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Hand In Hand Chords by Dire Straits

Hand In Hand chords by Dire Straits

Guitar chords with lyrics

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                    Hand in Hand– Dire Straits
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Tuning: soprano C

Dire Straits
Hand in Hand (1980)
(Knopfler)

From: "Making Movies"

The chords in the intro might as well be played as regular C and Am.
Still, Cadd9 and Asus4 is what the acoustic guitar plays there.

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CHORUS
  F
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|3---2---0---x---|
E|1---1---1---3---|
C|0---0---0---0---|
g|2---2---2---2---|
 Hand in hand like ...

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CHORDS

          g-C-E-A
Cadd9     0-2-0-3
Asus4     2-2-0-0

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Intro:
| Cadd9 | Asus4 | Cadd9 | Asus4 |
| Cadd9 | Asus4 | Cadd9 | Asus4 |


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


Verse:
C                  Am
 Rain come down forgive this dirty town
C                   Am
 Rain come down and give this dirty town
           Em
A drink of water
           Am  | Am     C |
A drink of wine


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


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


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


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


Interlude:
           | D | Dsus4 D | D | Dsus4 D |
Supposed to be


Solo:
| D | % | % | D C |
| F | % | G | % | % | % |


Verse:
    C                        Am
Now you and me go parallel together and apart
        C                                   Am
And you keep your perfect distance and it's tearing at my heart
        Em
Did you never feel the distance
Em                              Am       C G/D G
 Did you never try to cross the line


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



Chorus:
G          Am          F
 If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
G        Am             F
 I never wanted no one else
G           Am             Em            Am    G
 I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
F                  G                       | G    F C |
Hand in  hand like lovers are supposed to
(= LINK)


Chorus:
G          Am          F
 If I been hard on you, I never chose to be
G        Am             F
 I never wanted no one else
G           Am             Em            Am    G
 I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
F                  G                       | Gsus4 G |
Hand in  hand like lovers are supposed to
(= LINK)


Interlude:
| G | % | % | % |
| C | Am | C | Am |


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

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