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"SIX BLADE KNIFE" off LP "Dire Straits" (1978)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: Standard
Mood: laid back and in the groove.
-(7b9 means play 7th fret note, then bend up to note on 9th fret).
-(7b8b7 means play 7th fret note, bend up to 8th fret note and then back
down).
-(14b12 means bend 12th fret note up to 14th fret, THEN play the note, and
bend back down).
The song has two guitars; one playing standard chords in the background, and the other
fills and solos.
--Intro:
Guitar 1 (slight variations):
Am C D Am C D
e|---0-----0-----|-------------------------|
B|---1-----1---3-|--1-----1--1-1---3--3-3--|
G|---2-----2---2-|--2-----2--2-2---2--2-2--| Plays in intro, verses and solos
D|---2-----0---0-|--2-----0--0-0---0--0-0--|
A|---0-----3-----|--0-----3--3-3-----------|
E|---------------|-------------------------|
Guitar 2: lead guitar (fingerstyle):
e|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-x--1-x-1--1------3-3-3-|--1--1-x-1--1--3-x-3-|-x-3p1---x-1-----3-x-3-|-3p1-----1-0-----------|
G|-x--2-x-2--0--0---2-2-2-|--2--2-x-0--0--2-x-2-|-x-----2-x-0--0--2-x-2-|-----x-------2-4p2-0-2-|
D|-x----x----2--2---0---0-|-------x-2-----0---0-|---2---2---2--2--0-x-0-|-2---x-----------------|
A|-x--0-------------------|--0------------------|-----------------------|--------3--------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|---------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------|
B|-----5-5---3/5-|-5-5---3/5-5------------5----5----5--5----|-------------------------|------------|
G|-x-x-----5-----|-----5-------5--7b9b7-5--8p7--7h8--7b--5b-|-----7b8b7-7b8b7-5-7-5---|-5-7-7b8-5-7|
D|-x-x-----------|------------------------------------------|-7---------------------7-|------------|
A|---------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------|
E|---------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------|
--Verse 1 (0:33):
Am C D Am C D
Your six blade knife, do anything for you,
Am C D Am C D
Uh, anything you want it to.
Am C D
One blade, breaking my heart,
Am C D
One blade to tear me apart,
Am C D Am C D
Your six blade knife, do anything for you.
--Verse 2(1:06):
Am C D Am C D
You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin,
Am C D Am C D
You come up from behind me, you lay it down cold on my skin.
Am C D
Took a stone from my soul, when I was lame,
Am C D
Just so you could make me tame,
Am C D Am C D
Yeah, you take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin.
Fill:
e|-------------------|
B|---------8-x-x-7~--|
G|---------9-x-x-7~--|
D|--5-6-7------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
--Chorus (1:39):
Dm C
I wanna be free of it babe,
G D
I don't want it no more.
Dm C
I wanna be free of it now,
G D
mmmn I don't want it no more...
--Guitar solo (1:57):
e|-----------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|------------11----------|----------------------|-------------------------|
G|----5-7b9--7-5-7-|-7b9-7b9--9----9-x-7----|-x-x--12b14~~~14b12-9-|-12-12b14--14b12-9-12-9~-|
D|--7--------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
e|----------------------------|--------7---------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--13b12-10--10------10-13---|------7---7-10-7----8---8---8---8---|-8---------------------8------|
G|----------12---12/14-----11-|--7b9-------------5-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-|-7b9b7-5---7-5-x-5-x-x-7-x-7-5|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------|---------7-7-7-x-7-x-x---x-7-7|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
e|------------------------7--------|
B|-----------------------7--8-5----|
G|--x-x-5p4-4-4--x-x-7b9--------7--|
D|----------5-5--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
--Verse 3 (2:29):
Am C D Am C D
Everybody's got a knife, it can be just what you want it to be,
Am C D Am C D
A needle, a wife, something that you just can't see.
Am C D
Your six blade knife, keeps you strong,
Am C D
Yes, but it'll do me wrong
Am C D Am C D
Your six blade knife, do anything for you.
...Another solo then fade-out.
Enjoy!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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