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Tunnel of Love   Dire Straits

 
 



 
 
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 Here is my last version of this song, much more complete and with some <br/>
 minor corrections : <br/>
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 TUNNEL OF LOVE (Dire Straits) <br/>
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  Dm  C  Dm                Bb                 Dm  C  Dm  Bb <br/>
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 -----------------------12-10---10-9-10-12-10---------------- <br/>
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                      Dm        F                        C <br/>
 Getting crazy on the waltzers, but it's the life that I choose <br/>
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 G                                                       Dm <br/>
 Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tatoo <br/>
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               Dm                             F <br/>
 And I've been riding on a ghost train  <br/>
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 ---------------------------------------2/5-5^6-------------- <br/>
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                     C <br/>
 where the cars they scream and slam <br/>
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 --------------------------------------5-5---5^6------------- <br/>
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 G                                              Dm <br/>
 And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am <br/>
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      Dm                             F <br/>
 In a screaming ring of faces  <br/>
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 ------------------------------3/5-5------------------------- <br/>
 ------------------------------2/5-5^6----------------------- <br/>
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                           C <br/>
 I see her standing in the light <br/>
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 ---------------------------------9(10)-9-7----7------------- <br/>
 -------------------------------------------10--------------- <br/>
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 G                                                     Dm <br/>
 She had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victim of the night <br/>
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          Dm                             F <br/>
 I put my hand upon the lever  <br/>
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 -------------------------------5-7-5-7-5-------------------- <br/>
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                             C <br/>
 said let it rock and let it roll <br/>
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 ----------------------------------10/8--10/8--10------------ <br/>
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 G                                                      Dm <br/>
 I had the one arm bandit fever was an arrow through my heart and my soul <br/>
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                            Bb                      C <br/>
 And the big wheels keep on turning <br/>
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 -----------------------------------------6---6---6^8-8------ <br/>
 -------------------------------------5-7---7---------------- <br/>
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      F            Bb <br/>
 neon burning , up above <br/>
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          F <br/>
 And I am high on the world <br/>
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 ----------------------------11(13)-11-10-11-10-------------- <br/>
 -----------------------------------------------12-10-------- <br/>
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         C      Dm               Bb <br/>
 come on take a low ride with me girl. <br/>
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 -------------------------------------------10--------------- <br/>
 ----------------------------------------12----12-10-12------ <br/>
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                    Dm  C  Dm  Bb <br/>
 On the tunnel of love. <br/>
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               Dm     F                              C <br/>
 It's just the danger when you're riding at your own risk <br/>
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 G                                                   Dm <br/>
 She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this <br/>
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             Dm              F <br/>
 It's just a cakewalk  <br/>
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 ----------------------6^5---5------------------------------- <br/>
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                                 C <br/>
 twisting baby step right up and say <br/>
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 ------------------------------------10(12)-10-9-10-9-10(12)- <br/>
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 G                                              Dm <br/>
 Hey mister give me two give me two because any two can play <br/>
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                            Bb           C <br/>
 And the big wheels keep on turning <br/>
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      F            Bb <br/>
 neon burning , up above <br/>
 -------------------------10-11-10--------------------------- <br/>
 ----------------------------------13-11--------------------- <br/>
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          F <br/>
 And I am high on the world <br/>
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 ----------------------------13-11-10-11-10------------------ <br/>
 --------------------------------------------12-10----------- <br/>
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         C      Dm               Bb <br/>
 come on take a low ride with me girl. <br/>
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 -------------------------------------------10--------------- <br/>
 ----------------------------------------12----12-10-12------ <br/>
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                    Dm  C  Dm  Bb <br/>
 On the tunnel of love. <br/>
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                Gm                       Bb <br/>
 Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig <br/>
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 Gm                               Bb <br/>
 Money for muscle         another girl I dig <br/>
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 Gm                                     Bb <br/>
