#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:55:48 +0100 From: Guillaume Laurent To: jamesb@nevada.edu Subject: TAB: Brothers in Arms 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. #----------------------------------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 URBAN JOSEP DESOUZA Jul 22 '94 at 12:06 am -240 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 00:06:58 -0400 To: guitar@nevada.edu ------------------------------ BROTHERS IN ARMS BY DIRE STRAITS ------------------------------- Key: G#m..organ and effects/bass -------------------------------- G#m / E / G#m / E / C#m.....(bass/keybd) -------------------------------- E F# These mist covered mountains B Bsus4 B Are home now for me D#m(A) G#m D#m But my home is the low lands E F#sus4 F# And always will be G#m D#m Someday you'll return to E C#m7 F#sus4 Your valley and your farms F# G#m And you'll no longer burn E F#sus4 F# To brothers in arms ------------------------ G: G#m / E / G#m / E G#m/ E / C#m /C#m/ G#m sus2 G#m -------------------------- D#m(A) E F# Through these fields of destruction B Bsus4 B Baptisms of fire D#m(A) G#m D#m I've watched all your suffering . E F#sus4 F# As the battles raged higher G#m D#m And though they did hurt me so bad E C#m F#sus4 In the fear and alarm F# G#m You did not desert me E F# My brothers in arms ------------------------ G: G#m / E / C#m / E / G#m / E / C#m / C#m -E-F#/ G#m sus2 etc ------------------------- G#m F# G#m F# There's so many different worlds B E So many different suns F# G#m F# And we have just one world B E E But we live in different ones ----------------------------- G: G#m / E / C#m / E / G#m / E / C#m / C#m -E-F#/ G#m sus2 etc ----------------------------- D#m(A) E F# Now the sun's gone to hell B Bsus4 B And the moon's riding high D#m(A) G#m D#m Let me bid your farewell E Everyman has to die G#m D#m But its written in the starlight E C#m F#sus4 ANd every line on your palm F# G#m We're fools to make war E F# On our brothers in arms --------------------------------- : G#m / E / C#m / E : G#m / E / C#m / E-F# : G#m / E / C#m / E : G#m / E / C#m / E-F# etc fade. ------------------------------------------------------------