Dire Straits – Private Investigations tab

Intro arpeggios (not included in the "Money for Nothing" best-of version) :

-------5-7-5-7--|----------------------------5----------|--------------------------5------------|----------9-12-9--------7--------------|--------9--------12-9------------------|-----10--------------------------------|-----------------------
Intro solo:
-------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|-------------------8---------|---------|------|-------8>12--8>10-10-|-10>8>10-|-10>12--8------------9>11-11-|-11-9-11-|-12-9-|----7----------------|---------|-----------------9-----------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|-----------------------------|---------|------|---------------------|---------|----------------
---------------------------|--------------------------8-7--5>10------|----7-7-8--------------7-------------9-9-|----7------9---------7-------------------|------------------9----------------------|---------------7-------------------------|--------------
1st verse :-------------------7------|------------7-|-------------------------|--------------------8---8-7--|----------7---|------------10-----10----|-----------------------------|--------------|------(9-9)----9-9----9--|-----------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|---
...mystery to me ...commences ...fee
-----------------|-----------------|------------------|----------8-----8---|-------6-----6---|--6-5-4------4----|----(7-7)---7-7---7-|-(5-5)---5-5---5-|---------4-4---4--|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|---
...expenses
----------|----------------|------------------5--|-----------------------|-------------|-------------8--|------------8---8----|-----------------------|-----12-11-9-|-----6----------|------7-------7------|-----------------------|-----14------|---9---9---9----|----5---5------------|--7-9-7-9--7-5-5-7-5---|-------------|-9-------9------|--7-------7----------|--7------------------7-|-------------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------------|--- (*)...inquiry
-------------|-------------|-------------|-----5-------|-5-7---5-7---|-------------|
2nd verse is quite much like the 1st one, give or take a few variations:
------------7--|------------------------|------------|-----------7----|--------------8---8-7-6-|-------6----|----------------|------------7---7-------|-(5-5)---5--|- (goes on same as---------------|------------------------|------------|- 1st verse)---------------|------------------------|------------|----------------|------------------------|------------|- (repeat) ...reports ...treason
--------------------------|-----------------------|---------10-------------8--|-----------------------|----------------7-9---7----|-----------4---4-------|------------9-9-----9------|---------7---7---7-5---|---------------------------|---------------------7-|---------------------------|-----------------------|-
...reason The "phrase" marked (*) above is also a bit shortened. Last verse (or is it a bridge ? Who cares)
-------------------------7----|------------------------|----7----|-------------------8-7-8-10-8---10-|-------7---7-8---7-8-10-|------8--|-------------------9---------------|-----9---9-----9--------|---------|-----------------------------------|-----7------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|---------|-----
...you got ...the day ...you got
------------------------------|-----------------7-----|-------------------------------7-8-7--------|--------7-8-10-8---10--|---------------------------7-9-------9-7-9--|-----------------------|-------------------------9------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------
...take away ...of wishky Then comes a modfied version of the intro solo:
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------10----10-----------|-------------------------------|---8-----10----8-7-------|------8>10>10--7>8---8---------|-7-----------------9-7---|-------------------9---7-------|-----------------------7-|-------------------------9-7---|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------7-10-8-9---7---7--------------|------------------|---11>7--7-9----------9---9---9-6-7--------|-----11-12-11-9-9-|------------------------------------9-7----|---9--------------|----------------------------------------10-|------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------|-
---------------------------|----------7---------------|---11>10--------------------|---8--10-----10--8--------|---12----12-9---------------|---9----------------9--9--|--------------11-9----------|--------------------------|--------------------12-9----|--------------------------|-------------------------12-|--------------------------|-
-----------------|-------|-------|-------3--|------------------|-------|-------|-------2--|------------------|-------|-------|-------3--|--7-9-7-9-7-7-5-4-|-5>4>2-|-2>4>5-|-5>2---2--|--10--------------|-------|-------|----------|------------------|-------|-------|----------|- ^ Go (diminished G)
After the instrumental part has begun, wait for 5 beats (i.e. 9 Es from the bass, including the 1st long one, right after "private... investigations" bom bom bom... :-)
-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------7-----------------|---7-8-7-----------|-----------------------------7---9>11-11-9>14-14-|---------9>7-9-9---|-------------------------7-9---------------------|-----------------9-|---------------2-3-5>7-7-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------
--------------------|------------------7-------------|----------------------8>7--8---8---------|--------8-10-8-10---10-8-10>12--|-8>10>8-8-10-10-------9------7-----------|----7-9-------------------------|-----------------9-9--9----------9>12>14-|--7-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------
---------|------------|---------------------|---------|------------|---------------------|-9>7>6>9-|------------|---------------------|---------|-12>11>9-12-|------9---12---------|---------|------------|---12---9----10-9----|---------|------------|-------------------12|
Then come some E and E7 chords, which are available on the sheet music. :-) Enough for now.
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