Dire Straits were a British rock band from Newcastle, United Kingdom, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk.
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[Verse] CD These mist covered mountains GCG Are a home now for me EmBm But my home is the lowlands CD And always will be EmBm Some day you'll return to CAmD Your valleys and your farms G And you'll no longer burn CD To be brothers in arms
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[Verse] EmA#D Though these fields of destruction GCG Baptism of fire EmBm I've witnessed your suffring CD As the battle raged higher EmBm And trough they did hurt me so bad CAmD In the fear and alarm G You did not desert me CD My brothers in arms
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EmDEmGD There's so many different worlds GCD So many different suns EmGD And we home just one world GC But we live in different ones
[Solo] EmCAm
EmCD Now the sun's gone to hell GCG And the moon's riding high EmBm Let me bid you forewell CAmD Every man has to die EmBm But it's written in the starlight CD And every line on your palm G We're fools to make war CD On our brothers in arms