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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 gotta be a record of you some place
you gotta be on somebody's books
the lowdown, picture of your face
your injured looks
the sacred and profane
the pleasure and the pain
somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete
and it's your face I'm looking for on every street
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:
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:
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---|
a ladykiller, regulation tattoo
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|--pb9ld7-5--|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
silver spurs on his heels
what can I tell you as I'm standing next to you
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------8-------------6--5----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
she threw herself under my wheels
oh it's a dangerous road
e|-----------------|
B|------1-1-0-1----|
G|------0-0-0-0h2--|
D|--0h2-2-2-0-3----|
A|------------3----|
E|-----------------|
and a hazardous load
and the fireworks of liberty explode in the heat
e|-----------------------------|
B|--pb12ld11b12--pb12ld10-8----|
G|--------------------------9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
and it's your face I'm looking for on every street
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:
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:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------3/5-3---------0--------1-----3---------------|
G|--(2)-----------------2--0-----------------pb9ld7b9|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
a three-chord symphony crashes into space
the moon is hanging upside down
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|-------------------------------------------------------|
it's a ravenous town
e|----------------|
B|---5-8-5--------|
G|-----------7-5--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
and you still refuse to be traced
e|----------------|
B|--5-5-6--6-8-6--|
G|--5-5-7--5-7-5--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
seems to me such a waste
and every victory has a taste that's bittersweet
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------/10-----------------10b12-----12ld10-8---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
and it's your face I'm looking for on every street
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7--------------5-7/9-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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):
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:
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 *:
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.
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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