Dire Straits

Accords et partitions

Money For Nothing

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Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin'that's the way you do it Money for nothin'and chicks for free Now that ain't workin'that's the way you do it

Sultans Of Swing

C Bb Dm A F A7

You get a shiver in the dark It's raining in the park but meantime South of the river you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie double four time You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Romeo And Juliet

C F Bb Dm Gm

Jouer : Couplet(x1) Pre-refrain(x1) Refrain(x1) Pont(x1)

Brothers In Arms

E G#m F# C#m B F#(sus4)

These mist covered mountains Are home now for me But my home is the low lands And always will be Someday you'll return to

Walk Of Life

E A B E7

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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 He got the action, He got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication, devotion Turning all the night time into the day

Tunnel of Love

C F Dm Bb G Gm

Getting crazy on the waltzers but its life that I choose Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam And I dont know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am

Telegraph Road

Bb F C Dm C7 Gm7

A long time ago came a man on a track Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back And he put down his load where he thought it was the best He made a home in the wilderness He built a cabin and a winter store

Why Worry?

G C F

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Baby I see this world has made you sad Some people can be bad The things they do, the things they say But baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears I'll chase away those restless fears

Your latest trick

B A A/C# B/A F#m G#7

All the late night bargains have been struck Between the satin beaus and their belles And prehistoric garbage trucks Have the city to themselves Echoes roars dinosaurs

So Far Away

E B A C#m

I'm tired of bein in love and bein all alone when your sofar away from me I'm tired of makin out on the telephone cus your so far away from me So far away from me, so far I just can't see So far away from me, just so far from me And I get so tired when I have to explain your so far away from me See you be in the sun and I be in the rain and your so far away from me

Heavy Fuel

E5 C5 D5

Last time I was sober, man I felt bad Worst hangover that I ever had It took six hamburgers and scotch all night Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right 'Cos if you wanna run cool

Lady Writer

A B C#m G#m E F#m

Lady writer on the TV Talk about the virgin mary Reminded me of you Expectation left a come on too

Wild West End

D G Em7 Am F C

Walking in the wild west end Walking with your wild best friend Now my conductress on the number nineteen, she was a honey (she was a honey) Pink toe-nails and hands all, dirty with money Greasy, greasy, greasy hair, easy smile Made me feel, nineteen, for a while

Down To The Waterline

Bm A F#m G E7 E

Sweet surrender on the quay side You remember we used to run and hide In the shadows of cargoes, I take you on time, Counting all the numbers Down to the waterline

Six Blade Knife

C D Am F G

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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

Private investigation

Em B7 Em7 A/C# G/B F/A

It's a mystery to me - the game commences For the usual fee - plus expenses Confidential information - it's in a diary This is my investigation - it's not a public inquiry

Ride Across The River

D Em C Bm Am B7

[Verse 1] Em D A7sus2 I'm a soldier of freedom in the army of the men Em D A7sus2 We are the chosen, we're the partisan, alright

On Every Street

C F Am Em G/B G

There's gotta be a record of you some place You gotta be on somebody's books The lowdown - a picture of your face Your injured looks The sacred and profane

Skateaway

G C D A Em Bm

I seen a girl on a one-way corridor Stealing down a wrong-way street For all the world like an urban toreador She had wheels on, on her feet The cars do the usual dances

The Man's Too Strong

D C Dm G Bb Am

I'm just an ageing drummer boy and in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune to many a torture session Now they say I am a war criminal and I'm fading away Father please hear my confession I have legalised robbery called it belief

Industrial Disease

A D E C Bm G

Somebody blew the whistle and the walls came down. There's a meeting in the boardroom, they're trying to trace the smell, There's a leaking in the washroom, there's a sneak in Personnel. Somewhere in a corridor someone was heard to sneeze. Goodness me, goodness me, Industrial Disease !

Water of Love

D Am7 G C

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High and dry in the long hot day Lost and lonely in every way Got the flats all around me, sky up above, Yes, I need a little water of love I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain,

Once Upon A Time In The West

Am G D Dm c F

Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up speed limit Scaring a pedestrian on for a minute Crossing up progress, driving on the grass Leaving just enuffa room to pass Someday driver never took a test

Expresso Love

Bb C Dm Gm F A7

She gets the sun in the daytime Perfume in the dusk And she comes out in the night time With the honeysuckle musk Because she smells just like a rose

Lions

Bm7 A D F#m7 G G9

They're all in the station, praying for trains, the congregation's, late again It's getting darker, all the time, these flagpole days Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright He's crazy lion howling for a fight. Strap hanging, gunshot sound, door slamming on the, overground The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone

Hand in Hand

Am G C Em F G/C

The sky is crying the streets are full of tears Rain come down and wash away my fears And all this writing on the wall Oh i can read between the lines Rain come down forgive this dirty town

In The Gallery

Am D C G B

[Verse 1] Harry made a bareback rider proud and free upon a horse And a fine coalminer for the NCB that was A fallen angel and Jesus on the cross A skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater's waltz

You And Your Friend

Gm F Bb G Cm Ab

Will you and your friend come a round Are you and your friend gonna get on down Will you and your friend come a round Or are you and your friend gonna let me down

