7 C /
Gm7 F/A / Bb C /
F Gm7 / Bb C7 /
A7+ A7 / Dm C C/E /
F Gm7 / Bb C /
A+ A7 / Bbmaj7 Bb6 /
F Gm7 / Bb F /
Dm / Dm Am G/B /
G/B Gm/Bb F/A / Eb/G /
D/F# Eb/G / D/F# Eb/G /
D/F# / Eb/G D7/F# D7/
A / Gm /
Bbm6 / Bbm /
Chorus::
C / /
C7 Bbm / Dm Bb /
C / Ebmaj7 /
Bbm6 A7 / Dm /
Outro::
Aaug/C# / C13 C7+ C7 C7-5 /
Db Db&B / Bb /
C C7/Bb / Am /
Dm Am / Bb /
C C7/Bb / Am /
Dm Am/C / Bbmaj7 /
C/E / Gm7 /
Dm Am7 / Bbmaj7 /
C / Bb /
Bb/C C7 / Bb /
C / Bb /
C7 /
Fadeout:
Bbmaj7 / C /
It never Rains
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Love Over Gold-
G Asus4 D Bm D G A D
G Dsus4 D Bm G A D
G Asus4 F#m Bm Bm/A G A D
G Asus4 A7 F#m Bm Bm/A G A G/D D/A
D/A D A
D Bm G
I hear the seven deadly sins and the terrible twins came to call on you
D A7 D G A7
The bigger they are baby, the harder they fall on you
D G A7
D G A
And you were always the same, you persevere on the same old pleasure
ground
Bm D/F# G Em A F#m
G A7 D
Oh and it never rains around here, it just
comes pouring down
G Asus4 F#m Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 A D
You had no more volunteers, so you got profiteers for to help you out
Well with friends like that babe, good friends you had to do without,
And now they've taken the chains and the gears from off the old
merry-go-round,
It never rains around here, it just comes pouring down.
Now your new Romeo, he was just a gigolo, when he let you down,
See the faster the are babe, the faster they get out of town
Leaving make up stains and the tears of a clown,
And it never rains around here, it just come pouring down.
G A7 Em7 A7
Em
G D
Oh you were just a rollercoaster memory, I don't know why I was even
passing through,
A7 Em7 A7 Dm G6
A7 Em7 A DG
I saw you make a date with destiny, when he came around here
asking after you
In the shadow of the Wheel of Fortune you're busy trying to clear your
name,
You say, "I may be guilty yeah, that may be true, but I'd be lying if I
said I was to blame"
See we could have been major contenders, we never got no money no breaks
You got a list of all the major offenders, you got a list of all their
major mistakes.
And he's just a-standing in the shadows and you smile that come-on smile
Oh and I can still hear you say as clear as the day, "I'd like to make
it worth your while."
D A
D
Bm G
Ah but it's a sad reminder when your organ grinder has to come to you
for the rent
D
A
And all you've got to give him is the use of your side-show tent
D G
A7 F#m/A G Bm
Yes and that's all that remains of the years spent doing the rounds
F#m G A G
A7 D
And it never rains around here, well it just come pouring down.
A7 Em7 A7 Em7
A Em7 A G D
Now you know what they say about beggars, you can't
complain about the rules,
A7 Em7 A7 Bm G6
A7 Em A
Now you know what they say about beggars, you know who's
the first to blame his tools
So Far Away
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
E B A E B E
Here I am again in this mean old town and your so far away from me
B E
Now where are you when the sun gos down and your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can't see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
B E
I'm tired of bein in love and bein all alone when your sofar away from me
B E
I'm tired of makin out on the telephone cus your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can't see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
B E
And I get so tired when I have to explain your so far away from me
B E
See you be in the sun and I be in the rain and your so far away from me
A C#m B E
So far away from me, so far I just can't see
A C#m B A E B A E
So far away from me, just so far from me
Money for Nothing
Mark Knopfler & Sting
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
Gm7 / C
Gm7 / Bb C
Gm7 / -
Gm7 / F Gm7
Gm7 C
Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
Gm7 Bb C
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
Gm7
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
F Gm7
Money for nothin' and chicks for free
Gm7 C
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Gm7 Bb C
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Gm7
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
F Gm7
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
Eb Bb
We gotta install microwave ovens
Eb F
Custom kitchen deliveries
Gm7
We gotta move these refrigerators
C D E
We gotta move these colour TV's
Gm7 C
See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Gm7 Bb C
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
Gm7
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
F Gm7
That little faggot he's a millionaire
Gm7 C
I shouldda learned to play the guitar
Gm7 Bb C
I shouldda learned to play them drums
Gm7
Look at that mama, she's got it stickin' in the camera
F C
Man we could have some fun
Gm7 C
And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
Gm7 Bb C
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
Gm7
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
F Gm7
