Once Upon A Time In The West - Dire Straits
(original from record)
Transcribed by Erik Hubendick.
Feel free to write comments and
suggestions to fender-bender@telia.com
Words and music by Mark Knopfler
Originally released on Communique - 1979
(The best Dire Straits album I think)
It is quite difficult to play the second
and third guitar in this song - the bars are both 4/4
and 2/4. Count 1, 2, 3, 4 , 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.
Key: Am-C
Explaination:
p=pull-off h=hammer on /=slide up \=slide down
b=bend up rb=rebend bd=bend down
Intro:1st guitar tr........................E |-----------------------------------------------------------|B |-------10h13-10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10--------------------|G |-10/12--------------------------------------5h7-b9-rb7-p5--|D |------------------------------------------7----------------|A |-----------------------------------------------------------|E |-----------------------------------------------------------|
1st Am G F Am G F Am D C |--------------------------------------------------------------||------------------10p8h10-------------------------------------||-2p0h2--------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------9b10rb9--9h7-x-10-9-7--||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|2nd guitar ||-----5---3---5------------5---7---8---------------------------||-----5---3---6------------5---8---6---------------------------||-----5---4---5------------5---7---5---------------------------||-----7---5---7------------7---9---7---------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
Am D C Am G D|--------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------7b8rb7--------5--5--||-7b9-x-5h7--5-0-------7p5-9--10p9\7h9p7---7b8rb7--5h7p5--5--5-||----------7---------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
Am C Am Dm G Am|----------------------------------------------------------------||-------------5-8p5---8p5---5--------------8----------8-8--------||---------7b9-------7-----7---7p5----------7b9rb7-----7-7--------||-7----------------------------------7---------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------------||-x-x-2-5-5-2-0-0h2p0h2p0h2p0----||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
This is how the second guitar plays in the verses(a third one doubles but with some difference) Am etc... D C similar|5-5-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-x-----5------------------------||5-5-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-x-----5--------5-7-7-5---------||5-5-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-x-----5--------5-7-7-5---------||7-7-7-x-7-x-7-7-7-x-5h7-7--------5-7-7-5---------||7-7-7-x-----------x-----7------------------------||5-5-5-x-----------------5------------------------|
1:10
|--------------------------||--------------------------||-7b9-rb7p5h7p5------------||---------------7----------||--------------------------||--------------------------|
1:27 |-5--5-5--------||-5--5-5--------||---------------||---------------||---------------||---------------|
1:33|-------------------------------||-x-1p0----1p0------------------||------0h2-----0h2--------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
1:44 |----------------------------------||----------------------------------||--------------5/7-5---------------||-----5h7-7--7-------7----\2-------||-5h7------------------------------||----------------------------------|
2:03|----------||----------||-7-b9rb7--||----------||----------||----------|
tr............... 2:07 D |--------------------------------------------------| ------------------------10h13-10h13p10-------------||-x-5p4\2-x-2-----10/12----------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
F Am G F|--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||----5h7b9-rb7---5h7p5-----------------------------||--x---------------------7p5h7---------------------||-x------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
Am D C Am |-7b8rb7----5-x-5-5-5-x--8p5-8p5-------------------||-7b8rb7----5-x-5-5------8p5-8p5-------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------||-13b15rb13--12h13p12\10----10---------------------||------------------------12----12-9-12-9-----------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
G D|-----12-15b17-17bd15--------------------14--------||---13----------------12---15---12-12-------12b13--||-14-------------------------14--------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
Am|-12-----------------------------------------------||----15p13--12h13p12\10----10----------------------||-----------------------12----9h12p9--\2-----------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
C Am|-13p12---15--13p12--------------------------------||------13----------13---13b15---12h13p12-----------||--------------------12------------------14-14-----||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
Dm G Am|-----13-12----------------------------------------||---13------15-15---------12-13-15-13-12----13-12--||-14--------------------12---------------14--------||----------------------x---------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------||----13-12---13-12---13-12-------------------------||-14------14------14------14-14--/17--14--12/14----||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
F Am G|--------------------------------------------------||---13h15b17rb15--13h15p13--20b22rb20b22-----------||-14-----------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
F|------20-----20-----20-----20---------------------||-20b22--20b22--20b22--20b22--20b22----------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
3:10 |------------------------------||-8------8---------------------||-7b9----7b9rb7\5\2------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------|
3:16 |-----------------------------||-13------13------------------||-12b14---12b14rb12b14rb12b14-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
3:21 (suggestions?)|------10p8h10p8\7h8p7--------------------||8/10------------------10p8--8/10\8--8/10-||--------------------------9---------9/11-||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
3:27 |-----8-----------------------||---10----10p8----------------||--9-----------9h12p9---------||-x---------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
3:32|---------------------||---------------------||-7b9rb7--p5h7p5------||---------------------||---------------------||---------------------|
3:35|------------------| |--8----------8-8--||--7b9rb7-----7-7--||------------------||------------------||------------------|
3:38|---------------------||---------------------||-5/7-h9p7------------||-x--------7----------||---------------------||---------------------|
3:41 |---------------||----------8----||-7b9rb7---7----||---------------||---------------||---------------|
3:44|-----------------------------||-10--10-10----10--10--10-10--||---9------7/9---9---9--------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
