Why Worry

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

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Posted by: tzitron@loria.fr (Vincent Tzitron)

Date: 12 Jan 1994 09:32:56 GMT

Artist : DIRE STRAITS

Album : Brothers in arms

Song : Why worry

---------- Play the parts in this order -----------

Intro part 1

Intro part 2

Verse

Chorus

Intro part 2

Verse

Chorus

Instrumental ending (not included)

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--------------------- Chords ----------------------

E = 022100 or xx6454

B7 = 001202 or x6444x

A = x02220 or xx7655

B = xx4442

F# = xx4322

C#m7 = xx2424

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Intro (part 1)

--------------

|E |B7 |E |B7 |E

| | | | |

------------------------------------------------------------------

-9----------9-10---10-10-9-9-----------9-10---10-10-9-12---12-12--
------11-11----------------------11-11----------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------

|A F# |B C#m7 |B

| | |

----------------9---------------------------------
-9--------10-12---11------------------------------
---11-9--------------11-9-8--------------------12-
-------------------------------9---9-11-8---8-----
-------------------------------------------8------

--------------------------------------------------

Intro (part 2)

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|E |A B | |A B A B

| | | |

-0---0-2-4-2^4^2-0---0-----2-----0---0-2-4-2^4^2-0-----------
---0---------------4-2---2-4-------0---------------4-2-4-5-4-
-----------------------2-----------------------------2-4-6-4-

-------------------------------------------------------------

|E |A B | |A B A B

| | | |

-0---0-2-4-2^4^2-0---0-----2-----0---0-2-4-2^4^2-0-----------
---0---------------4-2---2-4-------0---------------4-2-4-5-4-
-----------------------2-----------------------------2-4-6-4-

-------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------

|A B A B |A B A

| |

-------------------

-2-4-5-4-----2-4-5-
-2-4-6-4-----2-4-6-

-------------------

Verse

-----

Hint : play it like a barree on 4th fret

|E |B7 |E |B7

| | | |

-4-------4-------------------------------4-----------------------
-------5-----5-----------4-----4-5-----5-----5-----------4---4-7-
-----4-----------4-----4-----4-------4-----------4-----4---4-----
---6-------6---6-----4-----4-------6-------6---6-----4-----------
-------------------6-------------------------------6-------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Baby, I see ... sad, some people ...

|E |A F# |B C#m7 |B

| | | |

-------------4-------------------------------------------7-
-5-------5-----7-5-----5-7---7-5-4-----4-5-----5-7-4---4---
-----4-----4---------6-----6---------4-------4-------------
---6---6-----------7---------------4-------6---------7-----

-----------------------------------------------------------

bad, the things ... say, but

The second half of the verse is roughly the same. The first line (E B7 E B7)

is slightly different, though the chords remain unchanged. Unfortunately I

can't remember these differences.

Chorus

------

|E |A B |E |A B

| | | |

---------------------------------   ---------------------4---------
-------5-------------------------   -----------5-------5-------4---
---4-----4-----------------------   ---4-----4-------6-------4---4-
-6---6-----6-4---------4-----6-7-   -6---7-6-----4-----------------
---------------7-----7-----------   -------------------------------

--------------------------------- -------------------------------

<---------- 4 times ------------>

worry, there should ...

pain, there should ...

rain, these things ...

same, so why worry now, why worry now.

Hope I didn't make too many mistakes! I also hope that some other

people will post some more great Dire Straits tabs, especially from

their first 3 albums (the first one, Communique, Making movies).

We already have "Down to the waterline" and "Sultans of swing" at

Nevada, but I'd really love to see some more, like for instance :

- Once upon a time in the west