How to Play Lady Writer on Guitar?

Dire Straits - Lady Writer can be played in the key of F using the F, G, Am, Fm, Em, Dm chords. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Fm, To play Fm, barre fret 1 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, mute A, D. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Lady Writer with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Dire Straits - Lady Writer Chords

Chord reference F, G, Am, Fm, Em, Dm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[F]Lady [G]writer on the [Am]TV, [F]talking bout the [G]Virgin [Am]Mary, [F]re[G]minded me of [Am]you, [F]expec[G]tation left a [Em]come on, too. [F]Lady [G]writer on the [Am]TV, [F]yeah, she had another [Am]quality, [F]the [G]way you used to [Am]look, [F]and I [G]know you never [Em]read a book. [F]Just the way that her hair fell down around her [C]face, [F]then I recall my fall from [Am]grace, [Em] [Dm] Another [Fm]time, another [Am]place. [F]Lady [G]writer on the [Am]TV, [F]she had [G]all the brains [Am]and the beauty, [F]The picture [G]does not [Am]fit, [Fm]you’d talk to [G]me when you [Em]felt like this.

[F]

Just the way that her hair fell down around her [C]face, [F]then I recall my fall from [Am]grace, [Em] [Dm] Another [Fm]time, another [Am]place. [C]Yes, and your rich old man he’d call her [G]a dead ringer, [Em]you got the same command plus your mother was a [Dm]jazz singer.

[F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Em]

[F]Just the way that her hair fell down around her [C]face, [F]then I recall my fall from [Am]grace, [Em] [Dm] Another [Fm]time, another [Am]place. [F]Lady [G]writer on the [Am]TV, [F]she knew [G]all about [Am]history, [F]he couldn’t [G]hardly write your [Am]name, [F]I think I [G]want it [Em]just the same. [F]Lady [G]writer on the [Am]TV, [F]talking ‘bout the [G]Virgin [Am]Mary,

[F]yeah, you know I’m [G]talking about [Am]you and me, [F]lady [G]writer on the [Em]TV. [F]Lady [G]writer on the [Am]TV, [F]talking ‘bout the [G]Virgin [Am]Mary, [F]yeah, you know I’m [G]talking about [Am]you and me, [F]lady [G]writer on the [Em]TV.

[F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Em]

Artist Dire Straits

Album Communiqué

Genres Rock

Year 1979

Key F

Dire Straits - Lady Writer can be played in the key of F using the F, G, Am, Fm, Em, Dm chords.

For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Fm, To play Fm, barre fret 1 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, mute A, D.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Lady Writer with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.