Tunnel Of Love Chords by Dire Straits

Tempo:
138.1 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Bb

Dm

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tunnel Of Love chords
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[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[C]
[F] [G] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Dm]
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[Am] Been crazy [Dm] on the water
[F]
But the life that [C] I choose
Yeah, [G] sing about the switch, sing about the switch
[Am] [D] And the torture [C] tattoo, and I've been writing [D] on a gold string
[F]
Where the cars [C] they scream and slam
And I don't know [G] where I'll be tonight
[C] But I'd [D] always tell you where I am
[C] In the screaming [Dm] ring of faces
[Am] [F] I seen us handing [C] in the light
She had a ticket [G] for the race
Yeah, just like me, she [Dm] was a victim of the night
I [C] put my hand up [Dm] on the lever
[F] Said let it rock and [C] let it roll
I had the one [Dm]-armed [G] bandit fever
There [Dm] was an arrow through my heart and my soul
And the [Am] big wheel [Bb] keep on turning
[C]
Me [F] on burnin'
[Bb] Up above
And [F] I'm just high on the world
[Am] And I wanna [Dm] take a little ride [Bb] with you girl
[Dm] On the tunnel of love [C] Yeah, [Dm] love
[C] [Dm] It's the dangerous
And [F] when you're [C] riding at your own risk
She said you're the perfect [G] stranger
She [Dm] said baby, let's keep it like this
[C] This is [Dm] the case, whoa
[F]
This is the Navy, yeah, [C] step right up and see
Hey [G] mister, give me two, give me two now
[Dm] Cause any two can play
And [Am] the big [Bb] wheel keep on turning
[C] Me [F] on burnin'
Up [Bb] above
[F] And I'm just high on the world
[Am] And I wanna [Dm] take a little ride [Bb] with you girl
[Dm] On the tunnel of love [C] Yeah, [Dm] love
[Bb] [C] Well [Gm] it's been money for muscle [Bb] on her
Another worthy [Gm] thing
Money for [F] muscle [Bb] on her
Another girl [Gm] I dig
Another [Bb] hustle but the
Just to make it [C] big and rock away, rock away
Oh, rock away, rock away
You [F] girl look so pretty to me
[C] [Dm] Like it always did
[Bb] Oh, [C] like the Spanish city [F] too
[Bb] When we were kids
You [C] [F] girl look so pretty to me
[C] Just [Dm] like it always did
[Bb] Oh, [C] like the Spanish city too
[F] [Bb] When we were kids
[C] [F]
[C] She [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb]
[C] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] took off [Dm] her silver locket
She [F]
said remember [C] me by this
She put her hand in [G] my pocket
I [Dm] got a kiss and a kiss
[C] And a roar at [Dm] the Fendi's head
[Gm] [F] I stood, I watched her [C] walk away
I [G] could have caught her but not easy enough
[Dm] But something about the main thing
And the [F] big wheel [Bb] keep on turning
[C]
Me [F] on burnin'
[Bb] Up above
And [F] I'm just high on the world
[Am] Come on and [Dm] take a little ride with [Bb] me girl
[D] On the tunnel of [F] love
[C] Yeah, [Dm] love, love
[C] [Dm] On the tunnel of love
[C] Woo, [Dm] love, love
[C] And [Gm] now I'm searching through these [Dm] [Bb] carousels
In the carnival arcade
[Gm] Searching everywhere [Dm] from [Bb]
superchairs to [Gm] palisades
In any shooting [Dm] gallery [Bb] where promises are made
[C] To rock away, rock away
[Bb] [C] Rock away, rock away
[F] [Gm] From [C] color codes and we lay bae
[Gm] I [C] had to rock away
And [F] girl it looked so pretty to me
[C] [Dm] Like it always [F] did
Like [C] the Spanish city to me
[Am] When [Bb]
we were kids
[C] [F] Girl it looked so pretty to me
[C]
[Dm] Like it always [Bb] did
[C] Like the Spanish city to [Am] me
[Bb]
When we were kids
[C]
[F] [Em]
[Dm] [G] [F]
[Bb] [C] [Am]
[Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Dm] When we [Bb]
[C]
[Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Gm] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[Am] [F]
[C] were [Dm] kids
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Gm] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Gm] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Dm]
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[Bb] [C]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
Gm
123111113
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
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Learn the basic chords of Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love chords, with this master sequence: Bb, C, F, Bb, C, Dm and Bb. For best results, commence at 69 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 138. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: F Major.

