Search

☀️ 🌙 📟

My Songbook

Lady Writer (Ver2) by Dire Straits

Chords

Rate for accuracy

🎸

0/5 ( votes)

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Intermediate

(intro)

       A   B      C#m  B  A         A            B          C#m
E|----------------------------------------7-------------------------|
B|------7--4--4h5--4--5--4h5p4-----7b(9)-----(9)b7--5--7------5-----|
G|--4/6--------------------------6-------------------------6-----6--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|



           A        B          C#m  B  A             B     Abm
E|----------------------7-------------------------------------------|
B|---------7--5--7b(9)-----(9)b7--5------------5p4------------------|
G|--4-5-6----------------------------6-6--4h6-------6-4-------4-6/8-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------6-6--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

A     B            C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV
A              B      C#m  B  A
Talk about the Virgin Mary
A     B        C#m  B  A
Reminded me of you
A           B            Abm
Expectation left to come up to Yeah

A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV
A    B          C#m  B  A
She had another quality
A       B           C#m  B  A
The way you used to look
A     B              Abm           A
And I know you never read a book

A                                            E      A
Just away that her hair fell down around her face
A                         C#m     Abm   F#m
And I recall my fall from grace
        Am            C#m
Another time, another place

A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV
    A           B              C#m  B  A
She had all the brains and the beauty
A      B              C#m  B  A
The pictures does not fit
A      B                  Abm            A
You'd talk to me when you felt like it

A                                            E      A
Just away that her hair fell down around her face
A                         C#m     Abm   F#m
And I recall my fall from grace
        Am            C#m
Another time, another place

E                           B
Yes and your rich old man,
B                                 B  A  Abm
You know he'd a call her a dead ringer
Abm
You got the same command
                 F#m
Plus your mother was a Jazz singer

(solo) A B C#m  B  A (3x)
       A B Abm  (2x)

A                                            E      A
Just away that her hair fell down around her face
A                         C#m     Abm   F#m
And I recall my fall from grace
        Am            C#m
Another time, another place

A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV
A            B          C#m  B  A
She knew all about a history
A            B                C#m  B  A
He couldn't hardly write your name
A          B                Abm
I think, I want it just the same as the...

A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV
A                 B      C#m  B  A
Talking about the Virgin Mary
    A        B                     C#m  B  A
You know I'm talking about you and me
A             B            C#m
And the lady writer on the TV

A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV
A                 B      C#m  B  A
Talking about the Virgin Mary
         A        B                     C#m  B   A
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
A             B            C#m

Lady Writer (Ver2) Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025