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Brothers In Arms Dire Straits

Title: Brothers in Arms
Author: Mark Knopfler
Transcription by: Guillaume Laurent

Key: B maj.


A ">" means that the transition between the two notes should be smooth.
Do it the way you want (pull off, hammer on, string bend) I'm not good enough
to precisely figure out what he does.

Timing indications (e.g. 0'35") are from my CD player.

Intro solo (starts at about 0'35"):

-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------8------6>8--------
-4-6-8>6--6>8>6---8>9-11>9--------------9-----11-------11-9--
----------------------------13>11>9>11-----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------4>6---------
-----------------------------6-6----
-13-11-9-11>13>11-11----------------
------------------------------------

I indicate (approximatively) when to play what by putting lyrics fragments
under the tab. Bars are just here to provide convenient seperations,
not to indicate the beat.

-------------------|------------------|-----------------------------
-------------------|------------------|-----------------------------
-------------------|---------8>6-6>8--|-----------------------------
-------13>11>9>11--|------------------|-----------11>8-8------------
-------------------|------------------|-----------------------------
-------------------|------------------|-----------------------------

...mountains ...lands ...return to

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---4>5-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------6--------------------------------------------------------8----
----------------------9>8>9-11-9-8-----------11-9-11-9-8------8------9-----11
------------------------------------11-9-11---------------11-----11----------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

...brothers in arms

---------------------------|----------------------------
---------------------------|---------4>5>7--------------
--------------8>6-6--------|----------------------------
---------------------11-8--|----------------------------
---------------------------|----------------------------
---------------------------|----------------------------

...destruction ...of fire

------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------
------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------
-----------11>9>8>9-----|--------11>9>8-9-8---|--------------4-6-4--------
---------------------8--|---------------------|---------------------------
------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------
------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------

...suffering ...so bad ...fear and alarm

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--4>5----4-----------9------------------------------------------------------
-------------6----8----8-------------------------------------------8--------
--------------------------11>9>8---------8>9-11-9-8------8------9-----11----
----------------------------------11-11--------------11-----11--------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

..brohers in arms

--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------
-------------------8------|-------------------------|---------9<8--------8----
--------------8-9----11---|--------8>9>8------9-11--|--------------11-9-----11
--------9>11--------------|---------------11--------|-------------------------
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------

...worlds ...suns ...one world

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------9--------------9-9>11>9-------------------9---
------------------11>13-11-9-9----11-8----8-11----------11-9--9-11-9-11-9-----
----------------9----------------------11-------------------------------------
-----------9-11---------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Em
...ones

-------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------
-11-9--------------------------4-----------------|------------|----4>5>7--
------9>8----8-----4>6-8>6-4-4---6---8>6>4>3>1---|------------|-----------
----------11---11--------------------------------|--------6-6-|-----------
-------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------
-------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------

...hell ...high

----------6---------|------------------------|-----------6-4---4-6--6-4---6-4--
------------9>7>9>7-|------------------------|---------------7----------7-----7
--------------------|------8--------8>9-8----|---------------------------------
--------------------|--------8-9-11-------9--|---------------------------------
--------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------
--------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------

...farewell ...die ...starlight and every line...

-----------------------------------
----5---4------------4>5-----------
-------------------------------6---
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------

...make war on our brothers in arms


What follows is only a part of the ending. It ends up at about 6'15".
(right before the fade out).
Some parts are really just guesses (actually, the whole thing is, but I really
wouldn't be suprised at all if anyone would come up and tell me these parts are
totally wrong). I underlined them with "?".

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9-----------------------9>7-7>9>7---9-7-9-----------------------------------
---11-8----------------9-----------9-------11-9-8--------8-------------------
--------9-----------------------------------------11-11----11-9-11-11-9-9----
-----------11>9-11-11--------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------11-12-12------
-------------------------------------------------8-11---------------
-9-11-13>11>9-9-11>9-9-11-11>13-11-11>9-9-9-9--9--------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
???????????????????????


-------------------9--9-------------------------------------------------
---------9-12-12-9------12-11-9-----------------------------------------
-4>8-8-8------------------------9-8-11-8----------------4>6-8>6>4-8>6>4---
-----------------------------------------9-11-9-8-------------------------
---------------------------------------------------11---------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
????????????????????????????


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------9-------8-----11-9-8---------------------------------------
-11-11>9-9-11-----9-9---------------11-9---------9--4-6-4-6-4>6>4-6-6>4---
-----------------------------------------11-9-11--------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
^This is played too softly for me to hear

----------------------------------11-9------------11-9--------------
---------12-14-14-12----12-14-12-------12>11>9-12-------------------
------11-------------11---------------------------------------------
----9---------------------------------------------------------------
-11-----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

-9>11>9----11----9----
--------12----12---12-
----------------------
----------------------
----------------------
----------------------

Ok, let's end the slaughtering here.

Title : BROTHERS IN ARMS
Author : Mark Knopfler
Date : 1985
Copyright : Straitjacket Songs Ltd.
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
(P) 1985 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Tablature : Fabrice.Bellet@imag.fr (11/06/95)
Note : Partially inspired by "Mark Knopfler Official Guitar Styles"
volume 2

04:50
--|---------------------4-----4-6-4---4----4-----------------------------------
--|-7>9-7-4-----------4---7>9-------7---7----7-5-4------7>7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5--
--|---------4-3------------------------------------6-6--6>8-8-6-4-6-6-4-4-4-4--
--|-------------6-4-6----------------------------------------------------------
--|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

05:14
----------------------------------|-----4-6-7----------------------------------
-4--------------------------------|---4----------------------------------------
---4-6-6>8>6-4------4-----6-6-8-6-|-4---------------13-13-15-16-16-13--(16)>18-
---------------6--6---6-6---------|-----------6--13----------------------------
----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------

05:30
------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
18-16-15-13-------------------------------------|------------------------------
------------16-13----13-------------------------|-------13--------13-----------
------------------16----14-13-16-14-13----------|-14-16----16-14-----16-14--16-
---------------------------------------16-14-16-|------------------------------

05:48 06:04
-------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------14-----
-------------------|----------------|-------------14-------------14--------16--
-------------------|----------------|----13-15-16----16-15-13-16----16---------
...16-16-16--14...-|----13----------|-13---------------------------------------
-------------------|-16----16-14----|------------------------------------------
-------------------|-------------16-|------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14----------16-14--16-17-16-14-16----14----------------------------------------
---16-13-16-----------------------16-----16----16-13----13---------------------
--------------------------------------------13-------16----13------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------14-13------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------16-14-16-16

06:20 06:26 06:32
--|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--
--|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--
--|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--
--|-------------13--------------------13-14-|-13-16-16-14-------14-13-------|--
--|-------14-16----16-14-----16-16-16-------|-------------14-16-------16-14-|--
--|-14-16-----------------16----------------|-------------------------------|--

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------16-14------------14-16-14----14-------------------
---13----13--13-15-16-16-13--------13-(16)>18----------13----16-13-------------
13----13-----------------------------------------------------------16-13----13-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------16----
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

06:44
---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------
16-13----------------|-------------13------------------------------------------
------14-13----------|-------14-16----16-14-...--------------------------------
------------16-14-16-|-14-16---------------------------------------------------



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