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Heavy Fuel
Dire Straits
On Every Street 1996
Very complex cross rhythms and overdubs to 
deal with so I'll get the chords on here 
and you can play it as you wish.
|E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E| |E|
ELast time I was sober
Man, I felt bad    D      E  
EWorst hangover that I ever had
DTook Esix hamburgers
and scotch all nightD  
Enicotine for breakfast 
just to put me right
'Cos D5if you wCanna run cool
if you wD5anna run cool
if you wCanna run cool
D5you gotta run on
Eheavy heavy fuel
C5heavy heavy fuel
D5heavy heavy fuelE  

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Heavy Fuel

Dire Straits

On Every Street 1996

Very complex cross rhythms and overdubs to

deal with so I'll get the chords on here

and you can play it as you wish.

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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Last time I was sober

D E

Man, I felt bad

Worst hangover that I ever had

D E

Took six hamburgers

and scotch all night

nicotine for breakfast

just to put me right

D5 C

'Cos if you wanna run cool

if you wanna run cool

you gotta run on

heavy heavy fuel

D5 E

heavy heavy fuel

About Heavy Fuel Chords by Dire Straits

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