Wanderlust Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays338

Wanderlust by Mark Knopfler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, D, E, G, C# and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A           F#m 
  Big black cloud  
D      E 
  On a yellow plain 
A         F#m 
  Sure enough it 
G            D 
  Looks like rain 
A         F#m     
  Packin' up all our 
D           C# 
  Faith and trust 
D  C#           F#m 
     Me and the wanderlust 


A      F#m 
  Open window 
D       E 
  Empty bed and chair 
A          F#m 
  Who's that callin'? 
G         D 
  Ain't nobody there 
A          F#m 
  I look behind me and I, 
D             C# 
  See there's just 
D  C#           F#m 
     Me and the wanderlust 


A         F#m 
  Dead of night, ah 
D   E 
  I had a dream 
A         F# 
  Sky was bright yes and the 
G             D 
  Fields were green 
A                 F#m 
  It was down the road 
D               C# 
  In a cloud of dust 
D  C#           F#m 
     Me and the wanderlust 


A                 F#m 
  And I'm on the edge 
D         E 
  Of an endless fall 
A             F#m 
  Sure enough now 
G              D 
  He's come to call 
A         F#m   
  Got to go now 
D             C# 
  Get on that bus 
D  C#           F#m 
     Me and the wanderlust 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante