DIRE STRAITS16 20 20 27 38 30 34 46 a 50 53 56 59 62 66 70 DIRE STRAITS DOWN TO THE WATERLINE IN THE GALLERY LIONS SETTING ME UP ‘SIX BLADE KNIFE SOUTHBOUND AGAIN SULTANS OF SWING WATER OF LOVE WILD WEST END COMMUNIQUE ANGEL OF MERCY communiqué FOLLOW ME HOME LADY WRITER NEWs ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST PORTOBELLO BELLE SINGLE-HANDED SAILOR WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING ? er 103-2-80 Exclusive Distributors © Chappell Music Li Fist Published 1879 160/70 Roden Stroot, ‘© Chappell Music Ld Mord 161 280, 50 New Bond Street, Essex, England. London (WA 23R {Polygram CompanyMARK KNOPFLERDAVID KNOPFLERJOHN ILLSLEYPICK WITHERSReng! Hering! Bring! Bring! "Yes, who ist?” joha Stance from Phonaacam”™ jh blood hel, haven't gar time ahan than, put hirn thesughy “Ello, Ed?” “Ya, hélltalobiy wil cum do you for then 2" “Well, we've just signad this ney burn "Dire Straits” nd | dias wronduring ang on, hang.an. What aterrible rarne “Nah comson Ed. seriously, they're eat and they some work and! was wandering you'd ne mtorosted i bang their wnt “Look Jann, youlknow Laniy handle Aver gan ate Fue got An openina slot quing om the Talaing Heads tour next January thaugh. What are they like?" Gerat ue got ademe lone here. wvinrdan't you came round and give ttaliston ?* But l'm busy”. Comwen, cameevornow. Seriausly, they're gioaty alka him!...ah, Well luckily fg: mw, John Stuinze persisted andi at ahowt 5 45pm on Dscember 8th 1977 got my first tsaie of ira Stairs. Fuwaa sullen them at Dinggwalls (a north Landon ‘hip! night club) the ollowing Tuesday, and keow alterthiny sovends oF Down To The Walorline” that | wanted to manage them. [romember that several hing simukimg uethe time (a;ai (ror flying bottles) firstly. the hand played ata comfgrtablevalume and | did't find mysell tying through the buck wall ofthe cluo, secondly Mark played guitarlike Hank Marvin would havedune yd taken LS... thirdly they lovkud good, and lastly thesangs ‘ew superb, With a Brilliant, dynamie manager atthe helm, now could they gewrong he storyatthe manager has yet io be tld (shortly79 appeer in my bevk lied “Everyone 4 Scumbaa”) but mua nrerhile, here are the sangs, including the commas. Iwonderif ll yetta write the intra tor Venlume 2 ? hott. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE ortls & muste by ‘mark leopfler TSS Mh a tome Bo a =| 2 GF? oF at 6 Bm small notes optional sweet aur-ren- oa the quay side near—migs-es on the _dog leap stalr— ways == = —— ae ay rea ©copyright 1978 by Siraltjacket Songe Limited All Rights Administered by Roudor Music (London) Limited Rondor flouse, 10a Parsons Green, London SW ATW for the world Inlernational Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved Made in EnglandA of — the car-goes 1 tke —— you one time we're blow-in' out all wildand cold — a in the sha-dow a fog _horn = r =———? as ad count-io! sll the mum-bere yen The wa— tore tine — po-lice-man he shines a ight ——~_ on my shoul der << 3 “sCat = * z ao Bm <1) Ea 2 2 water ~ las — (w verse 3) (w verse 4) a 4 ‘I —¥ x down - 20f 210 up comes a coastar fast and silent in the night over my shoulder all you can see are the pilot lights to money in our jackets and our jeans are torn, your hands are cold but your lips are warm, she can see him on the jetty where they used to go she can fecl him in the places where the sailors go when she's walking by the river and the railway line, she can still hear him whisper, let's go down to the waterline, down - Sof 3IN THE GALLERY " words & muste by