Dire Straits – Iron Hand (Guitar)

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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Intro] | Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm | [Verse 1]
Bm                A       Bm
With all the clarity of dream

               A                  Bm
The sky so blue,   the grass so green

Bm                        A         Bm
The rank and file and the    navy blue

Em                    A                    F#m    Bm
  The deep and strong,   the straight and true
[Verse 2]
Bm                  A              Bm
The blue line they got the given sign

                           A          Bm
The belts and boots march forward in time

Bm                     A               Bm
The wood and leather,    the club and shield

Em                   A               F#m   Bm
Swept like a wave across the battlefield
[Verse 3]
Bm                    A         Bm
Now with all the clarity of dream

                          A        Bm
The blood so red,   the grass so green

                      A           Bm
The gleam of spur on   chestnut flank

Em               A              F#m 
The cavalry did burst upon the ranks
[Interlude] | Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm A | [Verse 4]
Bm                     A       Bm
  Oh the iron will and iron hand

                   A                Bm
In england's green    and pleasant land

                  A           Bm
No music for the   shameful scene

Em                            A                  F#m
  That night they said it had even shocked the queen
[Interlude] | Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm A | [Verse 5]
Bm                      A        Bm
Well alas we've seen it all before

Bm                 A          Bm
Knights in armour,   days of yore

Bm                         A            Bm
The same old fears and the    same old crimes

Em                 A                F#m
We haven't changed   since ancient times
[Outro] | Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm | [Notes] It sounds alright if you just do some fingerpicking between the verses and just simplify it during the verses. My suggestion is something like this: (left hand holds Bm - right hand fingerpick, keep playing this over when you shift the chords, it will sound alright)
e|--------2---------------------------------------------|
B|---3-------3------------------------------------------|
G|------4--4--4-----------------------------------------|
D|---------4--------------------------------------------|
A|---2--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|