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- #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
- #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
- #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
- #------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
- From: tzitron@loria.fr (Vincent Tzitron)
-
- Here is my last version of this song, much more complete and with some
- minor corrections :
-
-
- TUNNEL OF LOVE (Dire Straits)
- -----------------------------
-
-
- Dm C Dm Bb Dm C Dm Bb
- --------10----10--------------------------------------------
- -----------------13-10-----------------------10-------------
- -----------------------12-10---10-9-10-12-10----------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Dm F C
- Getting crazy on the waltzers, but it's the life that I choose
-
- G Dm
- Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tatoo
-
- Dm F
- And I've been riding on a ghost train
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------3/5-5----------------
- ---------------------------------------2/5-5^6--------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C
- where the cars they scream and slam
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------5-5---5---------------
- --------------------------------------5-5---5^6-------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- G Dm
- And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am
-
- Dm F
- In a screaming ring of faces
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------3/5-5-------------------------
- ------------------------------2/5-5^6-----------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C
- I see her standing in the light
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------9(10)-9-7----7-------------
- -------------------------------------------10---------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- G Dm
- She had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victim of the night
-
- Dm F
- I put my hand upon the lever
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------5-7-5-7-5--------------------
- -------------------------------6----------------------------
- -------------------------------6----------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C
- said let it rock and let it roll
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------9/7---9/7---9------------
- ----------------------------------10/8--10/8--10------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- G Dm
- I had the one arm bandit fever was an arrow through my heart and my soul
-
-
- Bb C
- And the big wheels keep on turning
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------6---6---6^8-8------
- -------------------------------------5-7---7----------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- F Bb
- neon burning , up above
-
- F
- And I am high on the world
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------11(13)-11-10-11-10--------------
- -----------------------------------------------12-10--------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C Dm Bb
- come on take a low ride with me girl.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------10---------------
- ----------------------------------------12----12-10-12------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Dm C Dm Bb
- On the tunnel of love.
-
-
- Dm F C
- It's just the danger when you're riding at your own risk
-
- G Dm
- She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this
-
- Dm F
- It's just a cakewalk
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------5-----5-------------------------------
- ----------------------6^5---5-------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- C
- twisting baby step right up and say
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------10(12)-10-9-10-9-10(12)-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- G Dm
- Hey mister give me two give me two because any two can play
-
-
- Bb C
- And the big wheels keep on turning
- ---------------------------6--------------------------------
- ---------------------------6--------------------------------
- ---------------------------7--------------------------------
- ---------------------------8--------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- F Bb
- neon burning , up above
- -------------------------10-11-10---------------------------
- ----------------------------------13-11---------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- F
- And I am high on the world
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------13-11-10-11-10------------------
- --------------------------------------------12-10-----------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C Dm Bb
- come on take a low ride with me girl.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------10---------------
- ----------------------------------------12----12-10-12------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Dm C Dm Bb
- On the tunnel of love.
-
-
- Gm Bb
- Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig
-
- Gm Bb
- Money for muscle another girl I dig
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------8-10-8-----------------------------------
- ----------------10------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Gm Bb
- Another hustle just to make it big
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------8-10-8-----------------------------------
- ----------------10------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C C
- and rock away rock away
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------10-9-----------10-9---------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- F C Dm
- And girl, it looks so pretty to me , just like it always did
-
- Bb C F Bb C
- Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids.
