Once Upon A Time In The West Chords by Dire Straits

Tempo:
73.7 bpm
Chords used:

Am

G

D

Dm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dire Straits - Once Upon A Time In The West chords
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[D] [Am]
[F]
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]
[G] [F] [B]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[G] [D] I'm moving
South [Am]
[C]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[Am] Street, get a cheap laugh, breaking up the speed limit
[Am] Scaring the pedestrians, oh I'm moving
[D]
[Am] I'm crossing up the progress, [G] driving on the grass
[D]
Leaving [Bm] just enough [Am] room to pass
[C] Sunday driver, [Am] never took a test
[Dm] Oh yeah, [G] once upon a [Am] time in the west
[Am] There's that snowy old saying that you don't know nothing
[D] [Am] Still gonna get you if you don't do something
Sitting on the fence, that's [G] a dangerous cause
[D] You could even catch a bullet from [Am] the peacekeepers
[C] Even a hero [Am] gets a bullet in the chest
[C] Oh [Dm] yeah, [G] once upon a time [Am] in the west
[C] [D] There's that [F] snowy old saying that you don't [Am] [G] know [F] nothing
Your [C] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am] [G]
[D] [G] [Am] [C]
[Am] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [D]
[F] [Am] [G]
[F] [Am] mom and Mary, your children are slaughtered
[E] [Am] Some of your [C] mothers ought to lock up your daughters
[Am] Misprotecting [G] the inattentive
[D] Trouble in [Am] the land plenty
[C] Tell me how we're gonna do our specs
[Dm]
[G] Once upon a time in [D] the west
[C] Oh [Dm] yeah, [G] once upon [C] a time in [Am] the west
[Dm] Oh yeah, [G] once upon a time in [Am] the west
[C] [Dm] Oh yeah, [G] once upon [Am] a time in the west
[Dm]
[G] [Am] [D] [C] [Dm]
[G] [Am]
[G] [Am] Once [D] upon [G] a time in [Am] the west
[Dm]
[G] [Am] [Dm] Once
[G] upon a time
[Am] Once [Dm]
[G] [Am] upon [Dm] a time in the west
[G] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [Am] you
[Dm] [G] [Am]
Key:  
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
Dm
2311
C
3211
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
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To start learning Dire Straits - Once Upon A Time In The West chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Dm, G, Am, Dm, Am, Am, G, D and Am in sequence. Kick off your practice at a gentle 36 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 74 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] I'm moving
South [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] Street, get a cheap laugh, breaking up the speed limit _
[Am] _ Scaring the pedestrians, oh I'm moving
_ [D]
[Am] I'm crossing up the progress, [G] driving on the grass
_ [D]
Leaving [Bm] just enough [Am] room to pass
_ [C] Sunday driver, [Am] never took a test
_ [Dm] Oh yeah, [G] once upon a [Am] time in the west
[Am] There's that snowy old saying that you don't know nothing
_ [D] _ [Am] Still gonna get you if you don't do something
_ _ Sitting on the fence, that's [G] a dangerous cause _
[D] You could even catch a bullet from [Am] the peacekeepers
[C] Even a hero [Am] gets a bullet in the chest
[C] Oh [Dm] yeah, [G] once upon a time [Am] in the west
_ [C] [D] There's that _ _ [F] _ snowy old saying that you don't [Am] [G] know [F] nothing
Your [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] mom and Mary, your children are slaughtered
[E] _ [Am] Some of your [C] mothers ought to lock up your daughters
[Am] _ _ _ Misprotecting [G] the inattentive _
_ [D] _ Trouble in [Am] the land plenty
[C] Tell me how we're gonna do our specs
_ [Dm] _ _
[G] Once upon a time in [D] the west
[C] Oh [Dm] yeah, [G] once upon [C] a time in [Am] the west
[Dm] Oh yeah, [G] once upon a time in [Am] the west
[C] _ [Dm] Oh yeah, [G] once upon [Am] a time in the west
_ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Once [D] upon [G] a time in [Am] the west
_ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] Once _
[G] upon a time
[Am] Once _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ upon [Dm] a time in the west
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ you
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _

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It's Mark Knopfler who authored this song.

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