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Lady Writer
Dire Straits
Communique 1979



Not as hard as it looks...
You wont need more than this I believe:
UPDATED: 04/10/2007
I really struggled with the outro but I'm guessing
that's what you want so...


/      Slide Up
\      Slide Down
h      Hammer On
p      Pull Off
b      Bend
rb     Release Bend
hb     Bend and Hold
rhb    Release Held Bend
()     Pre Bend
*      As Told   
   
Intro:

   A   B     C#m         A     B       C#m         A    B       C#m
E|---------------------------5--------------------------------7-----------|
B|-----7-4h5-5-4h5p4-----7hb---rhb-5-7---5------------7p5-7hb---rhb-5-----|
G|-4/6---------------6p4---------------6---6-6-4/5-6------------------6-6-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

         B       G#m      B    Amaj7
E|---------------------------|
B|-----5/4-------------------|
G|-4\6-----6p4----------4-6b-|
D|-------------6-6--4h6------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

       B           C#m
Lady Writer on the TV
A                 B       C#m  A
talkin' about the Virgin Mary
  B             C#m   A
reminding me of you
     B            G#m         
expectations left come up to yeah



Lady Writer on the TV

E|------------|
B|-(7b)-rb-p5-|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
yeah she had another quality
The way you used to look
and I know, you never read a book

A
 Just the way that her hair
                      E
fell down around her face

E|-12-12/11-9---------------------------------|
B|------------9-12----9---------------------2-|
G|-----------------11---9-11----9-----------2-|
D|---------------------------11---9-11----9-2-|
A|-------------------------------------11---0-|
E|--------------------------------------------|

A                           C#m
 Then I recall my fall from    grace
           
            G#m            F#m
E|----------------------------|
B|-12b-12-9-12p9h12p9---------|
G|---------------------11b-rb-|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
  
        Am
Another time,
        C#m
another place

E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------9----9----9-----------------|
D|-11----11-------------------11-11-11-12\-|
A|----11----11---11---11---11--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


The fills stay about the same and then you get the bridge:


E
Yes and your rich old man
                       B
you know he'd call her
B               
a dead ringer

                 G#m
E|-------------|
B|-7/9\7-------|
G|-6/8\6-4-----|
D|---------6-6-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|


You got the same command 
                       F#m
Plus your mother was a Jazz singer


Outro Solo:

   A   B       C#m         A      B         C#m
E|-----------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-7-5-7hb---rhb-5-7-7~-7~-7~-7-7~-7-7~-7-7~-7-5---7p5-7p5-7-7hb-|
G|-------------------------------------------------6---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

     B         C#m          A   B        C#m         A
E|-5----------------------------------------------------|
B|---rhb-5-7---5--12b~-rb-9-12b-12b-12-9----------------|
G|-----------6---------------------------11b-rbp9-------|
D|------------------------------------------------11-11-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

                 B                 C#m
E|-------9----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----9---12p9----9------------------9-----------------------------|
G|-11b----------11---11p9-----------9---11p9----9h11p9----9h11p9----|
D|------------------------11p9-9h11----------11--------11--------11-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

              A
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-9h11p9----9-|
D|--------11---|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

Repeat last two staves to fade.
I don't think I've missed anything.
The first solo is similar to the Intro so
you should be able to work it out from that.