Titre : Private Investigations
Artiste : Dire Straits
Album : Love Over Gold
Transcription : Hervé L
Date transcription : 15/06/06
E-mail : Wagner2.psw@wanadoo.fr
Capo 1
Chords used:
Em 022000
Em/D xx0000
Bm x24432
F/A x03211
B7 x21202
Edim xx2323
Am/6 x04210
Am6/C x34210
Em6 022020
Em7 022030
Em9 022002
Intro: Em; Em/D; Bm; A; G; F/A; B7; G; Edim; Am6; B7; Em;
1:
Em/D Bm
It's a mystery to me - the game commences
I go checking out the reports - digging up the dirt
A
For the usual fee - plus expenses
You get to meet in all sorts - in this line of work
G F/A
Confidential information - it's in a diary
Treachery and treason - there's always an excuse for it
B7 G
This is my investigation - it's not a public inquiry
And when I find the reason - I still can't get used to it
Edim Am6 B7 Em
Aller au 2e couplet
G D
And what have you got at the end of the day?
C Em
What have you got - to take away?
D G D
A bottle of whisky - and a new set of lies
C B7
Blinds on the windows and a pain behind the eyes
Em; Em/D; Bm; A; G; F/A; B7; G; Edim; Am6; B7; Em;
Edim
's Gone for life
Am6
No compesation
B7 Em
Private investigations
Em6 Em Em7 Em6
A; G; Em; A; G; B; Em;
Em9; Em7; Em; C; Em;
Em; Em7; Em; C; Em
tab----------------------------------------------------------
First, a few precisions: this is an attempt of a transcription of the
studio version of P.I. Not everything of what he does is here (far
from that), but it sounds nice when you play this along with the
record, or with a bunch a musician friends.
Besides, I'm completely deaf when it comes to figure out chords (even worse
than solos!), and I know that he often starts these little "phrases"
by strumming a 3 or 4 notes chord, and then picks notes over it. So if
such "phrase beginnings" don't seem to match for you hear, and you
happen to find better ways to do them, please let me know!
Add on (22 Feb. 93) : The corrections I've added are precisely trying to
improve those "starts".
As usual, any adds, corrections, comments, are welcome.
No notations tricks : a ">" means the note following should have no
attack (i.e. slide it, hammer it, pull it, whatever!).
Intro arpeggios (not included in the "Money for Nothing" best-of version) :
-------5-7-5-7--|-----------------------
-----5----------|-----------------------
---5------------|----------9-12-9-------
-7--------------|--------9--------12-9--
----------------|-----10----------------
----------------|-----------------------
Intro solo:
-------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------
---8---------|---------|------|-------8>12--8>10-10-|-10>8>10-|-10>12--8-------
-----9>11-11-|-11-9-11-|-12-9-|----7----------------|---------|----------------
-9-----------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------
-------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------
-------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------
---------------------------|--------------
------------8-7--5>10------|----7-7-8-----
---------7-------------9-9-|----7------9--
-------7-------------------|--------------
----9----------------------|--------------
-7-------------------------|--------------
1st verse :
-------------------7------|------------7-|-------------------------|---
-----------------8---8-7--|----------7---|------------10-----10----|---
--------------------------|--------------|------(9-9)----9-9----9--|---
--------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---
--------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---
--------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---
...mystery to me ...commences ...fee
-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---
-------8-----8---|-------6-----6---|--6-5-4------4----|---
-(7-7)---7-7---7-|-(5-5)---5-5---5-|---------4-4---4--|---
-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---
-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---
-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---
...expenses
----------|----------------|------------------5--|-----------------------|---
----------|-------------8--|------------8---8----|-----------------------|---
--12-11-9-|-----6----------|------7-------7------|-----------------------|---
--14------|---9---9---9----|----5---5------------|--7-9-7-9--7-5-5-7-5---|---
----------|-9-------9------|--7-------7----------|--7------------------7-|---
----------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---
(*)
...inquiry
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-----5-------|
-5-7---5-7---|
-------------|
2nd verse is quite much like the 1st one, give or take a few
variations:
------------7--|------------------------|------------|-
----------7----|--------------8---8-7-6-|-------6----|-
---------------|------------7---7-------|-(5-5)---5--|- (goes on same as
---------------|------------------------|------------|- 1st verse)
---------------|------------------------|------------|-
---------------|------------------------|------------|-
(repeat)
...reports ...treason
--------------------------|-----------------------|-
--------10-------------8--|-----------------------|-
---------------7-9---7----|-----------4---4-------|-
-----------9-9-----9------|---------7---7---7-5---|-
--------------------------|---------------------7-|-
--------------------------|-----------------------|-
...reason The "phrase" marked (*) above is also a bit
shortened.