-
-
- SOLO : [ F C Dm Bb C F Bb C ] (2x) Dm C Dm Bb
- ----
-
- Dm F C
- She took off a silver locket she said remenber me by this
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------------------9^7^9--
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- G
- She put her hand in my pocket
- -------------------------------3----------------------------
- -------------------------------3---3-3-5-5-3----------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Dm
- I got a keepsake and a kiss
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------6------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------7-5---7------------------------
- ---------------------------------8--------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Dm F
- And in the roar of dust and diesel
- ------------------------------------------------5-----------
- ------------------------------------5^6---6-8-8-6-----------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C
- I stood and watched her walk away
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------------6-5-----------------------
- --------------------------------------5---------------------
- ----------------------------------------8-7-5-8-7-5-------5-
- ----------------------------------------------------8-7-8---
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- G Dm
- I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay
-
- Bb C F Bb
- And the big wheels keep on turning , neon burning , up above
-
- F
- And I am high on the world
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------11(13)-11-10--------------------
- -----------------------------------------12-10--------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- C Dm Bb
- come on take a low ride with me girl.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------10---------------
- ----------------------------------------12----12-10-12------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Dm C Dm Bb
- On the tunnel of love.
-
- Dm C Dm Bb
- On the tunnel of love.
-
-
- Gm Bb
- And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades
-
- Gm Bb
- Searching everywhere from steeplechase and palisades
-
- Gm Bb
- In any shooting gallery where promises are made
-
- C C
- To rock away rock away from cullercoats and whitley bay out to rockaway
-
-
- (Bridge : arpeggiated chords)
- F C Dm Bb C
- And girl it looks so pretty to me , like it always did
-
- F Bb C F
- Like the Spanish city to me , when we were kids.
-
- C Dm Bb C
- And girl it looks so pretty to me , like it always did
-
- F Bb C
- Like the Spanish city to me , when we were kids.
-
-
-
- FINAL SOLO :
- ----------
-
- * Second guitar : plays chords from the bridge,
- and then repeat [ F C Dm C Bb ] till the end.
-
- * Lead guitar :
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- -10^11^10----------10-11-10--------------10-13-10-11--------------10-
- ------------12--------------12-10-12------------------------10-12----
- ------------14---------------------------------------12--------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- -10^11^10---10(11)10---10-11-10---------------------10-11-10---------
- ----------------------------------10-12---10-12--------------12-10-12
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- -10-13-10-11-----------10----------10--------------------13(15)13----
- -------------10-10--------12-10-12------12^10---12^10----------------
- ----------------12---------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------10-------------------------------------------
- -10-11---------------------13---------------------------12--------12-
- -------10-12-12^10^12-------------------------10-12(14)----12(14)----
- ------------------------------10-10-12-12----------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -13----10-13----10-13-10--------------12---------------------
- ----12-------12----------12-10-12(14)------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- ----9-10-12-10^12^10-9-9^10^9----10----10--------------------
- -12---------------------------12----12----12-10--------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
- --------------------------------------------10-10---10-------
- --------------------------------------11-13------------13-13-
- ----------------9-10-9-10------------------------------------
- -12-10-12-10-12-----------10-10-10-12------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ---------------------------------------10-13-12-10----10----10----------
- -11-10---10-10----------(15)13(15)-----------------13----13----13-------
- ---------------12-10-10-------------------------------------------12-12-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------10-13----10-13----10-13-10-------10-------10-----------
- ---------------13-------13-------13----------13-10----10-13--------10^13-
- -(14)12-10---------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ----10-------10--------13-12-10-----------17----------------------
- -10----10-13--------10----------10-----------20-20----------------
- ---------------------------------------------------17^19^17----17-
- ---------------------------------------19-------------------19----
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- --------------------13-13-13----10--------------------------------
- ----10------10-13------------11-------13--------------------------
- -10--------------------------------10-----------------------------
- -------10---------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- -------------17-18-17-----------------------------------------------
- ----18----18----------20-18^20^18-17-----------------18----18-20-20-
- -17----17----------------------------19-----------19----19----------
- ----------------------------------------19-19-----------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- -------------------17--------------------------------------
- -17-18-20-17-18-20-------18------18-18------18-18----------
- ----------------------19------19---------19---------19-----
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------
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- -|-------------|-------------------------------------|-------------
- -|-------------|-11-10----11---11-10-----------------|-------------
- -|--keyboards--|-------12------------12-10-12-12-10--|--keyboards--
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