THE ROAD
As recorded by Mark Knopfler
(From the 1984 Album CAL SOUNDTRACK)
Transcribed by Paul Bell
Music by Mark Knopfler
Arranged by Paul Bell
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Knopfler'
Intro
Q=80
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------0---------|---------0---------|
|-----0-----(0)---0-|-----0-----(0)---0-|
|---0---0-------0---|---0---0-------0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|
W W
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------0---------|---------0---------|
|-----0-----(0)---0-|-----0-----(0)---0-|
|---0---0-------0---|---0---0-------0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|
W W
Verse
E E E E E S E S E +E E E E E S E S E
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-0-------------3-----0-|-(0)-------------3-----0-|
||----0---0-2-------------|-------0---2-------------|
||------0-----(0)---(0)---|-----0---0---(0)---(0)---|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||--3-------2-------------|--3--------2-------------|
H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------0--|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------2----|
|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------2--------|
H H H H
E E E E E S E S E +E E E E E S E S E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-------------3-----0-|-(0)-------------3-----0-|
|---0---0-2-------------|-------0---2-------------|
|-----2-----(0)---(0)---|-----2---2---(0)---(0)---|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-------0-------------|--0--------0-------------|
H H H H
E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0---4--5-------|
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2-------2----|
|-----------------|---------2----------|
|-0-------0-------|-0------------------|
H H H H
+E E E E E S E S E E E E E A E. E. E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|---------3-1-----0-----1-|-------------------|
|-------0-----------------|-----0---0s2--4----|
|-(2)-2-------(0)---(0)---|---2---2---------0-|
|--3----------------------|-3-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
W W
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mark_knopfler/the_road_tab.html ]
+E E E E E S E. E +E E E E E. E. E
|------------------------|--------------------|
|---------3-1-----0------|--------------------|
|-------0----------------|-------0---4--5-----|
|-(0)-0-------(0)----(0)-|-(0)-0---0-------2--|
|------------------------|-----------2--------|
|--3---------------------|--3-----------------|
W H H
+E E E E E S E S E E E E E A E. E. E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|---------3-1-----0-----1-|-------------------|
|-------0-----------------|-----0---0s2--4----|
|-(2)-2-------(0)---(0)---|---2---2---------0-|
|--3----------------------|-3-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
W W
1.
+E E E E E S E. E W
|------------------------|---------||
|---------3-1-----0------|--------o||
|-------0----------------|---------||
|-(0)-0-------(0)----(0)-|-(0)-----||
|------------------------|--------o||
|--3---------------------|--3------||
W
2.
6/4
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------||----------10-7---------5-3-----|----------10-7---------5-3-----|
|---------||-------10------8-----3-----(3)-|-------10------8-----3-----(3)-|
|---------||-----7-----------7-4-----------|-----7-----------7-4-----------|
|-(0)-----||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------||-10----------------------------|-10----------------------------|
|--3------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
W. W.
H.=H
E E E E E E E E E E +Q W.
|----------10-7---------5-(5)--|-^3-----*|
|-------10------8-----3--------|-^3-----*|
|-----7-----------7-4----------|-^0-----*|
|------------------------------|--------*|
|-10---------------------------|--------*|
|------------------------------|-^3-----*|
W.
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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
