Dire Straits – Lady Writer (Guitar Acoustic)

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Dire Straits - Lady Writer 1979 B x24442 C#m x46654 Amaj7 x02120 F#m 244222 Am6 x04555 [Intro] A B C#m A B C#m A B C#m A B G#m [Verse 1]
Amaj7  B             C#m
Lady   writer on the TV

A                 B      C#m
Talking about the Virgin Mary

A  B           C#m
Reminded me of you

A    B              G#m
Expectation left to come up to, yeah
[Verse 2]
Amaj7 B             C#m
Lady  writer on the TV

A         B           C#m
Yeah, she had another quality

A   B               C#m
The way you used to look

A     B              G#m
And I know you never read a book
[Chorus]
A                                               E
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     Am6           C#m
Another time, another place
[Verse 3]
Amaj7 B             C#m
Lady  writer on the TV

A       B                  C#m
She had all the brains and the beauty

A           B        C#m
The picture does not fit

A             B           G#m
You'd talk to me when you felt like it
[Chorus]
A                                               E
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     Am6           C#m
Another time, another place
[Bridge]
E                     E7
Yes and your rich old man

E                           B
You know he'd a call her a dead ringer

G#m                  G#m7
You got the same command

                       F#m
Plus your mother was a Jazz singer
[Instrumental] A B C#m A B C#m A B C#m A B G#m A B C#m A B C#m A B C#m A B G#m [Chorus]
A                                               E
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face

A                         C#m    G#m
And I recall my fall from grace  (Oh Yeah)

F#m     Am6           C#m
Another time, another place
[Verse 4]
Amaj7  B             C#m
Lady   writer on the TV

A        B           C#m
She knew all about a history

A            B                 C#m
You couldn't hardly write your name

A       B          G#m
I think I want you just the same as the
[Verse 5]
Amaj7 B             C#m
Lady  writer on the TV (lady  writer on the TV)

A                 B      C#m
Talking about the Virgin Mary (lady writer)

A                 B             C#m
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me (lady writer on the TV)

    A        B             G#m
And the lady writer on the TV
[Verse 6]
Amaj7 B             C#m
Lady  writer on the TV (lady writer on the TV)

A                 B      C#m
Talking about the Virgin Mary (lady writer)

A                 B             C#m
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me (lady writer on the TV)

    A        B             G#m
And the lady writer on the TV
[Outro]
Amaj7 B    C#m                   Amaj7   B   C#m
             Lady  writer on the TV          Lady writer

Amaj7 B    C#m                 Amaj7   B     G#m
           Lady  writer on the TV

Amaj7 B    C#m                   Amaj7   B   C#m
             Lady  writer on the TV          Lady writer

Amaj7 B    C#m                 Amaj7   B     G#m
           Lady  writer on the TV
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