Dire Straits – On Every Street (Guitar Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: woega Email: [email protected] This is my interpretation of the ENTIRE song, lyrics, chords, tabs including the INTRO, all RIFFS, and the OUTRO. I've tried to be as accurate as I can, but I'm open for suggestions :) The tabs that are directly underneath lyrics are meant to be played with the lyrics, when there's a blank line then they're played AFTER the words. 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, 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 F/Bb C and it's your face I'm looking for on every street

          Am
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|--3-3/5-0-|
E|----------|

Ok now the famous 'On every street' theme appears for the first time. The piano plays the following chords: F G6 D/F# Em F Em Gsus4 G A9 If you want to play them on guitar I would play them like depicted below. Put emphasis on the notes with a * to hear the melody:

    F   G6  D/F# Em  F   Em  Gsus4 G   A9
e|--x---0*--x----x---x---x---x-----x---x---|
B|--x---0---3*---x---x---0*--1*----0*--0---|
G|--2*--0---2----0*--2*--0---0-----0---2*--|
D|--3---0---0----2---3---2---0-----0---2---|
A|--3---2---0----2---3---2---2-----2---0---|
E|--1---3---2----0---1---0---3-----3---x---|

F/C C G/B C a ladykiller, regulation tattoo

e|------------|
B|------------|
G|--pb9ld7-5--|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|

Am         G/B          C
    silver spurs on his heels
F/C            C               G/B              Esus4
    what can I tell you as I'm standing next to you
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------8-------------6--5----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Am Em/G she threw herself under my wheels F C oh it's a dangerous road

              F
e|-----------------|
B|------1-1-0-1----|
G|------0-0-0-0h2--|
D|--0h2-2-2-0-3----|
A|------------3----|
E|-----------------|

F C/G G and a hazardous load C G/B Am Em and the fireworks of liberty explode in the heat

e|-----------------------------|
B|--pb12ld11b12--pb12ld10-8----|
G|--------------------------9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

Dm Bb F/Bb C and it's your face I'm looking for on every street

          Am
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|--3-3/5-0-|
E|----------|

The second time the main theme is played twice. The first of which is like the one above, but without the A9 at the end:

    F  G6  D/F# Em  F   Em  Gsus4  G
e|--x---0*--x----x---x---x---x-----x---|
B|--x---0---3*---x---x---0*--1*----0*--|
G|--2*--0---2----0*--2*--0---0-----0---|
D|--3---0---0----2---3---2---0-----0---|
A|--3---2---0----2---3---2---2-----2---|
E|--1---3---2----0---1---0---3-----3---|

The second time, as the piano plays the chords, Mark joins in for some accents, but does not play the entire tune yet. For timing purposes I added the chords above the tabs:

     F  G6  D/F# Em     F  Em  Gsus4 G   A9
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------3/5-3---------0--------1-----3---------------|
G|--(2)-----------------2--0-----------------pb9ld7b9|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

F/C C G/B C a three-chord symphony crashes into space Am G/B C the moon is hanging upside down F/C C G/B Esus4 I don't know why it is I'm still on the case

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-6--------------5-------------8--------6---7-------8b10|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Am Em/G it's a ravenous town

               F
e|----------------|
B|---5-8-5--------|
G|-----------7-5--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

F C and you still refuse to be traced

               F
e|----------------|
B|--5-5-6--6-8-6--|
G|--5-5-7--5-7-5--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

F                     C/G   G
   seems to me such a waste
C            G/B           Am                 Em
   and every victory has a taste that's bittersweet
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------/10-----------------10b12-----12ld10-8---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

    Dm                          Bb         F/Bb    C            Am
and it's your face          I'm looking for     on every street
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7--------------5-7/9-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

     Dm                 Bb         F/Bb    C            Am
yeah it's your face I'm looking for     on every street
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------6------------------8------------8/10--|
G|---7--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Ok now the hard part :) For the rythm guitar, just play the chords we have seen before repeatedly (without the A9): F G6 D/F# Em F Em Gsus4 G Now I hope I can explain the lead part well enough because it involves MK-style finger picking. I'll start with the main tune first, and then add some tips to ad some flavour. We'll start with a little practice. First of all the chords are the same, but played a bit different. Try to position your fingers as below, but only play the note marked with * to get familiar with the positions:

    F  G6   D/F# Em  F   Em  Gsus4 G
e|--1---x---x----0---1---0---x-----x---|
B|--1---5*--3*---0---1---0*--1*----0*--|
G|--2*--4---2----0*--2*--0---0-----0---|
D|--3---5---0----2---3---2---0-----0---|
A|--3---x---0----2---3---2---2-----2---|
E|--1---3---1----0---1---0---3-----3---|

To make things a bit more interesting, we add the bass notes, and the little extra notes Mark plays. Again try to position your fingers as indicated, but only play the notes with *:

    F  G6   D/F# Em  F   Em  Gsus4 G      F  G6   D/F# Em        F   Em  Gsus4 G
e|--1---x---x----0---1---0---x-----x---|--1---x---x----0---------1---0---x-----x---|---------|
B|--1---5*--3*---0---1---0*--1*----0*--|--1---5*--3*---0---------1---0*--1*----0*--|--1*-0*--|
G|--2*--4---2----0*--2*--0---0-----0---|--2*--4---2----0*----0*--2*--0---0-----0---|---------|
D|--3---5---0----2---3---2---0-----0---|--3---5---0----2---2*----3---2---0-----0---|---------|
A|--3---x---0----2---3---2---2-----2---|--3---x---0----2---------3---2---2-----2---|---------|
E|--1*--3*--1*---0*--1*--0*--3*----3*--|--1*--3*--1*---0*--------1*--0*--3*----3*--|---------|

This is how I play it. Upper to strings are played with index or middle finger, bass notes with the thumb. I'll try to be as accurate as I can.

    F     G6       D/F#     Em       F        Em       G6       G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------5--------3--------------------------0--------1--------0-------0--|
G|--2---------4--------2----0--------2------------0--------0--------0------|
D|--3--3--------5--------0------2--------3----------2--------0--------0----|
A|--------------------------------2--------3-------------------------------|
E|--1-------3--------2--------0--------1--------0--------3--------3--------|