Lady writer

Dire Straits

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Spatie = start/stop · ↓↑ = sneller/langzamer

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Eenvoudige synth-weergave — toonhoogtes exact, ritme bij benadering

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

E|------------|
B|-(7b)-rb-p5-|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
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
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-9h11p9----9-|
D|--------11---|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van Lady writer van Dire Straits op Gitaartabs. Dit nummer uit het album Communiqué (1979) is een toegankelijke popklassieke met een herkenbare gitaarmelodie. Met de tab-notatie in handen werk je gemakkelijk de ritmische en melodische elementen uit.

Lady writer ligt op beginner-niveau (3 van 10) en werkt met de akkoorden B, A, E, C#m, G en D. Het format is tab, waardoor je direct de snaarposities ziet. Pak je gitaar en volg de noten stap voor stap — dit nummer zit sneller in je vingers dan je denkt.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord B
B is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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2
Practise the change: B ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.