Chords for Dire Straits - Once upon a time in the West [Rockpalast -79]

Tempo:
147.8 bpm
Chords used:

Am

G

D

C

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dire Straits - Once upon a time in the West [Rockpalast -79] chords
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I'm not going to drink.
I'm not.
Yeah.
[G] Thank you, Shane.
Right, well, we're going to play some new songs.
Also, that's really what we like to do, is keep playing new songs.
So, here's some new
nice
songs.
Hmm.
Once upon a time in the West.
[D]
[C] [F]
[Am] [G]
[F] [Am]
[G] [F]
[B] [Am]
[D] [Am]
One.
Two.
[D] [Am]
[E] [G]
[C] [D]
[Am] [C]
[D]
[Am] [Dm]
[G] [Am]
Three.
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit.
[D] [Am] Scaring the pedestrians for a minute.
[C]
[D] [Am] Causing up a progress driving [G] on the [C] grass.
[G] [C]
[D] Leaving [Bm] just enough [Am] room to pass.
[C] Sunday driver [Am] never took a test.
Oh [Dm] yeah.
[G]
Once upon a [Am] time in the West.
[E] [Am] Just an excuse saying that you don't know nothing.
[D]
[Am] Still gonna get kicked if you don't do something.
[D] [Am]
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous [Bm] [G] call.
[C] [D] And you can even catch a bullet from the [Am] peace keep.
[C]
Seeming a hero gets [Am] a bullet in the chest.
[Dm] Oh yeah.
[G] Once upon a [Am] time in the West.
[D] [F]
[Am]
[G] [F]
[Bm] [Am]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [Am]
[G]
[C] [D]
[Am]
[C] [Am]
[Dm]
[G] [Am]
[Bm] [D]
[F]
[A]
[G] [F] [Am]
Some of your mother's children are [C] slaughtered.
[Am]
Some of your mother's own love girl gets older.
[D] [Am] Who's protecting the inner [G] changing.
[C] [D] Really think of trouble in the [Am] land of blended.
[C] Tell me how we're gonna do [Am] our best.
You [Dm] can.
[G] Once upon a [Am] time in the West.
[Dm] Oh yeah.
[G] Once upon [Am] a time in the West.
Oh [Dm]
yeah.
[G] Once upon a time [Am] in the West.
[Dm]
[G] [Am]
[E] [C] [Dm]
[G] [Am]
[Bm]
[Dm] [G] [Am]
[Dm]
Once upon a [G] time.
Oh yeah.
Once upon a [Ab] time in the West.
[Dm] Oh yeah.
[G] Once upon a [Am] time in the West.
[Dm] [G] [C]
[Dm]
[G] [Am]
[D]
[F]
[A]
[G] [F] [Am]
[G] [F]
[Am]
Key:  
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Dm
2311
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
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To learn Dire Straits - Six Blade Knife chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: G, Am, Dm, Am, C, D, G, F and Am. Set your pace at 73 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 148. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: C Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm not going to drink. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm not. _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
[G] _ _ Thank you, Shane. _ _
Right, well, we're going to play some new songs.
_ Also, _ _ _ _ that's really what we like to do, is keep playing new songs. _
So, here's some _ new_
_nice
songs.
_ _ Hmm.
Once upon a time in the West. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
One.
Two. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Three.
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit. _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] Scaring the pedestrians for a minute.
_ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ Causing up a progress driving [G] on the [C] grass.
_ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] Leaving [Bm] just enough [Am] room to pass.
_ _ _ [C] _ Sunday driver [Am] never took a test. _ _ _
_ Oh [Dm] yeah.
_ [G] _
Once upon a [Am] time in the West. _ _ _
[E] _ [Am] Just an excuse _ saying that you don't know nothing.
_ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ Still gonna get kicked if you don't do something.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous [Bm] [G] call.
_ _ _ _ [C] [D] And you can even catch a bullet from the [Am] peace keep.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ Seeming a hero gets [Am] a bullet in the chest.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Oh yeah.
_ _ [G] Once upon a [Am] time in the West. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ Some of your _ mother's children are _ [C] _ _ slaughtered.
_ [Am] _
Some of your mother's own love girl gets older.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] Who's protecting the inner [G] changing. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] Really think of trouble in the [Am] land of blended. _ _ _ _
[C] _ Tell me how we're gonna do [Am] our best.
_ _ _ You [Dm] can.
_ _ [G] Once upon a [Am] time in the West.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Oh yeah.
_ _ [G] _ Once upon [Am] a time in the West.
_ _ _ _ Oh [Dm]
yeah.
_ [G] _ Once upon a time [Am] in the West.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Once upon a [G] time.
Oh yeah.
Once upon a [Ab] time in the West.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Oh yeah.
_ _ [G] _ Once upon a [Am] time in the West.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the Cologne album.

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