THE ROAD
As recorded by Mark Knopfler
(From the 1984 Album CAL SOUNDTRACK)
Transcribed by Paul Bell
Music by Mark Knopfler
Arranged by Paul Bell
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Knopfler'
Intro Q=80 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||---------0---------|---------0---------||-----0-----(0)---0-|-----0-----(0)---0-||---0---0-------0---|---0---0-------0---||-------------------|-------------------||-3-----------------|-3-----------------| W W
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||---------0---------|---------0---------||-----0-----(0)---0-|-----0-----(0)---0-||---0---0-------0---|---0---0-------0---||-------------------|-------------------||-3-----------------|-3-----------------| W W
Verse E E E E E S E S E +E E E E E S E S E||------------------------|-------------------------|||o-0-------------3-----0-|-(0)-------------3-----0-|||----0---0-2-------------|-------0---2-------------|||------0-----(0)---(0)---|-----0---0---(0)---(0)---|||o-----------------------|-------------------------|||--3-------2-------------|--3--------2-------------| H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------0--||-----0-------0---|-----0-------2----||---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0------||-----------------|------------------||-3-------3-------|-3-------2--------| H H H H
E E E E E S E S E +E E E E E S E S E|-----------------------|-------------------------||-0-------------3-----0-|-(0)-------------3-----0-||---0---0-2-------------|-------0---2-------------||-----2-----(0)---(0)---|-----2---2---(0)---(0)---||-----------------------|-------------------------||-0-------0-------------|--0--------0-------------| H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----0-------0---|-----0---4--5-------||---2---2---2---2-|---2---2-------2----||-----------------|---------2----------||-0-------0-------|-0------------------| H H H H
+E E E E E S E S E E E E E a E. E. E|-------------------------|-------------------||---------3-1-----0-----1-|-------------------||-------0-----------------|-----0---0s2--4----||-(2)-2-------(0)---(0)---|---2---2---------0-||--3----------------------|-3-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------| W W
+E E E E E S E. E +E E E E E. E. E|------------------------|--------------------||---------3-1-----0------|--------------------||-------0----------------|-------0---4--5-----||-(0)-0-------(0)----(0)-|-(0)-0---0-------2--||------------------------|-----------2--------||--3---------------------|--3-----------------| W H H
+E E E E E S E S E E E E E a E. E. E|-------------------------|-------------------||---------3-1-----0-----1-|-------------------||-------0-----------------|-----0---0s2--4----||-(2)-2-------(0)---(0)---|---2---2---------0-||--3----------------------|-3-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------| W W
1. +E E E E E S E. E W|------------------------|---------|||---------3-1-----0------|--------o|||-------0----------------|---------|||-(0)-0-------(0)----(0)-|-(0)-----|||------------------------|--------o|||--3---------------------|--3------|| W
2. 6/4 W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------||----------10-7---------5-3-----|----------10-7---------5-3-----||---------||-------10------8-----3-----(3)-|-------10------8-----3-----(3)-||---------||-----7-----------7-4-----------|-----7-----------7-4-----------||-(0)-----||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||---------||-10----------------------------|-10----------------------------||--3------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------| W. W.
H.=H E E E E E E E E E E +Q W.|----------10-7---------5-(5)--|-^3-----*||-------10------8-----3--------|-^3-----*||-----7-----------7-4----------|-^0-----*||------------------------------|--------*||-10---------------------------|--------*||------------------------------|-^3-----*| W.
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
