Down To The Waterline Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays507

Down To The Waterline by Dire Straits is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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Text
16
Speed
  			common time(4/4) 
standard tuning(EADG) 
 
INTRO: 
 
|--------------|-------------|-----------|------------| 
|*-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------*| 
|*-------------|-----------0-|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-*| 
|--3---3---0-2-|-3---3---3---|-----------|------------| 
   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 
 
VERSE: 
                                                   (x2) 
|------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| 
|*-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------*| 
|*-.---9-----|-.-.-----7-5-|-----------9-|-----------9-*| 
|--7---------|-5-5---7-----|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7----|  
   1 2 & 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 & 
 
|-------4-2-|-----------|---------|---------|-----------| 
|-----4-----|-4-----4-2-|---------|---------|-----------| 
|-2---------|-----4-----|-0-4-5-6-|-7-----0-|-2---2---0-| 
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|-----------| 
  1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 
 
|-----------| 
|-----4-/-2-| 
|-2---------| 
|-----------| 
  1 2 & 3 4 
 
LEAD 1: 
 
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
|-------------|-----------0-|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-|-----------2-| 
|-3---3---0-2-|-3---3---3---|-----------|-----------|-3---3---3---| 
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 & 
 
|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
|-0---0-----|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-| 
|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
  1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 
 
LEAD 2: 
 
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------| 
|-------------|-----------0-|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-|-----------2-| 
|-3---3---0-2-|-3---3---3---|-----------|-----------|-3---3---3---| 
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 & 
 
|-----------| 
|-----------| 
|-0---0-----| 
|-----------| 
  1 2 & 3 4  
 
SOLO: 
 
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----5---3-2---| 
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------5-| 
|-7---/-5-0-|-4---4-----2-0-|-3---3---2---|-3-------------| 
|-----------|---------2-----|-----------2-|---------------| 
  1 2 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 & 4 & 
 
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----5---3-2---| 
|-------------|-5---5---4-|-------------|-------------5-| 
|---------0-5-|-----------|-3---3-----2-|-3-------------| 
|-3---3-------|-----------|---------3---|---------------| 
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 & 4 & 
 
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
|-------------|---------7-|---------7-|-----------|-----------| 
|-5---5---0-3-|-5---5-----|-0---0-----|-0---0-----|-----------| 
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-2---2---0-| 
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 
 
|---------------|-----------|-----------| 
|---------------|-----------|-----------| 
|---------------|-----------|-0---0-----| 
|-2---2---2-3-5-|-3---3-----|-----------| 
  1 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 
 
 

    	

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