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Private Investigations

Dire Straits
Tab
4.7(99)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro solo

e|-------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------|
B|---8---------|---------|------|-------8>12--8>10-10-|-10>8>10-|-10>12--8-------|
G|-----9>11-11-|-11-9-11-|-12-9-|----7----------------|---------|----------------|
D|-9-----------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------|
A|-------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------|
E|-------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------|
e|---------------------------|--------------|
B|------------8-7--5>10------|----7-7-8-----|
G|---------7-------------9-9-|----7------9--|
D|-------7-------------------|--------------|
A|----9----------------------|--------------|
E|-7-------------------------|--------------|

1st verse

e|-------------------7------|------------7-|-------------------------|---|
B|-----------------8---8-7--|----------7---|------------10-----10----|---|
G|--------------------------|--------------|------(9-9)----9-9----9--|---|
D|--------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---|
A|--------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---|
E|--------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---|

...mystery to me ...commences ...fee

e|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---|
B|-------8-----8---|-------6-----6---|--6-5-4------4----|---|
G|-(7-7)---7-7---7-|-(5-5)---5-5---5-|---------4-4---4--|---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---|

...expenses

e|----------|----------------|------------------5--|-----------------------|---|
B|----------|-------------8--|------------8---8----|-----------------------|---|
G|--12-11-9-|-----6----------|------7-------7------|-----------------------|---|
D|--14------|---9---9---9----|----5---5------------|--7-9-7-9--7-5-5-7-5---|---|
A|----------|-9-------9------|--7-------7----------|--7------------------7-|---|
E|----------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---|

(*)

...inquiry

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

2nd verse is quite much like the 1st one, give or take a few

variations:

e|------------7--|------------------------|-------------|
B|----------7----|--------------8---8-7-6-|-------6-----|
G|---------------|------------7---7-------|-(5-5)---5---| (goes on same as
D|---------------|------------------------|-------------|   1st verse)
A|---------------|------------------------|-------------|
E|---------------|------------------------|-------------|

(repeat)

...reports ...treason

e|--------------------------|------------------------|
B|--------10-------------8--|------------------------|
G|---------------7-9---7----|-----------4---4--------|
D|-----------9-9-----9------|---------7---7---7-5----|
A|--------------------------|---------------------7--|
E|--------------------------|------------------------|

...reason The "phrase" marked (*) above is also a bit

shortened.

[Last verse] (or is it a bridge ? Who cares)

e|-------------------------7----|------------------------|----7----|-----|
B|--------------8-7-8-10-8---10-|-------7---7-8---7-8-10-|------8--|-----|
G|--------------9---------------|-----9---9-----9--------|---------|-----|
D|------------------------------|-----7------------------|---------|-----|
A|------------------------------|------------------------|---------|-----|
E|------------------------------|------------------------|---------|-----|

...you got ...the day ...you got

e|------------------------------|-----------------7-----|--------------|
B|-----------------7-8-7--------|--------7-8-10-8---10--|--------------|
G|-------------7-9-------9-7-9--|-----------------------|--------------|
D|-----------9------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------|

...take away ...of wishky

Then comes a modfied version of the intro solo:

e|---------------|---------|---------------------------|
B|-----8---------|---------|---------------------------|
G|-------9>11-11-|-11-9-11-|-11-12-12>11>9>7-7>9-9>6---|
D|--9------------|---------|---------------------------|
A|---------------|---------|---------------------------|
E|---------------|---------|---------------------------|
e|------10----10-----------|-------------------------------|
B|---8-----10----8-7-------|------8>10>10--7>8---8---------|
G|-7-----------------9-7---|-------------------9---7-------|
D|-----------------------7-|-------------------------9-7---|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|------------7-10-8-9---7---7--------------|-------------------|
G|--11>7--7-9----------9---9---9-6-7--------|-----11-12-11-9-9--|
D|-----------------------------------9-7----|---9---------------|
A|---------------------------------------10-|-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
e|---------------------------|----------7----------------|
B|--11>10--------------------|---8--10-----10--8---------|
G|--12----12-9---------------|---9----------------9--9---|
D|-------------11-9----------|---------------------------|
A|-------------------12-9----|---------------------------|
E|------------------------12-|---------------------------|
e|-----------------|-------|-------|-------3---|
B|-----------------|-------|-------|-------2---|
G|-----------------|-------|-------|-------3---|
D|-7-9-7-9-7-7-5-4-|-5>4>2-|-2>4>5-|-5>2---2---|
A|-10--------------|-------|-------|-----------|
E|-----------------|-------|-------|-----------|

^

Go (diminished G)

After the instrumental part has begun, wait for 5 beats (i.e. 9 Es

from the bass, including the 1st long one, right after "private...

investigations" bom bom bom... :-)

e|-----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
B|-----------------7-----------------|---7-8-7-----------|--------------|
G|---------------7---9>11-11-9>14-14-|---------9>7-9-9---|--------------|
D|-----------7-9---------------------|-----------------9-|--------------|
A|-2-3-5>7-7-------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
e|--------------------|------------------7-------------|---------------------|
B|-8>7--8---8---------|--------8-10-8-10---10-8-10>12--|-8>10>8-8-10-10------|
G|-9------7-----------|----7-9-------------------------|-----------------9-9-|
D|-9----------9>12>14-|--7-----------------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
e|---------|------------|---------------------|
B|---------|------------|---------------------|
G|-9>7>6>9-|------------|---------------------|
D|---------|-12>11>9-12-|------9---12---------|
A|---------|------------|---12---9----10-9----|
E|---------|------------|-------------------12|

Then come some E and E7 chords, which are available on the sheet music. :-)

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| > ">" means the note following should have no attack (i.e. slide it, hammer it, pull it, whatever!).

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