 Another hustle            just to make it big <br/>
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     C              C <br/>
 and rock away      rock away <br/>
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 --------------10-9-----------10-9--------------------------- <br/>
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     F                              C Dm <br/>
 And girl, it looks so pretty to me , just like it always did <br/>
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 Bb C                          F Bb                      C <br/>
    Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids. <br/>
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 SOLO : [ F  C Dm  Bb C  F Bb  C ] (2x)  Dm  C  Dm  Bb <br/>
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                Dm            F                       C <br/>
 She took off a silver locket she said remenber me by this <br/>
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 ----------------------------------------------------------9^7^9-- <br/>
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 G <br/>
 She put her hand in my pocket <br/>
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 -------------------------------3---3-3-5-5-3---------------- <br/>
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                        Dm <br/>
 I got a keepsake and a kiss <br/>
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 -----------------------------------6------------------------ <br/>
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 -----------------------------7-5---7------------------------ <br/>
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                    Dm                           F <br/>
 And in the roar of dust and diesel <br/>
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                         C <br/>
 I stood and watched her walk away <br/>
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 ----------------------------------6-5----------------------- <br/>
 --------------------------------------5--------------------- <br/>
 ----------------------------------------8-7-5-8-7-5-------5- <br/>
 ----------------------------------------------------8-7-8--- <br/>
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 G                                                                   Dm <br/>
 I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay <br/>
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                            Bb      C      F            Bb <br/>
 And the big wheels keep on turning , neon burning , up above <br/>
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          F <br/>
 And I am high on the world <br/>
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 -----------------------------------------12-10-------------- <br/>
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         C      Dm               Bb <br/>
 come on take a low ride with me girl. <br/>
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 -------------------------------------------10--------------- <br/>
 ----------------------------------------12----12-10-12------ <br/>
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                    Dm  C  Dm  Bb <br/>
 On the tunnel of love. <br/>
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                    Dm  C  Dm  Bb <br/>
 On the tunnel of love. <br/>
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             Gm                                        Bb <br/>
 And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades <br/>
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 Gm                        Bb <br/>
 Searching everywhere from steeplechase and palisades <br/>
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        Gm                     Bb <br/>
 In any shooting gallery where promises are made <br/>
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    C                                                           C <br/>
 To rock away rock away from cullercoats and whitley bay out to rockaway <br/>
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 (Bridge : arpeggiated chords) <br/>
 F                                 C Dm                     Bb C <br/>
 And girl it looks so pretty to me  ,   like it always did <br/>
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                             F Bb                     C F <br/>
 Like the Spanish city to me  ,   when we were kids. <br/>
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                                   C Dm                      Bb C <br/>
 And girl it looks so pretty to me  ,   like it always did <br/>
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                             F Bb                    C <br/>
 Like the Spanish city to me  ,   when we were kids. <br/>
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 FINAL SOLO : <br/>
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 * Second guitar : plays chords from the bridge, <br/>
                   and then repeat [ F  C Dm  C  Bb ] till the end. <br/>
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 * Lead guitar : <br/>
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 -10^11^10----------10-11-10--------------10-13-10-11--------------10- <br/>
 ------------12--------------12-10-12------------------------10-12---- <br/>
 ------------14---------------------------------------12-------------- <br/>
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 -10^11^10---10(11)10---10-11-10---------------------10-11-10--------- <br/>
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 -10-13-10-11-----------10----------10--------------------13(15)13---- <br/>
 -------------10-10--------12-10-12------12^10---12^10---------------- <br/>
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 ------------------------10------------------------------------------- <br/>
 -10-11---------------------13---------------------------12--------12- <br/>
 -------10-12-12^10^12-------------------------10-12(14)----12(14)---- <br/>
 ------------------------------10-10-12-12---------------------------- <br/>
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 --------------------------------------------10-10---10------- <br/>
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 ---------------------------------------10-13-12-10----10----10---------- <br/>
 -11-10---10-10----------(15)13(15)-----------------13----13----13------- <br/>
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 ----10-------10--------13-12-10-----------17---------------------- <br/>
 -10----10-13--------10----------10-----------20-20---------------- <br/>
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 ---------------------------------------19-------------------19---- <br/>
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 -10--------------------------------10----------------------------- <br/>
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