Dire Straits - Tunnel of love (guitar solo) + tab-chords-lyrics

Me playing this aching and moving solo by an inspired Mark Knopfler....
"Tunnel of Love" is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits. It appears on the album Making Movies, and subsequently on the live album Live at the BBC and the greatest hits albums Money for Nothing, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations. It reached the position of only #54 in the UK singles chart upon its single release in October 1981, despite being one of the band's best loved songs. Two videos exist for the song, one depicting Knopfler and only two other members of Dire Straits performing on a blank set, intercut with imagery and actors relevant to the lyrics, the other featuring a larger band arrangement and telling the story of a couple escaping a group of soldiers who chase them from a funfair.

"Tunnel of Love" is one of only three Dire Straits songs not written by Mark Knopfler alone (the other two are "Money for Nothing" and "What's The Matter Baby?"). The song itself is entirely by Knopfler, but the opening instrumental is an arrangement of a melody from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.

Knopfler's outro solo has received numerous plaudits over the years and has many times been described as one of the most heartbreaking guitar solos in history.

The song is referred to in the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams.[1]: "Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink."

It was also used during the film An Officer and a Gentleman.

The Spanish City in the song was a fairground located in Whitley Bay, part of the North Sea coast to the west of Newcastle upon Tyne, one train stop along from Cullercoats as mentioned in the song.

The song is sampled in John Legend's "I Love, You Love" on his Evolver album.(wikipedia)

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[erikspyre]

Super man!!!! for me te best cover of this solo on youtube!!!! I normaly don't send comments, but this is really great!!!

[simonguitar2]

@erikspyre Grazie amico!!!Thank u my friend!!God bless!!!!!!!!

Simone

[bestsk8er94]

ciao! puoi caricare un video in cui spieghi quest'assolo? Grazie

[simonguitar2]

@bestsk8er94 Se vuoi ti posso mandare le tabs, mandami un messaggio con la tua email:-)

[RickyAvenged7fold]

Sei Italiano?

[simonguitar2]

yes :-)

[Thedaftpunker24]

c'è poco da fare, gli italiani sono i migliori a suonare xD

[12988Jake]

Amazing cover, the best I've seen! Please could you send me tab? Would really appreciate it, my email is jake12988@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks in advance!

[ItalianGuitar93]

Ciao Simone! Tralasciando il fatto che sei superbo nel suonare uno dei pochi assoli che non stancano mai e che fanno venire la pelle d'oca... potresti mandarmi per favore le tabs per esercitarmi? La mia e-mail è kappa893@hotmail.it  Grazie in anticipo :)

[glaros14]

thks a lot ang for the romanza... ;-)

[glaros14]

hello it need chords and tabs for this song

my email is desert_seagull@hotmail.com

thks ;-)

[midrider335]

wow! that is one great job! very soulful and fluid!

[dantes1964]

Per favore mi serve è bellissima e tu sei bravissimo. l'-email è s.pedace@inwind.it grazie e complimenti ancora.

[PoLBoY80]

Maravilloso!