On Every Street tab by Dire Straits (Ver. 2)

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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.

    C
There's gotta be a record of you some place
  C
you gotta be on somebody's books
Esus4
  the lowdown, picture of your face
Em/G
  your injured looks
C
  the sacred and profane
G
  the pleasure and the pain
Em
somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete
  C
and it's your face I'm looking for  on every street

     Am
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:
A9

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:

  A9
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---|


C
  a ladykiller, regulation tattoo

e|------------|
B|------------|
G|--pb9ld7-5--|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|

C
  silver spurs on his heels
Esus4
  what can I tell you as I'm standing next to you
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------8-------------6--5----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


  Em/G
she threw herself under my wheels
C
  oh it's a dangerous road

       F
e|-----------------|
B|------1-1-0-1----|
G|------0-0-0-0h2--|
D|--0h2-2-2-0-3----|
A|------------3----|
E|-----------------|

G
  and a hazardous load
    Em
and the fireworks of liberty explode in the heat

e|-----------------------------|
B|--pb12ld11b12--pb12ld10-8----|
G|--------------------------9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

  C
and it's your face I'm looking for  on every street

     Am
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:


  G
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:


   A9
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------3/5-3---------0--------1-----3---------------|
G|--(2)-----------------2--0-----------------pb9ld7b9|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


 C
a three-chord symphony crashes into space
  C
the moon is hanging upside down
Esus4
   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|-------------------------------------------------------|

Em/G
  it's a ravenous town

        F
e|----------------|
B|---5-8-5--------|
G|-----------7-5--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

C
  and you still refuse to be traced

        F
e|----------------|
B|--5-5-6--6-8-6--|
G|--5-5-7--5-7-5--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

G
  seems to me such a waste
Em
  and every victory has a taste that's bittersweet
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------/10-----------------10b12-----12ld10-8---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  Am
and it's your face     I'm looking for   on every street
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7--------------5-7/9-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

   Am
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):

 G

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:

  G
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 *:

  G
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.

  G
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