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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro: [G#m - E - C#m - E - G#m - E - C#m - G#m - E - C#m - E - F# - G#m - E - C#sus2
G#m ]
These mist covered [E] moun- [F#] tains Are home now for [B] me [Bsus4 - B] But my [D#m/A] home is the [G#m] low [D#m] lands And always will [E] be [F#sus4] Some- day you'll re- [G#m] turn [D#m] to Your valley and your [E] farms [C#m - F#sus4] And you'll [F#] no longer [G#m] burn To be [E] brothers in [F#sus4] arms [F#]
[G#m - E - C#m - E - F# - G#m – E – C#sus2] [G#m]
Through these [F#] fields of de- [E] struc- [F#] tion Baptisms of [B] fire [Bsus4 – B] I've [D#m/A] watched all your [G#m] suffe- [D#m] ring As the battles raged [E] higher [F#sus4] And though they did hurt [G#m] me so [D#m] bad In the fear and a- [E] larm[C#m - F#sus4] You did not de- [G#m] sert me My [E] brothers in [F#] arms
[G#m - E - C#m - E - G#m - E - C#sus2] [G#m]
There's so [F#] many different [G#m] worlds [F#] So [B] many different [E] suns [F#sus4] And [F#] we have just one [G#m] world [F#] But we [B] live in different [E] ones
[G#m - E - C#m - E - G#m - E - C#m - G#m - E - C#m - E - F# - G#m – E – C#sus2]
[G#m]
Now the sun's gone to [E] hell [F#] And the moon's riding [B] high Bsus4 – B] Let me [D#m/A] bid your fare- [G#m] well [D#m] Everyman has to [E] die [F#sus4] But its [F#] written in the [G#m] star- [D#m] light And every line on your [E] palm [C#m - F#sus4] We're [F#m] fools to make [G#m] war On our [E] brothers in [F#sus4] arms [F#]
[G#m - E - C#m - E - G#m - EC#m G#m - E - C#m - E - F#m - G#m - EC#sus2]
repeat these 8 bars 5 times while fading during 5th.