On Every Street Dire Straits
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ON EVERY STREET - Dire Straits
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Tabbed by: woega
Email: woega@hotmail.com
Tuning: standard
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.
There's [F/C]gotta be a [C]record of [G/B]you some [C]place
you [Am]gotta be on [G/B]somebody's [C]books
[F/C] the [C]lowdown, [G/B]picture of your [Esus4]face
[Am] your injured[Em/G] looks
[F] the sacred and pro[C]fane
[F] the pleasure and the [C/G]pain[G]
[C]somewhere your [G/B]fingerprints re[Am]main con[Em]crete
and [Dm]it's your face I'm [Bb]looking for[F/Bb] on [C]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
the notes
with a * hear play 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] a lady[C]killer, regu[G/B]lation tat[C]too
e|------------| B|------------|
G|--pb9ld7-5--|
D|------------| A|------------| E|------------|
[Am] silver [G/B]spurs on his [C]heels
[F/C] what can I [C]tell you as I'm [G/B]standing next to [Esus4]you
e|---------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------8-------------6--5----| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|
she [Am]threw herself under my [Em/G]wheels
[F] oh it's a dangerous [C]road
[F]
e|-----------------| B|------1-1-0-1----| G|------0-0-0-0h2--| D|--0h2-2-2-0-3----| A|------------3----| E|-----------------|
[F] and a hazardous [C/G]load[G]
and the [C]fireworks of [G/B]liberty ex[Am]plode in the [Em]heat
e|-----------------------------| B|--pb12ld11b12--pb12ld10-8----| G|--------------------------9--| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------|
and [Dm]it's your face I'm [Bb]looking for[F/Bb] on [C]every street
[Am]
e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|----------|
A|--3-3/5-0-|
E|----------|
The second time the main theme is played twice.
The first time is like the first, 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
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|---------------------------------------------------|
a [F/C]three-chord [C]symphony [G/B]crashes into [C]space
the [Am]moon is hanging [G/B]upside [C]down
[F/C] I don't kno[C]w why it is I'[G/B]m still on th[Esus4]e case
e|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-6--------------5-------------8--------6---7-------8b10| G|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------|
[Am] it's a ravenous [Em/G]town
[F]
e|----------------| B|---5-8-5--------| G|-----------7-5--| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------|
[F] and you still refuse to be [C]traced
[F]
e|----------------| B|--5-5-6--6-8-6--| G|--5-5-7--5-7-5--| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------|
[F] seems to me such a [C/G]waste[G]
[C] and every [G/B]victory has a [Am]taste that's bitter[Em]sweet
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------/10-----------------10b12-----12ld10-8---| G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
and [Dm]it's your face I'm [Bb]looking for[F/Bb] on [C]every street[Am]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|--7--------------5-7/9-7-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
yeah [Dm]it's your face I'm [Bb]looking for[F/Bb] on [C]every street[Am]
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 interessing, we add the bass notes, and the little extra notes
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--------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| pb pre bend
| ld let down
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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