Lady Writer

Dire Straits

tom:

[Intro]
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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

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D|-------------|
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A    B          C#m  B  A
She had another quality
A       B           C#m  B  A
The way you used to look

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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


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A                         C#m     Abm   F#m
And I recall my fall from grace


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        Am            C#m
Another time, another place


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A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV

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    A           B              C#m  B  A
She had all the brains and the beauty

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A      B              C#m  B  A
The pictures does not fit

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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

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A                         C#m     Abm   F#m
And I recall my fall from grace

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        Am            C#m
Another time, another place

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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

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 A  B  Abm (2x)

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A                                            E      A
Just away that her hair fell down around her face

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D|--11--9------11-11-11-|
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A                         C#m     Abm   F#m
And I recall my fall from grace

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B|----12b14------12b14r12--9--12------------9--10p9--------------|
G|--------------------------------11b13r11-----------11--9--11~--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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        Am            C#m
Another time, another place

E|------------------------------------------------|
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G|--9h11p9-------6-----9--8--6h8p6--6-----6-------|
D|------------6-----6------------------6----------|
A|-------------------------------------------16\--|
E|------------------------------------------------|


A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV

E|--------------|
B|--7b9r7--5~~--|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|

A            B          C#m  B  A
She knew all about a history
A            B                C#m  B  A
You couldn’t hardly write your name

E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--4--6--6b8r6--6~--|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

A          B                Abm
I think, I want it just the same as the

E|---------------|
B|--4b6----------|
G|--6----6p4--6--|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
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A    B             C#m  B  A
Lady writer on the TV

E|--7-------------------|
B|-----7b9--7b9r7--5~~--|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

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

E|---------------------------|
B|--12-----------------------|
G|------11b13--11b13r11--9~--|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

A                 B      C#m  B  A
Talking about the Virgin Mary

E|---------------------------------------|
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G|--9--9--9--11--9-11--9-11--9-11--9-11--|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

         A        B                     C#m  B   A
Yeah you know I’m talking about you and me

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G|--11--9-11--9-11--9-11--11b13--------11p9--9~--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
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A             B            C#m
And the lady writer on the TV

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[Repeat n°1]
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[End of repeating]

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[Repeat ad infinitum]
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