Biography:
Dire Straits were a British rock band from Newcastle, United Kingdom, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk.
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Other songs:
- Angel Of Mercy
- Brothers In Arms
- Iron Hand
- Money For Nothing
- Money For Nothing (intro)
- On Every Street
- Private Investigations
- Romeo And Juliet
- Sultans Of Swing
- True Love Will Never Fade
- Tunnel Of Love
- Walk Of Life
- Calling Elvis
- Cannibals
- Down To The Waterline
- Expresso Love
- Fade To Black
- Hand In Hand
- Heavy Fuel
- How Long
- If I Had You
- In The Gallery
- Industrial Disease
- Kingdom Come
- Lady Writer
- Lions
- Love Over Gold
- Millionaire Blues
- My Parties
- News
- Once Upon A Time
- Once Upon A Time In The West
- One World
- Planet Of New Orleans
- Portobello Belle
- Ride Across The River
- Setting Me Up
- Single Handed Sailor
- Six Blade Knife
- Skateaway
- So Far Away
- Solid Rock
- Southbound Again
- Telegraph Road
- The Bug
- The Mans Too Strong
- Ticket To Heaven
- Twisting By The Pool
- Two Young Lovers
- Water Of Love
- Whats The Matter Baby
- When It Comes To You
- Where Do You Think Youre Going
- Why Worry
- Wild West End
- You And Your Friend
- Your Latest Trick
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Gm / Bb
Gm / -
Dm / -
C / Am
Bb/D /
Dm7 / G/D
D /
Dm7 C/D / G/D
D / Dm7
G/D / D
Dm / F C
G / D
D7 / Gm
C
F Dm
A long time ago came a man on a track
C Bb F
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
Bb C F C7
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Bb Gm7 Bb
he made a home in the wilderness
F Dm
he built a cabin and a winter store
C Am Bb F
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
Bb C F C
and the other travellers came riding down the track
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb
and they never went further and they never went back
F Dm
then came the churches then came the schools
C Bb F
then came the lawyers then came the rules
Bb Csus4 C F C
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
Bb Bb Dm
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
F Dm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
C Bb Bb F
then there was the hard times then there was a war
Bb C F C7
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Bb Gm7
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Bb F
like a rolling river. . .
Dm / C Am
Bb F / Bb C
F C / Bb F/A
Gm7 / Bb
F / Dm
C / Bb F
Bb Csus4 C / F C
Bb / Bb
Gm7 Bb / F
Dm / C
Bb F/A / Bb C
F C / Bb
Bb / Dm
Dm7 / G
D / Dm C
F C / G
D D7/F# G
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Dm
people driving home from the factories
C
there's six lanes of traffic
Am Dm
three lanes moving slow. . .
Dm7/C / Dm
A7+ A7 / Bb C7/E
Fsus9 F/C / Gm7 C7 C7/Bb
Fsus4 F / Gm F/A
Bb A / Dm
A7+ A / Bb Gm6/E
C9 F / Gm C7/Bb
Fsus4 F / Gm F/A
Bb A / Dm
A7+ A / Bb C7/E
C7 F / Gm7 C7
Fsus4 F / Gm Am
Bb A7-9/ Dm
A/D / Bb/D C/E
Fsus4 F / Bb/F C7/F
Bb/F F / Gm7 F/A
Bb A7 / D
C F Dm
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
C Bb
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
F Bb C F C7
yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
Bb Gm7
we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
Bb F Dm
and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
C Bb
they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
C7 F
you can here them singing out their telegraph code
C Bb Dm
all the way down the telegraph road
Dm7 / G
D / Dm
Dm7 / G
D / Dm
Dm7 / G7/D
D / Dm
Bb C / Dm
C F Dm
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
C Bb
when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
F Bb C F C7
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
Bb Gm7
now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
Bb F Dm
but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
C Bb
from out of this darkness and into the day
C F C
from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
F/A Bb C7 F C
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
F/A Bb C7 F F/A
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
Bb C7 F C F/A
I've seen desperation explode into flames
Bb C7 F C
and I don't want to see it again. . .
