Chords for On Every Street | Mark Knopfler Songbook | TAB

_ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Title tracks are always very special, but
the trouble with On Every Street is —
this is a piano song and you kind of
need a piano to play a piano song, so it
will never sound decent [C] on one guitar
_ [F] [C] and [G] all the slash [Am] chords may not work as
it was meant to be, in standard tuning
that is.
For me it means that I can
discuss the chords just a little, _ but
what to do with it everybody can decide
on their own. _
Also I can concentrate on
the [F] main riff instead.
[G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] The main riff is
all about _ delivering the melody. _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Some
songs are based around riffs like _
Privateering, which I'll discuss next, or
Money For Nothing, but this is a song
where the riff was built around the song.
Three years ago I did a [G] little video,
a silent video, where I played it and I
deliberately decided not to learn it
again, because this riff really is like
riding [F] a bike _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
and it's very simple and
[F] logical. _ _
Index and thumb on F, _ _ then it
just basically goes [Em] a stroke, _ _ _ _ upstroke
and thumb.
[D] _ _ [C] _
You can play _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] any
chords using this picking [C] pattern, [G] _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [E] or two
thumbs like in a [F] Chevy's picking pattern
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
and it [Em] repeats all [F] the time. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
The really
[B] important thing is that this is a
two-part riff.
I've seen people playing
only the [F] one part [Em] and [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ that's it.
[F] This is
not what's happening here, in reality
it's more like a call and a response.
The first part is a call, _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] the _ second part
is a [F] response [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ with a little trill to make
[C] Mark [B] _ the turnaround.
[F] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ With all that being
said, Mark played the riff slightly
different in his latest tour to date and
it only confused my theory that this
riff is all about delivering the melody.
[F] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _
F, Em, [D] _ D with F in [E] the bass, Em, _ [F] F, [E] _ Em, _ [C] _ G suspended, [G] _ G.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ As for chords, I already said it's a piano song and
by that I mean a lot of slash chords.
[B] The very first [F] one is F _ with C in the bass.
_ Gonna be [C] a record [G] of you [C] some _ place_
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] Followed by C, _ [G] G with B in the bass, [C] _ C again. _
[Am] You gotta [G] be on somebody's [C] _ _
[Am] books_
A minor, [G] G with B in the [C] bass, C, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] the lowdown,
[G] picture [Em] of your _ _ face_
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ F with [C] C in the bass, C, [G] G with B in the bass,
[E] _ _ E suspended 4 _ and _ _ _ _ it stays here.
A beautiful sound.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
E arranged [Em] looks_
A minor, _ to E with G in the bass. _ _ _
[Am] _ E arranged [Em] _ _ looks_
[F] F, _ the cigarette [C] and the bra fan. _
C with E in the bass, _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ pleasure [C] and the pain_
C with G in the [G] bass, G, _ _ _ [C] _
somewhere [G] you think _ [Am] _
remains_
_ _ _ [Em] Concrete_ _
E minor_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] In your dreams [Am] remain [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ concrete_
[C] [Dm] And is your face D minor?
_ _ _ [Bb] I'm looking forward to playing Bb major.
_ Then one note change _ to _ _ Bbmaj7. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And every _ _ [Am] _ [C] street_
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Again_ _ _ _ _
_ The saxophone part is like the riff [F]
sequence,
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ ending with a suspended [F] chord.
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Nothing too crazy [C] here, if you have a decent ear,
you'll pick out these changes in a [F] moment.
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _
I [N] hope you liked my take on
On Every Street and thanks for watching.
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [N] _ _ _ _