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                             CALLING ELVIS - Dire Straits
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From the Album ON EVERY STREET (1991)
Tabbed by: Matthew Belson (mbelson@villanova.edu)

Tuning:EADGBe

All the tabs for this song here seem incomplete, so 
here's my take on the Calling Elvis solo, along with a few other parts that are interesting.


Chart of Knopfler-esque fingerpicking moves, for you perfectionists:

^TPM: A sweep pick with with your thumb on the G string, Pointer on B, Middle on E
TPM: Same picking pattern as above, just hit all the strings at once like you're "popping" a chord
T: Down pick with just your thumb
P or F: Put BOTH your pointer and middle fingers together and pick with this.
On this one you can either "pop" the strings upwards (P) or "flick" them downwards (F) with both fingers
p: Pick upwards with just your pointer finger
M: Pick upwards with just your middle finger
W: Pick with whatever the hell you want

You don't have to follow them exactly, they're just how I would play it.


INTRO
   W                                     T  P        P T   T   T
E|------------------------------------------10-------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2h4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------9b11-pb11r9-7-----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------9p7-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------7\5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------7-|

   F    P   T  P
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7/9--9p7----7h9-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------9----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


SOLO

    F    T    F P    T P T    P T      T P   T P T   T P T     p M
e|--10p7------7----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--x----10p7---10p7---7------7------------------------------------------|
G|--x----------------9---9h10---10p9p7---9p7---7-----------------7-------|
D|-------------------------------------9-----9---9p7---0-------7---------|
A|---------------------------------------------------9---7h8h9-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Let ring
   P
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7h9~----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   P      T       P
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------7~---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10p9p7-9b11---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   ^TPM ^TPM  P        T     P   T
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--x----9~p7-9b10r9p7-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x----x-------------9~p7--9p7---------------------------------------------|
A|--x----x-----------------------9-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   ^TPM         T
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10b12r10b12-10b12r10p7~--------------------------------------------------|
G|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    F  T    P  T       T    p  M   W         W         W
e|-----------------------------10--12b14r12--10b12r10--7~--------------------|
B|--x-------12-15p12\--------12-----------------------------------------------|
G|--x--14b16-----------7/11--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    P        T  P    T 
e|--10b12r10-7~-10p7---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------10p7\---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    TPM       TPM        P       P       P      P  W   TPM
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10/12~----10/12~-----------------------------------10/12~----------------|
G|---9/11~-----9/11~-----9/11~---9/11~---9/11~--9-(9)--9/11~-----------------|
D|---7/9~------7/9~------7/9~----7/9~----7/9~---9-(9)--7/9~------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


And here's how to play that background loop the slide guitar plays throughout the solo:

CAPO 2
                             (Harmonized, not really exact to be honest)
     P  T  P   T                   P   T P   T
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------0h2---2p0---------------------------------|
G|---0h2---2p0---------------------0h2---2p0---------------------------------|
D|-------------2h4p2-------------------------2h4p2---------------------------|
A|------(0)----------------------------0-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| r   Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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