Hand In Hand chords by Dire Straits

Chords with lyrics

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          Hand in Hand– Dire Straits
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Tuning: soprano C majorC

Dire Straits
Hand in Hand (1980)
(Knopfler)

From: "Making Movies"

The chords in the intro might as well be played as regular C majorC and Am.
Still, Cadd9Cadd9 and Asus4Asus4 is what the acoustic guitar plays there.

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CHORUS
 FF
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A augmentedA|3---2---0---x---|
E MajorE|1---1---1---3---|
C majorC|0---0---0---0---|
g|2---2---2---2---|
 Hand in hand like ...

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CHORDS

     g-C-E-A
Cadd9Cadd9   0-2-0-3
Asus4Asus4   2-2-0-0

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Intro:
| Cadd9Cadd9 | Asus4Asus4 | Cadd9Cadd9 | Asus4Asus4 |
| Cadd9Cadd9 | Asus4Asus4 | Cadd9Cadd9 | Asus4Asus4 |


Verse:
C majorC           A minorAm
 The sky is crying the streets are full of tears
C majorC          A minorAm
 Rain come down and wash away my fears
       E minorEm
And all this writing on the wall
                  1 + 2 + 3 + 4
E minorEm             A minorAm    C majorC   G+G
 Oh I can read between the lines

Verse:
C majorC         A minorAm
 Rain come down forgive this dirty town
C majorC          A minorAm
 Rain come down and give this dirty town
      E minorEm
A augmentedA drink of water
      A minorAm | A minorAm   C majorC |
A augmentedA drink of wine


Chorus:
G+G     A minorAm     FF
 If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
G+G    A minorAm       FF
 I never wanted no one else
G+G      A minorAm       E minorEm      A minorAm  G+G
 I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
FF         G+G            | G+G |
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to
(= LINK)


Verse:
     C majorC         A minorAm
As you'd sleep I'd think my heart would break in two
       C majorC        A minorAm
I'd kiss your cheek I'd stop myself from waking you
      E minorEm
But in the dark you'd speak my name
                1 + 2 + 3 + 4
E minorEm          A minorAm    C majorC   G+G
You'd say baby what's wrong ?


Verse:
  C majorC         A minorAm
Oh, here I am baby I'm coming back for more
      C majorC         A minorAm
I'm like a wave that's got to roll into the shore
    E minorEm
Yes and if my love's in vain
            A minorAm | A minorAm   C majorC |
How come my love is so strong ?


Chorus:
G+G     A minorAm     FF
 If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
G+G    A minorAm       FF
 I never wanted no one else
G+G      A minorAm       E minorEm      A minorAm  G+G
 I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
FF         G+G            | G+G |
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to
(= LINK)


Interlude:
      | D MajorD | Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD | D MajorD | Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |
Supposed to be


Solo:
| D MajorD | % | % | D MajorD C majorC |
| FF | % | G+G | % | % | % |


Verse:
  C majorC            A minorAm
Now you and me go parallel together and apart
    C majorC                  A minorAm
And you keep your perfect distance and it's tearing at my heart
    E minorEm
Did you never feel the distance
E minorEm               A minorAm    C majorC G/DG/D G+G
 Did you never try to cross the line


Verse:
       C majorC            A minorAm
'Cause it's another dirty river and another dirty scar
  C majorC                  A minorAm
And I don't know who's kissing you and I don't know where you are
  E minorEm
So far from home
          A minorAm  | A minorAm   C majorC |
Don’t you think of me sometime


Chorus:
G+G     A minorAm     FF
 If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
G+G    A minorAm       FF
 I never wanted no one else
G+G      A minorAm       E minorEm      A minorAm  G+G
 I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
FF         G+G            | G+G  FF C majorC |
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to
(= LINK)


Chorus:
G+G     A minorAm     FF
 If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
G+G    A minorAm       FF
 I never wanted no one else
G+G      A minorAm       E minorEm      A minorAm  G+G
 I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
FF         G+G            | Gsus4Gsus4 G+G |
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to
(= LINK)


Interlude:
| G+G | % | % | % |
| C majorC | A minorAm | C majorC | A minorAm |


Outro:
   C majorC           A minorAm
Well, sky is crying see the streets are full of tears
C majorC          A minorAm
 Rain come down and wash away my fears
       E minorEm
And all this writing on the wall
E minorEm            | A minorAm | % | % | A minorAm
 Oh I can read between the lines (ritardando)