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"SETTING ME UP" off LP "Dire Straits" (1978)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Swung rhythm: listen to record!
Intro Riff (played quite fast with fingers, Mark Knopfler style):
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|----0----6----0----6------0----6----0----6--|
D|----0--7-7----0--5-5------0--7-7----0--5-5--|
A|--0---------0-----------0---------0---------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
(play twice)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-------2---2---4---5---4---2----------|
D|-------2---2---4---5---4---2--------2-|
A|--0--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--3h4---|
E|--------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
You say I'm the greatest, bound for glory
Well the word is out and I learned
I got the latest side of the story
You're pulling out before you get burned
Verse 2:
Well your hands are squeezing me, down to the bone
I never saw you breaking no law
Stands to reason I've got to leave you alone
What you take me for
Chorus:
Cos you're setting me up to put me down
You're just making me out to be your clown
You're just setting me up to put me down
You better give it up (give it up), give it up
Quit your messing round
Fills in chorus:
You're setting me up
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---/8---7--5-------------|---/8---7--5--------------|
G|---/9---7--5h6-----------|---/9---7--5h6------------|
D|---------------7-5---5-7-|---------------7--5---5-7-|
A|-0-----------------7-----|-0------------------7-----|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
To put me down
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---/3---0----------------|---/3---0-----------------|
G|---/2---0--2--5---4---2--|---/2---0--2--5---4---2---|
D|-0---------0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---------0--0-0-0-0-0---|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
You're just making me out
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---/5---2--0--3-x-2-x-0--|---/5---2--0--3-x-2-x-0---|
G|---/4---2--1--2-x-2-x-1--|---/4---2--1--2-x-2-x-1---|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|-0------------------------|
To be your clown
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|------------5b-----------|-------------------5b-----|
D|----/7--5------7--7p5----|--7---7-7-5---7--x----7---|
A|-0--------7-----------7--|----7-------7---x---------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
(next four lines of chorus, fills are exactly the same)
Verse 3:
You think I care about your reaction
You think I don't understand
All you wanted was a piece of the action
Now you talk about another man
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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