Get your money for nothin' and chicks for free
Gm7 C
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Gm7 Bb C
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
Gm7
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
F Gm7
Money for nothin' and your chicks for free
Gm7 C Gm7 Bb C
Money for nothin' chicks for free
Gm7 F Gm7
Money for nothin' chicks for free
Walk of Life
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
E A B A B
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A E
He got the action, He got the motion Yeah the boy can play
A E
Dedication, devotion Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
E A
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
E
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
And after all the violence and double talk
E A
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
E7 B A B E A B A B
You do the walk, you do the walk of life. Yeah, you do the walk of life
Your Latest Trick
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
C#m7 A / B B/A
G#m7 / Amaj7
F# F#/A / B B/A
G#7 / F#m9b5 G#7
E
All the late night bargains have been struck
F#m B A/C# B C#
Between the satin beaus and their belles
F#m
And prehistoric garbage trucks
D13(#11)
Have the city to themselves
G
Echoes roars dinosaurs
F# B A/C# B/D#
They're all doing the monster mash
C#/E# F#m
And most of the taxis and the whores
D13(#11)
Are only taking calls for cash
A B
I don't know how it happened
F/G# Aaug
It all took place so quick
A E/B E/G#
But all I can do
F#m/A B A/C#
is hand it to you
Bb/D# G#7
And your latest trick
F#m9b5
G#7 E
My door was standing open
F#m B A/C# B
Security was laid back and lax
C# F#m
But it was only my heart got broken
D13(#11)
You must have had a pass key made out of wax
G
You played robbery with insolence
F#m B A/C# B/D#
And I played the blues in twelve bars down Lover's Lane
C#/E# F#m
And you never did have the inteligence to use
D13(#11)
The twelve keys hanging off my chain
A B
I don't know how it happened
F/G# Aaug
It all took place so quick
A E/B E/G#
But all I can do
F#m/A B A/C#
is hand it to you
Bb/D# G#7
And your latest trick
F#m9b5
G#7 E
Now it's past last call for alcohol
F#m B A/C# B
Past recall has been here and gone
C# F#m
The landlord finally paid us all
D13(#11)
The satin jazzmen have put away their horns
G
And we're standing outside of this wonderland
F#m B A/C# B/D#
Looking so bereaved and so bereft
C#/E# F#m
Like a Bowery bum when he finally understands
D13(#11)
The bottle's empty and there's nothing left
A B
I don't know how it happened
F/G# Aaug
It was faster than the eye could flick
A E/B E/G#
But now all I can do
F#m/A B A/C#
is hand it to you
B/D# G#7b10
And your latest trick
||:
C#m7 A / B B/A
G#m7 / Amaj7
F# F#/A# / B B/A
G#7 / F#m9b5 G#7
(to FADE)
:||
Why Worry
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
E / B7
E / B7
E / A F#/A#
B C#m7 / B C#m7
B
B / A B
E / A B A/C# B
E / A B
E / A B A/C# B
A B A/C# B / A B A/C#
Bno3rd / -
E B7 E
Baby I see this world has made you sad
B7 E
Some people can be bad
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
The things they do, the things they say
E B7 E
But baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears
B7 E
I'll chase away those restless fears
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
That turn your blue skies into grey
E A B E
Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
A B E
There should be sunshine after rain
A B E
These things have always been the same
A B E
So why worry now
A B
Why worry now
B / A B
E / A B A/C# B
E / A B
E / A B A/C# B
A B A/C# B / A B A/C#
Bno3rd / -
E B7 E
Baby when I get down I turn to you
B7 E
And you make sense of what I do
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
I know it isn't hard to say
E B7 E
But baby just when this world seems mean and cold
B7 E
Our love comes shining red and gold
A F#/A# B C#m7 B
And all the rest is by the way
E A B E
Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
A B E
There should be sunshine after rain
A B E
These things have always been the same
A B E
So why worry now
A B
Why worry now
Bno3rd / Bno3rd
||:
Bno3rd / Bno3rd
Bno3rd/A / Bno3rd/A
:||
(Ad lib to FADE)
n.b. Usually when performed live,
the song is played in D instead of an E
Ride Across The River
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers In Arms-
Em / D Em
Em D Em D
I'm a soldier of freedom in the army of man
Em D Em D
We are the chosen, we're the partisan
G C D Bm G
The cause it is noble and the cause it is just
Bm C D Bm B
We are ready to pay with our lives if we must
C Am D-C-D Am-C-D
Gonna ride across the river deep and wide
Bm C D Em
Ride across the river to the other side
Bm Em D Em D
I'm a soldier of fortune, I'm a dog of war
Em D Em D
And we don't give a damn who the killing is for
G C D Bm G
It's the same old story with a different name
Bm C D Bm
Death or glory, it's the killing game
C Am D-C-D Am-C-D
Gonna ride across the river deep and wide
Bm C D Em
