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One World Tabs

(ver. 1)
Dire Straits
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Tuning: Standard

Great song by Dire Straits, with a lot of guitar riffs on a metal kind of sound. 
The riffs after each line are played after he sings each line. You can play the
riffs or the chords.
I credit the chords to the user lakesound.

It will take some listening to the song to get the right timing and so forth. 

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| <   Volume swell

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Chords to be played along with the intro solo :  Em7  A  Em7  A  Em7  A  Em7  A A

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------9--11----11b12b11-9---9------------9-11--9h12-----------9b12b9--11h12-|
D|------9--------------------12--11-------9-------------11---------------------|
A|--9h10-------------------------------10--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----11h12-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--11--------11h12--11h12p11\9----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------12p10h12-------12/14--12-10\7--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

Em            D               Em
 Can't get no sleeves for my records
|---------|
|---------|
|---9-----|
|--9------|
|-----10--|
|---------|
             D           Em   Em   A   D 
Can't get no laces for my shoes
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|--7------|
|--7h9----|
|---------|

Em            D
Can't get no fancy notes
   A
On my blue guitar
C             D            Em7         A      Em7
Can't get no antidote for |---------------|  blues 
                          |---------------|
  (this part is played    |-----9-11-12-9-|
   after he says "for")   |----9----------|
                          |--10-----------|
                          |---------------|   
                                
                                 Oh Yeah                   Ooooo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14b15------------------------------------------------8-------------------|
G|--14b15---b14--12h14-----12-9------------9-9--9p7---9-9-------x-9-9-7--9-7-|
D|---------------------14---------------x-9---------9-----------x-9-9-7--9-7-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--7h9--12-9-----9--12-9--7h9-------------|
D|-------------7/9--------------9\7-\5-----|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
       
Verse 2:

Em              D                Em
 Can't find the reasons for your actions
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--7b9br8b9br8b7--|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

                          D             Em   Em  A  D
Or I don't much like the reasoning you use
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|--7----|
A|--7----|
E|-------|

    Em               D
Somehow your motives are impure
   A
Or somehow I can't find the cure
C             D            Em7     A  Em7 | A  Em7  A  Em7  A   A
 Can't get no antidote for           blues
                           e|-----------------| 
   (this part is played    B|-----------------|
   after he says "for")    G|--7b9~~~-4--7b9--|
                           D|-----------------|
                           A|-----------------|
                           E|-----------------|        
                   

                      Oh yeah                Ooooo
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8h10~~~~~8------------8----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9----------------------x-----9--h12p9h11p9-----x-9-7h9---7h9-------<12p11---7/9\7---|
D|-----------------------x-------------------------x-9-9--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge

They say it's mostly vanity
     A                   Em
That writes the plays we act
     C                   D       | Em     Am  Baug  B |
They tell me that's what everybody knows
        Em               Bm
There's no such thing as sanity
    A                 Em
And that's the sanest fact
C           Bm                       C   D
 That's the way e|-----------------| the   story goes
                B|-----------------|
                G|--7h9--7h9p7-----|
                D|-----------------|
                A|-----------------|
                E|-----------------| 
                  
                 

                  Oh yeah                 Ah yeah                       Ooooo 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------5--7p5---5--------8p5-------|
G|--12--12--9~~~~~-------9---------7-6---5--------7b9--------7--------------------|
D|--12--12---------------9p7-------7-7-7-5----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------10p7-------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------9-------9-------9-------9-------9----------|
D|--12p9----12p9----12p9----12p9----12p9-----12p9--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3: 

Em             D            Em
  Can't get no remedy on my TV e|-----------------|
                               B|-----------------|
                               G|---9-x--9p7------|
                               D|---9-x--9--------|
                               A|-----------------|
                               E|-----------------|
                   
                       D          Em  Em  A  D 
There's nothing but the same old news e|-----------------|
                                      B|-----------------|
                                      G|---x-9--9--6h7---|
                                      D|---x-9--9--7-----|
                                      A|-----------------|
                                      E|-----------------|
Em                D
They can't find a way to be
A
One world in harmony  e|-----------|
                      B|-----------|
                      G|-----------|
                      D|--7h9p7\5--|
                      A|-----------|
                      E|-----------|


C             D            Em7                       A   Em7   A   Em7   A   Em7  A    A
 Can't get no antidote for  e|----------------------|   blues  e|-----------|
                            B|----------------------|          B|-----------|
                            G|----9---9----12-12-9--| (This is G|--7h9~~~~--|
                            D|--9---9---9--12-12----|  before  D|-----------|
                            A|--7-------------------|  he says A|-----------|
                            E|----------------------|  "blues")E|-----------| 
                          
                     Oh yeah                       Oooo
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------10~~~----------------5--8p5--------------------------------------------|
G|--12---x-9-7-9-12--------12-------7b9---------7\6----------9-7-7h9~~~-12p9~~~--9p7-x-----|
D|--12------------------------------------------------7/9-----------------------------7/9--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
            Oooo                            Oh yeah                Oooo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------14b15br14--------------------------------------------------|
G|--12--x-9-------14b15br14---12---12h14~~-12---------12---12-14--14~~p12----|
D|--12---------------------------14-------------------12---12-14-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------12----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12--15p12--15b17--15b17---15b17b15---14h15p14-12--12----------------------------|
G|--12h14------------------------------------------------14--15-14-12--14-12~~~----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------14---------14-12----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------14--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------14b15br14---------------------12-------------x----------|
G|--12b------9--11-12-9---14b15br14-------12-11-------x---12---------x---12-------|
D|--12b----9------------------------------------14---x-------14~~---x-------14~~--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    
     It starts to fade out here, but you can sort of make out this part.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----x----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---x--12----------12p9-9--12p9-9--12p9-7/9---------------------------------|
D|--x-----14~~---------------------------------12-9-9----12p11--9-11--7------|
A|------------14-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|------------------8--7-7b--------|
G|----7h9p7---9\8------------------|
D|--9-------9-----7----------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|



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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| <   Volume swell

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