Once Upon a Time in the West Dire Straits
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Once Upon a Time in the West - Dire Straits
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Dire Straits
Once Upon a Time in the West (1979)
(Knopfler)
From: "Communique"
Great song to play on an acoustic! The signature changes may seem a little
tricky at first, but as they follow the vocals they're not a real problem:
don't count, just play along with the singer.
The bass does a lot in the verses. I added a skeleton of a tab below,
that includes the bass line wherever necessary/possible and the main
accents for strumming along.
And here's a good tab for the lead guitar, too:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/dire_straits/once_upon_a_time_in_the_west_tab.htm
Enjoy!
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SPECIAL CHORDS/VOICINGS
e-B-G-D-A-E
*D x-3-2-0-x-x
D/C x-3-2-x-3-x
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INTRO (freely)
| D | % | F | % | Am G | F | Am G | F | % |
INTRO VERSE (solo)
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am |[2/4] Am | G | G |
| D |[2/4] D | Am |[2/4] Am |
| C |[2/4] C | Am | % |
| Dm | G | Am | % |
Am [2/4] *D D/C
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit
Am [2/4] *D D/C
Scaring the pedestrians for minute
Am [2/4] G
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
D [2/4] Am [2/4]
Leaving just enough room to pass
C [2/4] Am
Sunday driver never took a test
Oh [Dm]yeah, [G]once upon a time in the [Am]west
Am [2/4] *D D/C
Yes and it's no use saying that you don't know nothing
Am [2/4] *D D/C
It's still gonna get you if you don't do something
Am [2/4] G
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous course
D [2/4] Am [2/4]
Ah, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force
C [2/4] Am
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Oh [Dm]yeah, [G]once upon a time in the [Am]west
LINK
| D | % | F | % | Am G | F | % |
SOLO (= VERSE + LINK)
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am |[2/4] Am | G | G |
| D |[2/4] D | Am |[2/4] Am |
| C |[2/4] C | Am | % |
| Dm | G | Am | % |
| D | % | F | % | Am G | F | % |
Am [2/4] *D D/C
Mother Mary your children are slaughtered
Am [2/4] *D D/C
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughters
Am [2/4] G
Who's protecting the innocenti
D [2/4] Am [2/4]
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
C [2/4] Am
Tell me how we're gonna do what's best
You [Dm]guess [G]once upon a time in the [Am]west
Oh [Dm]yeah, [G]once upon a time in the [Am]west
Oh [Dm]yeah, [G]once upon a time in the [Am]west
Oh [Dm]yeah, [G]once upon a time in the [Am]west
OUTRO SOLO
| Dm | G | Am | % |
(guitar and ad lib chorus)
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VERSE/SOLO etc
Am [2/4] D
e|--------0-----0-|-------0------0-|----------------|--------| B|--------1-----1-|-------1------1-|-------(1)------|3-3-3---| G|--------2-----2-|-------2------2-|--------2-------|2-2-2---| D|--------2-------|-------2--------|--------2-------|0-0-x---| A|0---------------|0---------------|0---3---------3-|----3---| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
Am [2/4] D
e|--------0-----0-|-------0------0-|----------------|--------| B|--------1-----1-|-------1------1-|-------(1)------|3-3-3---| G|--------2-----2-|-------2------2-|--------2-------|2-2-2---| D|--------2-------|-------2--------|--------2-------|0-0-x---| A|0---------------|0---------------|0---3---------3-|----3---| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
Am [2/4] G
e|--------0-----0-|----0---|--------3-----3-|--------3-----3-| B|--------1-----1-|----1---|--------3-----3-|--------3-----3-| G|--------2-----2-|----2---|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-| D|--------2-------|----2---|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-| A|0---------------|0-------|x---------------|x---x-----------| E|----------------|--------|3---------------|3---3-----------|
D [2/4] Am [2/4]
e|--------2-----2-|----2---|--------0-----0-|--------| B|3-------3-----3-|----3---|--------1-----1-|1-1-1---| G|2-------2-----2-|2---2---|--------2-----2-|2-2-2---| D|0-------0-------|0---0---|--------2-------|2-2-x---| A|----------------|--------|0---------------|----3---| E|----------------|--------|----------------|--------|
C [2/4] Am
e|--------0-----0-|----0---|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-| B|--------1-----1-|----1---|--------1-----1-|--------1-----1-| G|--------0-----0-|----0---|----2---2-----2-|--------2-----2-| D|--------2-----2-|----2---|3---x---2-------|--------2-----2-| A|3---------------|3-------|0---3-----------|0---0-----------| E|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
[Dm] [G] [Am]
e|--------1-----1-|--------3-----3-|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-| B|--------3-----3-|--------3-----3-|--------1-----1-|--------1-----1-| G|--------2-----2-|--------0-----0-|----2---2-----2-|--------2-----2-| D|0---------------|--------0-----0-|3---x---2-------|--------2-----2-| A|----------------|x---x-----------|0---3-----------|0---0-----------| E|----------------|3---3-----------|----------------|----------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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