Setting Me Up Dire Straits
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"SETTING ME UP" off LP "Dire Straits" (1978)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Swung rhythm: listen to record!
Intro Riff (played quite fast with fingers, Mark Knopfler style):
e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|----0----6----0----6------0----6----0----6--| D|----0--7-7----0--5-5------0--7-7----0--5-5--| A|--0---------0-----------0---------0---------| E|--------------------------------------------|
(play twice)
e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|-------2---2---4---5---4---2----------| D|-------2---2---4---5---4---2--------2-| A|--0--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--3h4---| E|--------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
[A]You say I'm the greatest, bound for glory
Well the word is out and I learne[E]d
[A]I got the latest side of the story
You're p[G]ulling out [D]before you get [A]burned
Verse 2:
[A]Well your hands are squeezing me, down to the bone
I never saw you breaking no law[E]
[A]Stands to reason I've got to leave you alone
[G] What you t[D]ake me for[A]
Chorus:
Cos [A]you're setting me up to put me [D]down
You're just m[E]aking me out to be your c[A]lown
You're just[A] setting me up to put me [D]down
You better g[E]ive it up (give it up), give it up
Quit your messing round[A]
Fills in chorus:
You're setting me up
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To put me down
e|-------------------------|--------------------------| B|---/3---0----------------|---/3---0-----------------| G|---/2---0--2--5---4---2--|---/2---0--2--5---4---2---| D|-0---------0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---------0--0-0-0-0-0---| A|-------------------------|--------------------------| E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
You're just making me out
e|-------------------------|--------------------------| B|---/5---2--0--3-x-2-x-0--|---/5---2--0--3-x-2-x-0---| G|---/4---2--1--2-x-2-x-1--|---/4---2--1--2-x-2-x-1---| D|-------------------------|--------------------------| A|-------------------------|--------------------------| E|-0-----------------------|-0------------------------|
To be your clown
e|-------------------------|--------------------------| B|-------------------------|--------------------------| G|------------5b-----------|-------------------5b-----| D|----/7--5------7--7p5----|--7---7-7-5---7--x----7---| A|-0--------7-----------7--|----7-------7---x---------| E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
(next four lines of chorus, fills are exactly the same)
Verse 3:
[A]You think I care about your reaction
You think I don't underst[E]and
[A]All you wanted was a piece of the action
[G]Now you ta[D]lk about another [A]man
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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