mark knopfier § bam > har- ry made a baro-back rid — peo-ple have to paint and deay— prowdand “Tree — bar- ryhadto work in up-on & horse lay and BF F # t PF i) © Copyright 1978 by Straitjacket Songe Limited AIL Rights Administered by Rondor Musie (London) Limited Rondor House, 102 Parsons Green, London SW6 ATW for the world International Copyright Secured ‘All Rights Reserved Made in England LetsBb Apansi By anda fine coal min- er like the waves com-in" into the ED Bom FD Bom = for the ne. be It was in his blood— and in his bones— ther was— fall- en an~ gel hewas ig - nored by all the trend -y boys in onda yezand in — fa skatving bal-ler- in- a13 oom a _ 2m 2 you shouldiavescenherd the — eka-ters' waltz —— Fe Cp eth— he might as well have been mak -ing toys — or strings of beads — Ihe eould=n't alleryiz to coda pi§al- rpsuss Bora 2 . Diverse s in the gall-er-y t a a a econ Ce De ns 2 Bom - hay- xy mide a bare-back rid ~ er made ® bare-back id - gallery - 4 of 5repent (ad 1b) 15 ot fad Bm. bbe Boe Ebr | herry made a bareback rider proud and tree upon a horse anda fine coal miner for the n.c.b. that was «fallen angel 2 Jesus on the cross skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater's waltz Some people have got to paint and draw harry had to work in clay and sone like the wavos comin! t the shore Iwas Inhis blood and in his bones hewas ignored by all the trendy boys in london, yes, and in leeds hhe might as well have been making toys or strings of beads he couldn't be, no he cot in the gallery \dn't he in the gallery fand then you get an artist he says he doesa't want w paint at all and he takes an ompty canvas sticks It on te wall the birds of 9 feather all the phonies and all of the fakes while the dealers they get torether thon they decide who gets the breaks and who's gonna be ha ha who's gonna be in the gallery. in the gallery instrumental 1 es, ho wouldn't compromise no junk, no string and all the lies We subsidise them ‘that justdon’t mean a thing {ve got to say he passed away ta obscurity ‘and now all the vultures they've comin’ down from th8 tree and e's gonna be yeah he's gonna be in the gallesy, in the gallery" LIONS words & must by mark koopiler medion term ~ A SSS SS Se See == =F ae == = - goes down way ov-er cling-ing on, __try'n' to get_a_crowd roar D A cru- zy shoais— starlings are sweep-ing a-round a the chime ft plays — no-tod-yeares to de~ pend up~ on f 6 OP ro F ro? ©copyright 1978 by Straitjacket Songs Limited A gi hdssteered by TRendor Sune (Landon) Limited Mon teeta tna Wesson Gross, Lamas 6H0-CW fort Wont emalonl Goprigh Secured” "Alt Rigs Reserved lade i» England Lotsand a girl———_ is there ‘they're all the sia~ tion pray-ing for trains A a Bm? F high hecl-ing it a - cross the square F wind itblows a tho _con-grenge- tions late a - gain — its getting dark-er in her heir the _time pros wait-Ing In theerowd to cross at the light — drunkold sol-dier he gives her a fright— he's she looks around find facom— era-zy li~ on how = ing_for— = 2ad. lib. ole Bm7 D = = z ro Ff ‘fF lere °F == = SS ? m if fr 3 p.fiariverseal Fem FET-10 = 79 what hap-pened > the = night Repest (ad lib treatment) till fade think-ing ‘bout the i ons 3. strap hanging gunshot sound, doors slamming on the overground. starlings are tough bat the Hons axe made of stone, her evening paper is horror torn but there's hope later for eapricorns, her lucky stars give her just enough to get her home. then she's reading about « swing to the right but she's been thinking ‘bout a stranger in the night. Hons - 4 of 4