Last verse (or is it a bridge ? Who cares)
-------------------------7----|------------------------|----7----|-----
--------------8-7-8-10-8---10-|-------7---7-8---7-8-10-|------8--|-----
--------------9---------------|-----9---9-----9--------|---------|-----
------------------------------|-----7------------------|---------|-----
------------------------------|------------------------|---------|-----
------------------------------|------------------------|---------|-----
...you got ...the day ...you got
------------------------------|-----------------7-----|--------------
-----------------7-8-7--------|--------7-8-10-8---10--|--------------
-------------7-9-------9-7-9--|-----------------------|--------------
-----------9------------------|-----------------------|--------------
------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------
------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------
...take away ...of wishky
Then comes a modfied version of the intro solo:
---------------|---------|--------------------------|-
-----8---------|---------|--------------------------|-
-------9>11-11-|-11-9-11-|-11-12-12>11>9>7-7>9-9>6--|-
--9------------|---------|--------------------------|-
---------------|---------|--------------------------|-
---------------|---------|--------------------------|-
------10----10-----------|-------------------------------|
---8-----10----8-7-------|------8>10>10--7>8---8---------|
-7-----------------9-7---|-------------------9---7-------|
-----------------------7-|-------------------------9-7---|
-------------------------|-------------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|------------------|-
------------7-10-8-9---7---7--------------|------------------|-
--11>7--7-9----------9---9---9-6-7--------|-----11-12-11-9-9-|-
-----------------------------------9-7----|---9--------------|-
---------------------------------------10-|------------------|-
------------------------------------------|------------------|-
---------------------------|----------7---------------|-
--11>10--------------------|---8--10-----10--8--------|-
--12----12-9---------------|---9----------------9--9--|-
-------------11-9----------|--------------------------|-
-------------------12-9----|--------------------------|-
------------------------12-|--------------------------|-
-----------------|-------|-------|-------3--|-
-----------------|-------|-------|-------2--|-
-----------------|-------|-------|-------3--|-
-7-9-7-9-7-7-5-4-|-5>4>2-|-2>4>5-|-5>2---2--|-
-10--------------|-------|-------|----------|-
-----------------|-------|-------|----------|-
^
Go (diminished G)
After the instrumental part has begun, wait for 5 beats (i.e. 9 Es
from the bass, including the 1st long one, right after "private...
investigations" bom bom bom... :-)
-----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------
-----------------7-----------------|---7-8-7-----------|--------------
---------------7---9>11-11-9>14-14-|---------9>7-9-9---|--------------
-----------7-9---------------------|-----------------9-|--------------
-2-3-5>7-7-------------------------|-------------------|--------------
-----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------
--------------------|------------------7-------------|---------------------
-8>7--8---8---------|--------8-10-8-10---10-8-10>12--|-8>10>8-8-10-10------
-9------7-----------|----7-9-------------------------|-----------------9-9-
-9----------9>12>14-|--7-----------------------------|---------------------
--------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------
--------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------
---------|------------|---------------------|
---------|------------|---------------------|
-9>7>6>9-|------------|---------------------|
---------|-12>11>9-12-|------9---12---------|
---------|------------|---12---9----10-9----|
---------|------------|-------------------12|
Then come some E and E7 chords, which are available on the sheet
music. :-)
Enough for now.
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