Setting Me Up

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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----
D|----0--7-7----0--5-5------0--7-
A|--0---------0-----------0------
E|-------------------------------

E|-------------| 
B|-------------| 
G|6----0----6--| 
D|7----0--5-5--| 
A|---0---------| 
E|-------------| 


                                                         (play twice)
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|-------2---2---4---5---4---2----
D|-------2---2---4---5---4---2----
A|--0--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
E|--------------------------------

E|------| 
B|------| 
G|------| 
D|----2-| 
A|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              
You're pulling out before you get 
A
burned


Verse 2:

Continúa después del anuncio
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                              
Cos you're setting me up to put me 
D
down
             E                     
You're just making me out to be 
   A
your clown
           A                       
You're just setting me up to put me
 D
 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-
G|---/9---7--5h6-----------|---/9-
D|---------------7-5---5-7-|------
A|-0-----------------7-----|-0----
E|-------------------------|------

E|--------------------| 
B|--7--5--------------| 
G|--7--5h6------------| 
D|---------7--5---5-7-| 
A|--------------7-----| 
E|--------------------| 


      To put me down
E|-------------------------|------
B|---/3---0----------------|---/3-
G|---/2---0--2--5---4---2--|---/2-
D|-0---------0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0----
A|-------------------------|------
E|-------------------------|------

E|--------------------| 
B|--0-----------------| 
G|--0--2--5---4---2---| 
D|-----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-
G|---/4---2--1--2-x-2-x-1--|---/4-
D|-------------------------|------
A|-------------------------|------
E|-0-----------------------|-0----

E|--------------------| 
B|--2--0--3-x-2-x-0---| 
G|--2--1--2-x-2-x-1---| 
D|--------------------| 
A|--------------------| 
E|--------------------| 


  To be your clown
E|-------------------------|------
B|-------------------------|------
G|------------5b-----------|------
D|----/7--5------7--7p5----|--7---
A|-0--------7-----------7--|----7-
E|-------------------------|------

E|--------------------| 
B|--------------------| 
G|-------------5b-----| 
D|7-7-5---7--x----7---| 
A|------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