Lady Writer
Dire Straits
Communique 1979
Not as hard as it looks...
You wont need more than this I believe:
UPDATED: 04/10/2007
I really struggled with the outro but I'm guessing
that's what you want so...
Intro:
A B C#m A B C#m A B C#m
| E | 5 7 |
| B | 7 4h5 5 4h5p4 7hb rhb 5 7 5 7p5 7hb rhb 5 |
| G | 4/6 6p4 6 6 6 4/5 6 6 6 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
B G#m B Amaj7
| E | |
| B | 5/4 |
| G | 4\6 6p4 4 6b |
| D | 6 6 4h6 |
| A | |
| E | |
B C#m
Lady Writer on the TV
A B C#m A
talkin' about the Virgin Mary
B C#m A
reminding me of you
B G#m
expectations left come up to yeah
Lady Writer on the TV
yeah she had another quality
The way you used to look
and I know, you never read a book
A
Just the way that her hair
E
fell down around her face
| E | 12 12/11 9 |
| B | 9 12 9 2 |
| G | 11 9 11 9 2 |
| D | 11 9 11 9 2 |
| A | 11 0 |
| E | |
A C#m
Then I recall my fall from grace
G#m F#m
| E | |
| B | 12b 12 9 12p9h12p9 |
| G | 11b rb |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Am
Another time,
C#m
another place
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 9 9 9 |
| D | 11 11 11 11 11 12\ |
| A | 11 11 11 11 11 |
| E | |
The fills stay about the same and then you get the bridge:
E
Yes and your rich old man
B
you know he'd call her
B
a dead ringer
G#m
| E | |
| B | 7/9\7 |
| G | 6/8\6 4 |
| D | 6 6 |
| A | |
| E | |
You got the same command
F#m
Plus your mother was a Jazz singer
Outro Solo:
A B C#m A B C#m
| E | 5 |
| B | 5 7 5 7hb rhb 5 7 7~ 7~ 7~ 7 7~ 7 7~ 7 7~ 7 5 7p5 7p5 7 7hb |
| G | 6 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
B C#m A B C#m A
| E | 5 |
| B | rhb 5 7 5 12b~ rb 9 12b 12b 12 9 |
| G | 6 11b rbp9 |
| D | 11 11 |
| A | |
| E | |
B C#m
| E | 9 |
| B | 9 12p9 9 9 |
| G | 11b 11 11p9 9 11p9 9h11p9 9h11p9 |
| D | 11p9 9h11 11 11 11 |
| A | |
| E | |
A
Repeat last two staves to fade.
I don't think I've missed anything.
The first solo is similar to the Intro so
you should be able to work it out from that.