Ride across the river to the other side
Em D Em D
Nothing gonna stop them as the day follows the night
Em D Em D
Right becomes wrong, the left becomes the right
G C D Bm G
And they sing as they march with their flags unfurled
Bm C D Bm
Today in the mountains, tomorrow the world
C Am D-C-D Am-C-D
Gonna ride across the river deep and wide
Bm C D Em
Ride across the river to the other side
Brothers in Arms
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on Brothers in Arms-
Intro:
G#m / E
G#m / E
C#m
Verse:
E F#
These mist covered mountains
B Bsus4 B
Are home now for me
D#m(A) G#m D#m
But my home is the low lands
E F#sus4 F#
And always will be
G#m D#m
Someday you'll return to
E C#m7 F#sus4
Your valley and your farms
F# G#m
And you'll no longer burn
E F#sus4 F#
To brothers in arms
G#m / E
G#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / C#m
G#m sus2 / G#m
D#m(A) E F#
Through these fields of destruction
B Bsus4 B
Baptisms of fire
D#m(A) G#m D#m
I've watched all your suffering
. E F#sus4 F#
As the battles raged higher
G#m D#m
And though they did hurt me so bad
E C#m F#sus4
In the fear and alarm
F# G#m
You did not desert me
E F#
My brothers in arms
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / C#m -E-F#
G#m sus2 /
G#m F# G#m F#
There's so many different worlds
B E
So many different suns
F# G#m F#
And we have just one world
B E E
But we live in different ones
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / C#m -E-F#
G#m sus2 /
D#m(A) E F#
Now the sun's gone to hell
B Bsus4 B
And the moon's riding high
D#m(A) G#m D#m
Let me bid your farewell
E
Everyman has to die
G#m D#m
But its written in the starlight
E C#m F#sus4
ANd every line on your palm
F# G#m
We're fools to make war
E F#
On our brothers in arms
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / E-F#
G#m / E
C#m / E
G#m / E
C#m / E-F#
Calling Elvis
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
intro:
B7
B7
Calling elvis - is anybody home
Calling elvis - I'm here all alone
Did he leave the building
Or can he come to the phone
Calling elvis - I'm here all alone
E7
Well tell him I was calling just to wish him well
Let me leave my number - heartbreak hotel
Oh love me tender - baby dob't be cruel
F#7
Return to sender - treat me like a fool
B7
Calling elvis - is anybody home
Calling elvis - I'm here all alone
Did he leave the building
Or can he come to the phone
Calling elvis - I'm here all alone
B7
Why don't you go get him - I'm his biggest fan
You gotta tell him - he's still the man
Long distance baby - So far from home
Don't you think maybe - you could put him on
E7
Well tell him I was calling just to wish him well
Let me leave my number - heartbreak hotel
Oh love me tender - baby dob't be cruel
F#7
Return to sender - treat me like a fool
Outro:
B7
How Long
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
D
How long, how long baby
D
How long has it been
D G
How long you gonna keep me wondering
D
How long before you see
Em A7 D
Stallin' me was wroooong- how long
D
How long, how long you gonna keep
slappin' my hands away
D G
How long you gonna keep my love at bay
D
How long before you're sure
Em A7 D
my love is stroooong- how long
D
How long, how long you gonna keep
tellin' me you like me fine
D G
How long until I'm gonna make you mine
D
How long before you wake(up)
Em A7 D
and find your good man goooone- how long
Em A7
goooone, how long....
On Every Street
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
F/C C G/B C
There's gotta be a record of you some place
Am G/B C
You gotta be on somebody's books
F/C C G/B Esus4
The lowdown - a picture of your face
Am Em/G
Your injured looks
F C
The sacred and profane
F C/G G
The pleasure and the pain
C G/B Am Em
Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete
Dm Bb
And it's your face I'm looking for
F/Bb C/G
on every street
Instr:
Am - / F G6 /
D Em / F Em7 /
Gsus4 G / Am(no3) /
Am(no3) /
F/C C G/B C
A ladykiller - regulation tattoo
Am G/B C
Silver spurs on his heels
F/C C G/B Esus4
Says - what can I tell you, as I'm standing next to you
Am Em/G
She threw herself under my wheels
F C
Oh, It's a dangerous road
F C/G G
And a hazardous load
C G/B Am Em
And the fireworks over Liberty explode in the heat
Dm Bb
And it's your face I'm looking for
F/Bb C/G
on every street
Instr:
Am - / F G6 /
D Em / F Em7 /
Gsus4 G / F/A Em/G /
D Em / F Em7 /
Gsus4 G / Am /
F Em/G D / Em F
Em C/G / G
Em/G D / Em
F Em C/G / G
You And Your Friends
Mark Knopfler
-Originally released on On Every Street-
Intro:
Gm / Gm
Cm / Cm
Gm / Gm
Cm / Cm
Solo:
(play twice)
Gm / Gm
Bb / G/B
Cm / Ab
Gm / Gm
Gm Bb G/B
Will you and your friend come around
Cm Ab Gm
Are you and your friend gonna get on down
Gm Bb G/B
Will you and your friend come around
Cm Ab Gm
Or are you and your friend gonna let me down
F Gm
If you talk to one another
F Gm
I'm a hungry man
F Gm
Let me know one way or the other
F C
So I can make my plans
(2nd as 1st)
Play after 2nd verse
Eb / Bb/Eb
C / C
Outro:
(repeat)
Gm / Gm
Bb / G/B
Cm / Ab
Gm / Gm
