Once Upon A Time In The West

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Once Upon A Time In The West chords
Dire Straits 1979 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communiqu%C3%A9_(Dire_Straits_album)
Am F
Am G F
Am G F
Am D Am D
Am G D Am
C Am Dm G Am
Am D
Some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit
Am D
Scaring the pedestrians for a minute
Am G
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
D Am
Leaving just enough room to pass
C Am
Sunday driver never took a test
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Am D
Yes its no use saying that you don t know nothing
Am D
It s still gonna get you if you don t do something
Am G
Sitting on a fence that s a dangerous course
D Am
Oh, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force
C Am
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Am D Am D
Am G D Am
C Am Dm G Am
Am D
Mother Mary your children are slaughtered
Am D
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughters
Am G
Who s protecting the innocent
D Am
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
C Am
Tell me how were gonna do what s best
Dm G Am
You guess once upon a time in the west
Dm G Am
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west 3x
* Alternate:
Capo III
Am F#m
=
F D
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G E
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D B
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Dm Bm
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C A
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Free chords for Once Upon A Time In The West by Dire Straits. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Once Upon A Time In The West chords
Dire Straits  1979 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communiqu%C3%A9_(Dire_Straits_album)
Am F
Am G F
Am G F
Am D Am D
Am G D Am
C Am Dm G Am
Am D Am D
Am G D Am
C Am Dm G Am
* Alternate:
Capo III
Am = F#m
F  = D
G  = E
D  = B
Dm = Bm
C  = A
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Once Upon A Time In The West Chords by Dire Straits

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