Once Upon a Time in the West Chords & Lyrics by Dire Straits

Once Upon a Time in the West

guitar chords lyrics

Dire Straits

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Once Upon a Time in the West - Dire Straits
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Dire Straits
Once Upon a Time in the West (1979)
(Knopfler)

From: "Communique"

Great song to play on an acoustic! The signature changes may seem a little
tricky at first, but as they follow the vocals they're not a real problem:
don't count, just play along with the singer.
The bass does a lot in the verses. I added a skeleton of a tab below,
that includes the bass line wherever necessary/possible and the main
accents for strumming along.
And here's a good tab for the lead guitar, too:
http://tabs./d/dire_straits/once_upon_a_time_in_the_west_tab.htm

Enjoy!

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SPECIAL CHORDS/VOICINGS

e-B-G-D-A-E
*D x-3-2-0-x-x
D/C x-3-2-x-3-x

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INTRO (freely)
| D | % | F | % | Am G | F | Am G | F | % |

INTRO VERSE (solo)
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am |[2/4] Am | G | G |
| D |[2/4] D | Am |[2/4] Am |
| C |[2/4] C | Am | % |
| Dm | G | Am | % |

Am [2/4] *D D/C
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit
Am [2/4] *D D/C
Scaring the pedestrians for minute
Am [2/4] G
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
D [2/4] Am [2/4]
Leaving just enough room to pass
C [2/4] Am
Sunday driver never took a test
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west

Am [2/4] *D D/C
Yes and it's no use saying that you don't know nothing
Am [2/4] *D D/C
It's still gonna get you if you don't do something
Am [2/4] G
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous course
D [2/4] Am [2/4]
Ah, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force
C [2/4] Am
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west

LINK
| D | % | F | % | Am G | F | % |

SOLO (= VERSE + LINK)
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am | % | % |[2/4] *D D/C |
| Am |[2/4] Am | G | G |
| D |[2/4] D | Am |[2/4] Am |
| C |[2/4] C | Am | % |
| Dm | G | Am | % |
| D | % | F | % | Am G | F | % |


Am [2/4] *D D/C
Mother Mary your children are slaughtered
Am [2/4] *D D/C
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughters
Am [2/4] G
Who's protecting the innocenti
D [2/4] Am [2/4]
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
C [2/4] Am
Tell me how we're gonna do what's best
Dm G Am
You guess once upon a time in the west
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west

OUTRO SOLO
| Dm | G | Am | % |
(guitar and ad lib chorus)

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VERSE/SOLO etc

Am [2/4] D
e|--------0-----0-|-------0------0-|----------------|--------|
B|--------1-----1-|-------1------1-|-------(1)------|3-3-3---|
G|--------2-----2-|-------2------2-|--------2-------|2-2-2---|
D|--------2-------|-------2--------|--------2-------|0-0-x---|
A|0---------------|0---------------|0---3---------3-|----3---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|

Am [2/4] D
e|--------0-----0-|-------0------0-|----------------|--------|
B|--------1-----1-|-------1------1-|-------(1)------|3-3-3---|
G|--------2-----2-|-------2------2-|--------2-------|2-2-2---|
D|--------2-------|-------2--------|--------2-------|0-0-x---|
A|0---------------|0---------------|0---3---------3-|----3---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|

Am [2/4] G
e|--------0-----0-|----0---|--------3-----3-|--------3-----3-|
B|--------1-----1-|----1---|--------3-----3-|--------3-----3-|
G|--------2-----2-|----2---|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-|
D|--------2-------|----2---|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-|
A|0---------------|0-------|x---------------|x---x-----------|
E|----------------|--------|3---------------|3---3-----------|


D [2/4] Am [2/4]
e|--------2-----2-|----2---|--------0-----0-|--------|
B|3-------3-----3-|----3---|--------1-----1-|1-1-1---|
G|2-------2-----2-|2---2---|--------2-----2-|2-2-2---|
D|0-------0-------|0---0---|--------2-------|2-2-x---|
A|----------------|--------|0---------------|----3---|
E|----------------|--------|----------------|--------|

C [2/4] Am
e|--------0-----0-|----0---|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-|
B|--------1-----1-|----1---|--------1-----1-|--------1-----1-|
G|--------0-----0-|----0---|----2---2-----2-|--------2-----2-|
D|--------2-----2-|----2---|3---x---2-------|--------2-----2-|
A|3---------------|3-------|0---3-----------|0---0-----------|
E|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|

Dm G Am
e|--------1-----1-|--------3-----3-|--------0-----0-|--------0-----0-|
B|--------3-----3-|--------3-----3-|--------1-----1-|--------1-----1-|
G|--------2-----2-|--------0-----0-|----2---2-----2-|--------2-----2-|
D|0---------------|--------0-----0-|3---x---2-------|--------2-----2-|
A|----------------|x---x-----------|0---3-----------|0---0-----------|
E|----------------|3---3-----------|----------------|----------------|

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