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] Been crazy [Dm] on the water
_ _ [F]
But the life that [C] I choose _ _ _
_ Yeah, [G] sing about the switch, sing about the switch
[Am] _ [D] And the torture [C] tattoo, and I've been writing [D] on a gold string
[F] _
Where the cars [C] they scream and slam _
And I don't know [G] where I'll be tonight _ _
_ _ [C] But I'd [D] always tell you where I am
[C] In the screaming [Dm] ring of faces
[Am] [F] I seen us handing [C] in the light _ _
She had a ticket [G] for the race
Yeah, just like me, she [Dm] was a victim of the night
I [C] put my hand up [Dm] on the lever
_ [F] Said let it rock and [C] let it roll
I _ had the one [Dm]-armed [G] bandit fever _
There [Dm] was an arrow through my heart and my soul
And the [Am] big wheel [Bb] keep on turning
_ [C]
Me _ [F] on burnin'
[Bb] Up above
And [F] I'm just high on the world
[Am] And I wanna [Dm] take a little ride [Bb] with you girl
[Dm] On the tunnel of love [C] Yeah, _ [Dm] _ love _ _
_ [C] _ [Dm] It's the dangerous
And [F] when you're [C] riding at your own _ risk
She said you're the perfect [G] stranger _
She _ _ [Dm] said baby, let's keep it like this
[C] _ This is [Dm] the case, whoa
[F]
This is the Navy, yeah, [C] step right up and see
_ Hey [G] _ mister, give me two, give me two now
[Dm] Cause any two can play
And [Am] the big [Bb] wheel keep on turning _
[C] Me _ [F] on burnin'
Up [Bb] above
[F] And I'm just high on the world
_ [Am] And I wanna [Dm] take a little ride [Bb] with you girl
[Dm] On the tunnel of love _ [C] Yeah, _ [Dm] love _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] Well [Gm] it's been money for muscle [Bb] on her
Another worthy [Gm] thing
Money for [F] muscle [Bb] on her
Another girl [Gm] I dig
Another [Bb] hustle but the
Just to make it [C] big and rock away, rock away
_ Oh, rock away, rock away
_ You [F] girl look so pretty to me
[C] _ _ [Dm] Like it always did
_ [Bb] _ Oh, [C] like the Spanish city [F] too
_ [Bb] When we were kids
You [C] _ _ [F] girl look so pretty to me
[C] Just [Dm] like it always did
[Bb] _ Oh, [C] like the Spanish city too
[F] _ [Bb] When we were kids
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ She [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] took off [Dm] her silver locket
She [F] _
said remember [C] me by this _
She put her hand in [G] my pocket
I _ _ [Dm] got a kiss and a kiss _
[C] And a roar at [Dm] the Fendi's head
[Gm] [F] I stood, I watched her [C] walk away
_ I _ _ _ [G] _ could have caught her but not easy enough
[Dm] But something about the main thing
And the [F] big wheel [Bb] keep on turning
[C] _
_ Me [F] on burnin'
[Bb] Up above
And [F] I'm just high on the world
[Am] Come on and [Dm] take a little ride with [Bb] me girl
[D] On the tunnel of [F] love
[C] Yeah, _ [Dm] _ love, love
[C] _ _ [Dm] On the tunnel of love
[C] Woo, _ [Dm] love, love _
[C] _ And [Gm] now I'm searching through these [Dm] [Bb] carousels
In the carnival arcade
_ [Gm] Searching everywhere [Dm] from [Bb]
superchairs to _ [Gm] palisades
In any shooting [Dm] gallery [Bb] where promises are made
[C] To rock away, rock away
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] Rock away, rock away
_ [F] [Gm] From [C] color codes and we lay bae
_ [Gm] I [C] had to rock away
And _ _ _ [F] girl it looked so pretty to me
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ Like it always [F] did
_ Like [C] the Spanish city to me
_ [Am] When [Bb] _ _
_ we were kids
[C] _ [F] Girl it looked so pretty to me
_ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] Like it always [Bb] did _
[C] Like the Spanish city to [Am] me
[Bb]
When we were _ kids
[C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ When we [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] were [Dm] _ kids _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _

Facts about this song

This song was featured on the Making Movies album.