Am Dm
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
Bb
all the way
C/E / Bb
Gm/D / F/A C/G
Bb/F F/E / Bb/D F/C
Gm/Bb Dm
down the telegraph road
Dm7 / G7/D
D / Dm
Dm7 / G/D
D / Dm
Dm7 / G
D / Dm
F / G
D / Dm
Dm / G/D
D / Dm7
F C / G
Dm7 / Dm7
Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / Dm7
C / G
D /Dm7
Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / Dm7
C / G
D /Dm7
Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / Dm7
C / G
Dm7 Em Dm /
[Ad-lib repeat to fade]
Dm7 / F
G / D
Dm7 / F
C G / D
Gm / -
Dm / -
C / Am
Bb/D /
Dm7 / G/D
D /
Dm7 C/D / G/D
D / Dm7
G/D / D
Dm / F C
G / D
D7 / Gm
C
F Dm
A long time ago came a man on a track
C Bb F
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
Bb C F C7
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Bb Gm7 Bb
he made a home in the wilderness
F Dm
he built a cabin and a winter store
C Am Bb F
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
Bb C F C
and the other travellers came riding down the track
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb
and they never went further and they never went back
F Dm
then came the churches then came the schools
C Bb F
then came the lawyers then came the rules
Bb Csus4 C F C
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
Bb Bb Dm
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
F Dm
Then came the mines - then came the ore
C Bb Bb F
then there was the hard times then there was a war
Bb C F C7
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Bb Gm7
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Bb F
like a rolling river. . .
Dm / C Am
Bb F / Bb C
F C / Bb F/A
Gm7 / Bb
F / Dm
C / Bb F
Bb Csus4 C / F C
Bb / Bb
Gm7 Bb / F
Dm / C
Bb F/A / Bb C
F C / Bb
Bb / Dm
Dm7 / G
D / Dm C
F C / G
D D7/F# G
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
Dm
people driving home from the factories
C
there's six lanes of traffic
Am Dm
three lanes moving slow. . .
Dm7/C / Dm
A7+ A7 / Bb C7/E
Fsus9 F/C / Gm7 C7 C7/Bb
Fsus4 F / Gm F/A
Bb A / Dm
A7+ A / Bb Gm6/E
C9 F / Gm C7/Bb
Fsus4 F / Gm F/A
Bb A / Dm
A7+ A / Bb C7/E
C7 F / Gm7 C7
Fsus4 F / Gm Am
Bb A7-9/ Dm
A/D / Bb/D C/E
Fsus4 F / Bb/F C7/F
Bb/F F / Gm7 F/A
Bb A7 / D
C F Dm
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
C Bb
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
F Bb C F C7
yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
Bb Gm7
we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed
Bb F Dm
and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
C Bb
they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
C7 F
you can here them singing out their telegraph code
C Bb Dm
all the way down the telegraph road
Dm7 / G
D / Dm
Dm7 / G
D / Dm
Dm7 / G7/D
D / Dm
Bb C / Dm
C F Dm
You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
C Bb
when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
F Bb C F C7
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
Bb Gm7
now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
Bb F Dm
but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
C Bb
from out of this darkness and into the day
C F C
from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
F/A Bb C7 F C
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
F/A Bb C7 F F/A
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
Bb C7 F C F/A
I've seen desperation explode into flames
Bb C7 F C
and I don't want to see it again. . .
Am Dm
From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
Bb
all the way
C/E / Bb
Gm/D / F/A C/G
Bb/F F/E / Bb/D F/C
Gm/Bb Dm
down the telegraph road
Dm7 / G7/D
D / Dm
Dm7 / G/D
D / Dm
Dm7 / G
D / Dm
F / G
D / Dm
Dm / G/D
D / Dm7
F C / G
Dm7 / Dm7
Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / Dm7
C / G
D /Dm7
Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / Dm7
C / G
D /Dm7
Dm7 / G7sus4/D G7/D
D / Dm7
C / G
Dm7 Em Dm /
[Ad-lib repeat to fade]
Dm7 / F
G / D
Dm7 / F
C G / D
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