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Capo: 7
Tuning: D G D G B D
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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
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Tuning: D-G-D-G-B-d (= Open G)
capo: 7th
sounds: A-D-A-D-F#-d
key: D
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[Intro] / [Verse]
D D6 D Em G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
F#|3/5-5-5-5---3-3-|3---0-0-0---0---|1---1-1-1---1---|1---1-1-1---1---|
D |2/4-4-4-4---2-2-|2---0-0-0---0---|0---0-0-0---0---|0---0-0-0---0---|
A |0---0-0-0---0-0-|0---0-0-0---0---|2---2-2-2---2---|2---2-2-2---2---|
D |0---0-0-0---0-0-|0---0-0-0---0---|2---2-2-2---2---|0---0-0-0---0---|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Verse] (break in Verse 1, line 5)
D D6 D Em G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
F#|3/5-5-5-5-0-0---|----------------|1---------------|1---------------|
D |2/4-4-4-4-0-0---|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A |0---0-0-0-0-0---|----------------|2---------------|2---------------|
D |0---0-0-0-0-0---|----------------|2---------------|0---------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Chorus]
D Em G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
f#|0---------------|0---------------|1---------------|3---------------|
D |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|5---------------|
A |0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|5---------------|
D |0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|5---------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Interlude]
Am G F D C/D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D |--------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
f#|------3---3-----|------1-------3-|----------------|----------------|
D |----2-------2---|----0-------3---|4-------2---2---|2/4-------------|
A |--3-----------3-|--2-------3-----|0-------3---3---|3/5-------------|
D |2---------------|0-------3-------|0---------0---0-|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Coda]
Am G F Dadd9 D(add9)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D |--------0-------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
f#|------3---3-----|------1-------3-|------------0---|0---------------|
D |----2-------2---|----0-------3---|--------2-------|2---------------|
A |--3-----------3-|--2-------3-----|----0-----------|0---------------|
D |2---------------|0-------3-------|0---------------|0---------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
A-D-A-D-F#-d
D (0)0-0-0-0-0
Em(7) x-2-2-0-1(0)
G x-0-2-0-1-0 and (chorus): 5-5-5-3-0
Am x-2-3-2-3-0
F x-3-3-3-3-x
C/D x-0-3-2-x-x
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[Intro]
| D D6 | D | Em | G |
(dobro)
| D D6 | D | Em | G |
(dobro)
| D D6 | D | Em | G |
(full band)
| D D6 | D | Em | G |
(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'm get a pickupEm for my Gsteel guitar
I saw ya .D.. walking out, now .Em.. Shaftesbury GAvenue
= [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]
And I'm Dwalking in the wild west Emend G
DWalking in the wild westEm end G
DWalking with your wild best Emfriend G
[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]
DWalking in the wild westEm end G
DWalking in the wild westEm end G
DWalking with your wild best Emfriend G
[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]
DWalking in the wild west enEmd (Gwalkin’, walkin’)
DWalking in the wild west enEmd (Gwalkin’, walkin’)
DWalking with your wild best Emfriend G
[Interlude]
| Am | G F | D C/D | D |
(Walkin’, walkin’ now)
| Am | G F | D C/D | D |
[Coda]
| Am | G F | Dadd9 | Dadd9
(ritardando)