DIRE STRAITS - "money for nothing" Tablature

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From: "Rafael Andrade" <rafs@hotmail.com>
Subject: TABS: Alanis & Dire Straits
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 05:30:43 PDT


Money for Nothing
Dire Straits
>From the album: Brothers In Arms
Transcription by Rafael Andrade (rafs@hotmail.com)

Hi! I tried to do my own version of Money For Nothing with
Tom's (modified) intro and my own chords. Check it out:

Chords: Gm7 C Bb Eb F D E
]---------------------------------[ *on chorus play
]---------------------------------[ the Gm7 like:
]-0----5----3----3----5----7----9-[ ]-7-[
]-0----5----3----1----3----7----9-[ ]-5-[
]---------------------------------[
]---------------------------------[


Intro: (>s>: slide)

]------------------------------------------------
]----------6-------------------------------------
]-7-7--5-7-5--7-5-3-0--3--3>s>5-0-3>s>5-5>s>3-0--
]-5-5--5-5----5-5-5-5--3--3>s>5-0-3>s>5-5>s>3-0--
]------------------------------------------------
]------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------[
-------------8--------------------------------[
--7-7--5---7-7-7-5-----0--3--3>s>5-0----------[ 2
--5-5--5-8---------8-5-0--3--3>s>5-0-3>s>5-5--[ x
----------------------------------------------[
----------------------------------------------[

When you're playing the chords on verse, I sugest to play with
the same rithym of the intro, and the Bb and C above the
"M.T.V." play just like the intro.

Gm7 C
Now look at them yo-yo's ...
Gm7 Bb C
You play the ....
Gm7
That ain't workin' ...
D]-3->s>-5--5--[
Money for nothin' ...

(play the intro through this part:)
Now that ain't workin' that's ...


Eb Bb
We gotta install ...
Eb F
Custom ..
Gm7*
We gotta move these re..
C D E
We gotta move these ...

Gm7 C
See the little faggot with ..
Gm7 Bb C
Yeah buddy that's his ...
Gm7
That little faggot got his ...
F Gm7
That little faggot ...

Repeat chorus, play the ...

Gm7 C
I shouldda learned to ...
Gm7 Bb C
I shouldda learned to ...
Gm7
Look at that mama, she's got it ...
F C
Man we could ...

(play the intro through this part:)
And he's up there, what's that? ...

Repeat chorus and play the intro

Gm7 C
Now that ain't workin' ...
Gm7 Bb C
You play the ...
Gm7
That ain't workin' ...
F Gm7
Money for nothin' and ...

play the intro till the end
Money for nothin' chicks ....
Any corrections are quite welcome, mail me!
(or if you think that I should quit playing
guitar, mail me too!)

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