Setting Me Up Tabs & Lyrics by Dire Straits

Setting Me Up

guitar tabs lyrics

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
E
Well the word is out and I learned
A
I got the latest side of the story
G D A
You're pulling out before you get burned


Verse 2:

A
Well your hands are squeezing me, down to the bone
E
I never saw you breaking no law
A
Stands to reason I've got to leave you alone
G D A
What you take me for


Chorus:

A D
Cos you're setting me up to put me down
E A
You're just making me out to be your clown
A D
You're just setting me up to put me down
E
You better give it up (give it up), give it up
A
Quit your messing round


Fills in chorus:

You're setting me up
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---/8---7--5-------------|---/8---7--5--------------|
G|---/9---7--5h6-----------|---/9---7--5h6------------|
D|---------------7-5---5-7-|---------------7--5---5-7-|
A|-0-----------------7-----|-0------------------7-----|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|

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
E
You think I don't understand
A
All you wanted was a piece of the action
G D A
Now you talk about another man




| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

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