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Tuning: E A D G B E
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Wild West End – Dire Sraits
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Written by: Mark Knopfler
From: “Dire Straits” [1978]
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Open G + capo 7th fret or Standard
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OPTION 1 OPTION 2
Tuning: D-G-D-G-B-d [= Open G] tuning: Standard
capo: 7th capo: -
sounds: A-D-A-D-F#-d sounds: E-A-D-G-B-e
key: D key: D
CHORDS
A-D-A-D-F#-d E-A-D-G-B-e
D [0]0-0-0-0-0 x-x-0-2-3-2 or: riff x-x-0-7-7-5
D6 [0]0-0-4-5-x x-x-0-4-3-2 or: riff x-x-0-7-7-7
Em[7] x-2-2-0-1[0] 0-2-2-0-0-0 or: 0-x-5-4-5-3
G x-0-2-0-1-0 3-x-0-0-0-3 or: 3-x-5-4-3-3
G [chorus] 5-5-5-3-0
Am x-2-3-2-3-0 x-0-2-2-1-0
F x-3-0-0-3-0 1-3-3-2-1-1
C/D x-0-3-2-x-x x-x-0-0-1-0
Dadd9 x-0-0-2-0-0 x-x-0-2-5-2
Basic riff in standard tuning [if you do not want to re-tune]
D Em G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----7-7-7---5-5-|5---2-2-2---2---|----3-3-3---3-3-|3---3-3-3---3---|
B/7---7-7-7---7-7-|7---3-3-3---3---/5---5-5-5---3-3-|3---3-3-3---3---|
G/7---7-7-7---7-7-|7---2-2-2---2---/4---4-4-4---4-4-|4---4-4-4---4---|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus chords [keyboard] standard tuning
D Em7 G6 Gmaj7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e[2]--------------|----------------|----------------|0-------2-------|
B[3]--------------|----------------|3---------------|0-------0-------|
G[2]--------------|----------------|0---------------|0-------0-------|
D[0]--------------|----------------|2---------------|0-------0-------|
A|----------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0---------------|3-------3-------|
[Interlude] in standard tuning
Am G F D C/D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------5-5-----|------3-------1-|2---------------|----------------|
B|------5-----5---|----3-------1---|3-------5---5---|5/7-------------|
G|----5---------5-|----------------|2-------5---5---|5/7-------------|
D|--7-------------|--5-------3-----|0-------0---0---|0---------------|
A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|3-------1-------|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| D D6 | D | Em | G |
[dobro]
| D D6 | D | Em7 | G6 |
[dobro]
| D D6 | D | Em7 | G6 |
[full band]
| D D6 | D | Em7 | G6 |
[full band]
[Verse]
D Stepping out to Angelucci'sEm for my coffee beGans
D Checking out the movies and thEme magazinesG
D Waitress she watches me Emcrossing from the Barocco GBar
D I get a pickupEm for my Gsteel guitar
D [ Em G ]
I saw ya ... walking out, now ... Shaftesbury Avenue
= [Verse] [break]
D Excuse me for talking I wanna Em Gmarry you
D This is the seventh heaven street to me,Em don't be so Gproud
D You're just another angelEm Gin the crowd
[Chorus] with keyboard chords
D | Em7 | G6 Gmaj7 |
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D | Em7 | G6 Gmaj7 |
Walking in the wild west end
D | Em7 | G6 |
Walking with your wild best friend
[Interlude]
| Am | G F | D C/D | D |
[Verse]
And my conDductress on the number nineteen, she was a Emhoney [GShe was a honey]
D Pink toenails and hands all .Em.. dirty with the Gmoney
D Greasy, greasy, greasy hair Em... Geasy smile
D Made me feel Emnineteen Gfor a while
D I went down to Ch-ch, Emah, ah, to GChinatown
D In the backroom it's a man's world Em... all the money go Gdown
D Duck inside the doorway Em... Gduck to eat
D Just there ain’t no way ... Emyou and me, Gwe can beat
[Chorus] with keyboard chords
D | Em7 | G6 Gmaj7 |
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D | Em7 | G6 Gmaj7 |
Walking in the wild west end
D | Em7 | G6 |
Walking with your wild best friend
[Interlude]
| Am | G F | D C/D | D |
[Verse]
Now a .D.. a go-go dancing girl Em... Gyes, I saw her
D The deejay he say .Em.. here's GMandy for ya
D I feel alright to Emsee her but [she's paid to] Gdo that stuff
D She's dancing high and I move on by, the Emclose ups can get Grough
[Chorus]
D | Em7 | G6 Gmaj7 |
Walking in the wild west end [walkin’, walkin’]
D | Em7 | G6 Gmaj7 |
Walking in the wild west end [walkin’, walkin’]
D | Em7 | G6 |
Walking with your wild best friend
[Interlude]
| Am | G F | D C/D | D |
[Walkin’, walkin’ now]
| Am | G F | D C/D | D |
[Coda]
| Am | G F | D | D
[ritardando]