Six Blade Knife Dire Straits
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"SIX BLADE KNIFE" off LP "Dire Straits" (1978)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: Standard
Mood: laid back and in the groove.
-(7b9 means play 7th fret note, then bend up to note on 9th fret).
-(7b8b7 means play 7th fret note, bend up to 8th fret note and then back
down).
-(14b12 means bend 12th fret note up to 14th fret, THEN play the note, and
bend back down).
The song has two guitars; one playing standard chords in the background, and the other
fills and solos.
--Intro:
Guitar 1 (slight variations):
[Am] [C] [D] [Am] [C] [D]
e|---0-----0-----|-------------------------| B|---1-----1---3-|--1-----1--1-1---3--3-3--| G|---2-----2---2-|--2-----2--2-2---2--2-2--| Plays in intro, verses and solos D|---2-----0---0-|--2-----0--0-0---0--0-0--| A|---0-----3-----|--0-----3--3-3-----------| E|---------------|-------------------------|
Guitar 2: lead guitar (fingerstyle):
e|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| B|-x--1-x-1--1------3-3-3-|--1--1-x-1--1--3-x-3-|-x-3p1---x-1-----3-x-3-|-3p1-----1-0-----------| G|-x--2-x-2--0--0---2-2-2-|--2--2-x-0--0--2-x-2-|-x-----2-x-0--0--2-x-2-|-----x-------2-4p2-0-2-| D|-x----x----2--2---0---0-|-------x-2-----0---0-|---2---2---2--2--0-x-0-|-2---x-----------------| A|-x--0-------------------|--0------------------|-----------------------|--------3--------------| E|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| e|---------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------| B|-----5-5---3/5-|-5-5---3/5-5------------5----5----5--5----|-------------------------|------------| G|-x-x-----5-----|-----5-------5--7b9b7-5--8p7--7h8--7b--5b-|-----7b8b7-7b8b7-5-7-5---|-5-7-7b8-5-7| D|-x-x-----------|------------------------------------------|-7---------------------7-|------------| A|---------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------| E|---------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------|
--Verse 1 (0:33):
[Am]Your six blade knife,[C] do anyt[D]hing for y[Am]ou,[C] [D]
[Am]Uh, anyth[C]ing you w[D]ant it [Am]to.[C] [D]
[Am]One blade, bre[C]aking my [D]heart,
[Am]One blade to t[C]ear me ap[D]art,
[Am]Your six blade knife,[C] do anyth[D]ing for [Am]you.[C] [D]
--Verse 2(1:06):
You [Am]take away my mind like you [C]take away the t[D]op of a [Am]tin,[C] [D]
You [Am]come up from behind me, you [C]lay it down c[D]old on my [Am]skin.[C] [D]
Took a [Am]stone from my soul, [C]when I was [D]lame,
[Am]Just so you could [C]make me [D]tame,
Yeah, you [Am]take away my mind like you [C]take away the t[D]op of a [Am]tin.[C] [D]
Fill:
e|-------------------| B|---------8-x-x-7~--| G|---------9-x-x-7~--| D|--5-6-7------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
--Chorus (1:39):
[Dm] I wanna be [C]free of it babe,
[G] I don't [D]want it no more.
[Dm] I wanna be [C]free of it now,
[G] mmmn I don't want[D] it no more...
--Guitar solo (1:57):
e|-----------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| B|-----------------|------------11----------|----------------------|-------------------------| G|----5-7b9--7-5-7-|-7b9-7b9--9----9-x-7----|-x-x--12b14~~~14b12-9-|-12-12b14--14b12-9-12-9~-| D|--7--------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| A|-----------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| E|-----------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| e|----------------------------|--------7---------------------------|------------------------------| B|--13b12-10--10------10-13---|------7---7-10-7----8---8---8---8---|-8---------------------8------| G|----------12---12/14-----11-|--7b9-------------5-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-|-7b9b7-5---7-5-x-5-x-x-7-x-7-5| D|----------------------------|------------------------------------|---------7-7-7-x-7-x-x---x-7-7| A|----------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------| E|----------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------| e|------------------------7--------| B|-----------------------7--8-5----| G|--x-x-5p4-4-4--x-x-7b9--------7--| D|----------5-5--------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|
--Verse 3 (2:29):
Every[Am]body's got a knife, it can [C]be just what you [D]want it to [Am]be,[C] [D]
A [Am]needle, a wife, [C]something that you [D]just can't [Am]see.[C] [D]
Your [Am]six blade knife, [C]keeps you [D]strong,
[Am]Yes, but it'll [C]do me [D]wrong
Your [Am]six blade knife, [C]do anyt[D]hing for [Am]you.[C] [D]
...Another solo then fade-out.
Enjoy!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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