Your Latest Trick by Dire Straits from Brothers In Arms album
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This is a chords for album version of the song. Please note that live version contains
exact same verses, but on album part of verses alternates between [B-C#m-B-C#] and
[B-C#m-B/D#-C#/F] all three times. Live version also have [E-F#m] progression after
'All I can do' instead of [E/G#-A]. Note suspended chords in the intro, you can
simplify it to B and B/A or play it like sus in the song too.
Also I checked tones of tabs and chords and even official books and paid sheet music
are wrong. The most 'jazzy chord' in the song is just D9. And note the incredible G#7#9
just before outro solo, it was played both on album and live. It just breathtaking.
Good luck!
Key: E Major
Time: 4/4
AMaj7............[5x665x]
Bsus2............[x2442x]
Bsus2/A..........[x0442x]
F#/A#............[6x867x]
B/A..............[5x444x]
D9...............[x5455x]
B/D#.............[x6444x]
C#/F.............[x8666x] or [1x3121]
E/G#.............[4x645x]
Aadd9............[5x7657]
E/B..............[7x645x]
G#7#9............[x 11 10 11 12 x]
| AMaj7 | Bsus2 Bsus2/A | G#m7 | Amaj7 |
| F# F#/A# | B B/A | G#7 | F#m7 (G#7) | x2
| Amaj7 | D9 |
| C#m A | B | G#m7 | AMaj7 |
| F# | B | G#7 | F#m7 G#7 |
| C#m A | B B/A | G#m7 | AMaj7 |
| F# F#/A# | B B/A | G#7 | F#m7 (G#7) |
E F#m
All the late night bargains have been struck
B C#m B C# F#m
Between the satin beaus and their belles
Prehistoric garbage trucks
D9 E
Have the city to themselves
F#m
Echoes and roars, dinosaurs
B C#m B/D# C#/F
They're all doing the monster mash
F#m
And most of the taxis, most of the whores
D9
Are only taking calls for cash
A
B B/A
I don't know how it happened
E/G# Aadd9 A
It all took place so quick
E/B E/G# A
But all I can do
B C#m B/D#
Is hand it to you
(G#7)
And your latest trick
| C#m A | B B/A | G#m7 | AMaj7 |
| F# F#/A# | B B/A | G#7 | F#m7 (G#7) |
E F#m
Well, now, my door was standing open
B C#m B C#
Security was laid back and lax
F#m
But it was only my heart got a-broken
D9
You must have had a pass key made out of wax
E
You played robbery with insolence
F#m B C#m B/D# C#/F
And I played the blues in twelve bars down on Lover's Lane
F#m
And you never did have the intelligence to use
D9
The twelve keys hanging off of my chain
A
B B/A
I don't know how it happened
E/G# Aadd9 A
It all took place so quick
E/B E/G# A
But all I can do
B C#m B/D#
Is hand it to you
(G#7)
And your latest trick
| C#m A | B B/A | G#m7 | AMaj7 |
| F# F#/A# | B B/A | G#7 | F#m7 (G#7) |
E F#m
Well, now, it's past last call for alcohol
B C#m B C#
Past recall has been here and gone
F#m
The landlord he finally paid us all
D9
The satin jazzmen have put away their horns
E F#m
And we're standing outside of this wonderland
B C#m B/D# D#/F
Looking so bereaved and so bereft
F#m
Like a Bowery bum when he finally understands
D9
The bottle's empty and there's nothing left
A
B B/A
I don't know how it happened
E/G# Aadd9 A
It was faster than the eye could flick
E/B E A
But all I can do
B C#m B/D#
Is hand it to you
G#7#9
And your latest trick
| C#m A | B B/A | G#m7 | AMaj7 |
| F# F#/A# | B B/A | G#7 | F#m7 (G#7) | Repeat to fade-out or 'On The Night' ending
| AMaj7 | D9 |
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