lady writer
Dire Straits
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BPMNot available
CapoNot specified
DifficultyAdvanced
Number of chords7
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[Refrão]
A E A
Just away that her hair fell down around her face
#t1##t2#E|-12--12p11-9------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A C#m Abm F#m
And I recall my fall from grace
#t1##t2#E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-12b14r12----12p9h12p9h12p9-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------11b13r11-9--9h11-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
Am C#m
Another time, another place
[Próxima Parte]
#t1##t2#E|------------------------------------|
G|--------------9-x-9-x-9-------------|
A|--/11------11------------------16\--|
E|------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
Lady writer on the TV
#t1##t2#E|-------------|
B|--7b9r7--5~--|
E|-------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
She had all the brains and the beauty
#t1##t2#E|--7--------------|
B|-----7b9b9r7--5--|
E|-----------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
The pictures does not fit
#t1##t2#E|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B Abm A
You’d talk to me when you felt like it
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
#t1##t2#E|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
E B
Yes and your rich old man
B B A Abm
You know he’d a call her a dead ringer
Abm
You got the same command
F#m
Plus your mother was a Jazz singer
A B C#m B A
(solo) (3x)
A B Abm (2x)
#t1##t2#E|-------------------------------------5--------------------------|
B|--------7--4p5--5--4--4p5h4-----7b9-----9r7--5--7h5-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|------------9-------------------------------12------------------|
B|---------9-----12b14r12b14r12b14r12b14--12------12b14--9--12p9--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|--12p9-----9--12p9-----11p9-----9-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--b13r11b13r11--9--11--9--11b13-----------11-----------11--9----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|------------|
E|------------|#/t2##/t1#
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
#t1##t2#E|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------16\--|
E|------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
Lady writer on the TV
#t1##t2#E|--------------|
B|--7b9r7--5~~--|
A|--------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
She knew all about a history
A B C#m B A
You couldn’t hardly write your name
#t1##t2#E|-------------------|
G|--4--6--6b8r6--6~--|
E|-------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B Abm
I think, I want it just the same as the
#t1##t2#E|---------------|
E|---------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
Lady writer on the TV
#t1##t2#E|--7-------------------|
B|-----7b9--7b9r7--5~~--|
E|----------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
Talking about the Virgin Mary
A B C#m B A
You know I’m talking about you and me
A B C#m
And the lady writer on the TV
A B C#m B A
Lady writer on the TV
#t1##t2#E|---------------------------|
G|------11b13--11b13r11--9~--|
E|---------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
Talking about the Virgin Mary
#t1##t2#E|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m B A
Yeah you know I’m talking about you and me
#t1##t2#E|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
A B C#m
And the lady writer on the TV
#t1##t2#E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------12b14--12b14r12--9---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1#[Repeat n°1]
#t2#E|------------9------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1#[Repeat n°2]
#t2#E|------------9------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1#[Repeat n°3]
#t2#E|------------9------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
[End of repeating]
#t1##t2#E|------------9-------------------------9----------------9-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|--17b19--17b19--17b19--17b19r17b19--19b21--19b21r19--16------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1##t2#E|-------------17--16------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
#t1#[Repeat ad infinitum]
#t2#E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|#/t2##/t1#
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DifficultyAdvanced
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Distinct chords7
Progression and practice
Detected progression: A → E → A → A → C#m → Abm → F#m → Am
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