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Artist: Dire Straits
Title: Money for Nothing
Transcribed by: debacle
This is adapted from Kr¥pton¥te's previous submission.
I have interpreted the song in my own way, trying to be as accurate as possible.
Some things, like the advice I give below, and the up/downstrokes, are just my s
Note that this tab is timed properly. Each bar consists of one dash at the star
and then every two dashes after that count as one eighth note:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Legend
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hdirectly above note: harmonic
=hold the note and play the next note while still holding
__/hold the note, and then slide up to the next note without picking
.a period above a note is meant to emphasize that it is staccato,
meaning don't hold the note
Vpick the note with a downstroke
^pick the note with an upstroke
Advice
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This is a pretty simple riff once you get the hang of it,
but here's a couple things:
-In the 1st bar, when you fret the -305-- pattern,
use your index on the 3 and *middle* finger on the 5.
This will allow a smooth fingering of the -65--- when you get to it.
-In the 5th bar, for the -305-- pattern you can use your ring finger
on the 5 instead, and that makes it easier to "roll" your index
finger into the 33---- pattern in the 6th bar.
-For the --33-- and ---33- patterns, I just use my index finger, it
especially makes the slide in the 8th bar easier.
V V V ^ V ^ V V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V V ^ V
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|-----3---3---3-6=|=6---3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-h---0---0-5-0-5=|=5---0-5-5-3---0-|-----0-----3-----|-3__/5---5---3-0-|
|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---5-5-5-3-0-0-|-----0-----3-0-0-|-3__/5---5---3-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1__/3---3-------|
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V V V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V V ^ V ^ V V
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|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----3-------3-3-|-3-3---3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-h---0-----5-0-0-|-0---5-0-5-3-0-0-|-h---0-----3-----|-----------------|
|-5---5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-3-0-0-|-5---0-------5-0-|-3__/5---5-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3__/5---5-------|
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