Once Upon A Time In The West Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays835

Once Upon A Time In The West 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.

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  			The intro is played by guitar only, then the verse goes like this: 
 
  4/4            3/4               4/4            3/4 
G|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|- 
D|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|- 
A|--------------|------7----55----|--------------|------7----55----|- 
E|5-----55-----5|5--8------5----8-|5-----55-----5|5--8------5----8-|- 
 
  3/4        4/4               3/4              4/4 
G|----------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|- 
D|----------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|- 
A|--------5-|---5-----------23|5---5x75--------|775-3-----3--33---|- 
E|5----55--5|3-----3--33---3--|----------5----5|---5---3--------75|- 
 
                                        ____1.+2._______ 
  4/4              4/4                  4/4             | 
G|----------------|----------2---------|----------------|- 
D|----------------|------7-------------|----------------|- 
A|----------------|5--8----------2--5-5|----------------|- 
E|5--8--5--55--558|-----------3--------|5--8--5--55--030|- 
 
  _____3._________ 
  4/4             | 
G|----------------|- 
D|----------------|- 
A|----------------|- 
E|5--8--5--55-5785|- 
 
 
repeat the verse twice (very small variations) then into the bridge: 
  4/4              4/4              6/4 
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|- 
D|----------------|33--33--33--33--|-----------------|- 
A|55--55--55--55-3|---3---3---3----|-----------------|- 
E|---5---5---5----|---------------3|55-133-01-----030|- 
 
 
once again play the verse plus the bridge, then the verse again 
and at end fade the whole thing out for nearly two minutes playing 
the last two bars of the verse. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante