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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- True Love Will Never Fade
- Tunnel Of Love
- Walk Of Life
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- Skateaway
- So Far Away
- Solid Rock
- Southbound Again
- Telegraph Road
- The Bug
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- Ticket To Heaven
- Twisting By The Pool
- Two Young Lovers
- Water Of Love
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- When It Comes To You
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- Why Worry
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Wild West End
Mark Knopfler from “Dire Straits” (1978)
[Verse 1]
D D Em G
Steppin' out to Angellucci's, for my coffee beans
D D Em G
checking out the movies, and the magazines
D D Em G
waitress she watches me, crossing from the Barocco bar
D D Em G
I'm getting a pickup, for my steel guitar
D D Em G
I saw you walking out, Shaftsbury Avenue
D D Em G
excuse me talking, I wanna marry you
D D Em G
this is seventh heaven street to me, don't you be so proud
D D Em G
You're just another angel, in the crowd.
[Chorus]
D D Em G
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D D Em G
Walking in the wild west end
D D Em G D/A G/C /C D/
Walking with your wild best friend
[Verse 2]
And my conductress on the number nineteen, she was a honey
pink toenails and hands all dirty with the money
greasy greasy greasy hair, easy smile
made me feel nineteen, for awhile
and I went down to Chinatown
in the backroom it's a man's world, all the money go down
Duck inside the doorway, gotta duck to eat
right now feels all right now, you and me we can't beat walking -
[Chorus]
D D Em G
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D D Em G
Walking in the wild west end
D D Em G D/A G/C /C D/
Walking with your wild best friend
[Verse 3]
And a gogo, dancing girl, yes I saw her
the deejay, he say, here's Mandy for ya
I fell all right to see her, but she's paid to do that stuff
She's dancing high, I move on by, the close ups can get rough
when you're walking in the wild west end . . .
[Chorus]
D D Em G
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D D Em G
Walking in the wild west end
D D Em G D/A G/C /C D/
Walking with your wild best friend
Mark Knopfler from “Dire Straits” (1978)
[Verse 1]
D D Em G
Steppin' out to Angellucci's, for my coffee beans
D D Em G
checking out the movies, and the magazines
D D Em G
waitress she watches me, crossing from the Barocco bar
D D Em G
I'm getting a pickup, for my steel guitar
D D Em G
I saw you walking out, Shaftsbury Avenue
D D Em G
excuse me talking, I wanna marry you
D D Em G
this is seventh heaven street to me, don't you be so proud
D D Em G
You're just another angel, in the crowd.
[Chorus]
D D Em G
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D D Em G
Walking in the wild west end
D D Em G D/A G/C /C D/
Walking with your wild best friend
[Verse 2]
And my conductress on the number nineteen, she was a honey
pink toenails and hands all dirty with the money
greasy greasy greasy hair, easy smile
made me feel nineteen, for awhile
and I went down to Chinatown
in the backroom it's a man's world, all the money go down
Duck inside the doorway, gotta duck to eat
right now feels all right now, you and me we can't beat walking -
[Chorus]
D D Em G
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D D Em G
Walking in the wild west end
D D Em G D/A G/C /C D/
Walking with your wild best friend
[Verse 3]
And a gogo, dancing girl, yes I saw her
the deejay, he say, here's Mandy for ya
I fell all right to see her, but she's paid to do that stuff
She's dancing high, I move on by, the close ups can get rough
when you're walking in the wild west end . . .
[Chorus]
D D Em G
And I'm walking in the wild west end
D D Em G
Walking in the wild west end
D D Em G D/A G/C /C D/
Walking with your wild best friend
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