News

D C Em G

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He sticks to his guns, he takes the road as it comes He takes the shine off his shoes He says it's a shame, you know it may be a game Ah but I won't play to lose -----------8-7-------------------

Solid Rock

A G Bm Em D C

Well take a look at that I made a castle in the sand Saying this is where it's at you know Couldn't understand now If i realised that the chances were slim

Where Do You Think You're Going

F G Am Esus4 Dm7 C

Where do you think you're going Don't you know it's dark outside Where do you think you're going Don't you care about my pride Where do you think you're going

Calling Elvis

B7 E7 F#7

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

Les boys

D G D7 Am/G G6 Am

For the high class whores And the businessmen Who drive in their mercedes benz To a disco bar in old munchen

One World

A Em7 D Em A5 C

[Verse 1] Can't get no sleeves for my records Can't get no laces for my shoes Can't get no fancy notes On my blue guitar

When It Comes To You

G Dm7 C7 F6

You only get one life - this I know I wanna get my licks in now before I go The fire of love is dead and cold I gotta satisfy the hunger in my soul

The Bug

E A

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Well it's a strange old game - you learn it slow One step forward and it's back to go You're standing on the throttle You're standing on the breaks In the groove 'til you make a mistake

Ticket To Heaven

D A G Bm

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I can see what you're looking to find in the smile on my face In my peace of mind In my state of grace I send what I can to the man from the ministry He's a part of heaven's plan and he talks to me

Single Handed Sailor

C Dm Bb F Gm G

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

Southbound Again

A D G

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Intro: The riff in A 4 times Southbound again, I don't know if I'm going or leaving home Southbound again, I don't know if I'm going or leaving home Boy's bound to be moving, Seems like the boy is bound to roam

Portobello Belle

C F Bb

Yeah she got the skirt so tight now She wanna travel light now She wanna tear up all her roots now She got the turn-up on her boots now She thinks she's tough She ain't no English rose

It Never Rains

G D A7 A Bm Em7

I hear the seven deadly sins and the terrible twins came to call on you You had no more volunteers, so you got profiteers for to help you out The bigger they are baby, the harder they fall on you Well with friends like that babe, good friends you had to do without, And you were always the same, you persevere, on the same old pleasure ground

communique

A G Bm D Em

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We wanna get a statement, for Jesus' sake It's like I'm talking to the wall He's in communicado, no comment to make He's saying nothing at all

Iron Hand

A Bm Em F#m

With all the clarity of a dream The sky so blue, the grass so green The rank and file and the navy blue The deep and strong, the straight and true

Angel of mercy

D C E G

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Well there's a Peter Pan moon, sheherd's delight I got the dragon at noon, yes and I won the fight Now i want my reward in heaven tonight, just like you promised Angel of mercy you'll come to no harm Angel of mercy, there's no need for alarm

Setting Me Up

A D E G

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You say I'm the greatest bound for glory Well the word is out and I learned I got the latest side of the story You're pulling out before you get burned

Fade to black

A7 Dm7 F G7 Bb

Well I wonder where U R 2 nite probably on a rampage... You have been known to take... in getting in somebody's.... Always had the knack 2 fade to black I betcha already made your pass..... I see a darkened room somewhere...

My Parties

Em C D B G Am

Well this is my back yard - my back gate I hate to start my parties late Here's the party cart - ain't that great? That ain't the best part baby - just wait That a genuine weathervane - it moves with the breeze

Twisting by the Pool

E D A Bm C#m F#

We're going on a holiday, now Gonna take a villa or a small chalet Costa Del (?), magnifico, You know the cost of living's so low Yeah, gonna be so neat

Planet of new orleans

Am9 E7 Dm7 E E7+ B

Standing on the corner of Toulouse and Dauphine Waitin' on Marie Ondine I'm tryin' to place a tune under a Louisiana moonbeam On the planet of New Orleans

Follow me home

G D Em

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Oh well the sun go down Celebration in the town tonight All day long (Riff) They been slaughtering upon the stone

Kingdom Come

D C G F A D5

[Verse] They don't mess with me, I'm a wild man, son I got me my very own anti-tank gun I got a jack rabbit with it, guess he was a mean one Yeah, I've always been a sportsman

How Long

D Em A7 G

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How long, how long baby How long has it been How long you gonna keep me wondering How long before you see Stallin' me was wroooong- how long

Two young lovers

C G D G7 C7 D7

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It was the last day of summer It was the first of a new romance He walked into her on the corner She said: I don't dance

What's The Matter Baby?

A# C Gm A7 A Dm

Verse 1: There's a shadow hanging over the valley Total eclipse of the moon Closing up the gates of the city The wind plays a wild tune

Eastbound Train

F Bb C Eb9 Bb9

[Intro] [Verse 1] New Cross Station I was going on home

Millionaire Blues

F# Bm G Em

Verse I woke up this morning, my Jacuzzi wouldn't work Then the butler quit on me, man, can you believe it? Jerk! Must've been my artistic temperament he couldn't take How come nobody wants to give me a break?

If i had you

E A B F#m C#m

Oo-ooo if I had you, yeah the things that I could do Honey, if I had you Now I could sing like an angel, fly just like a bird Sing you the best love song you ever heard. I could be a poet like Mohammed Ali,