Dire straits are one of those bands that you don’t realise how many of their songs you actually know. Not until you let Spotify take you on a journey after you have listened to Sultans Of Swing. Walk Of Life is uplifting, euphoric and sounds fantastic on the ukulele, let’s learn to play it.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
Ukulele Tabs
The most iconic part of the song is the synth line that runs throughout the intro and most of the song. In the video, I am palm muting the strings to give the notes a more sudden feel. You don’t have to do that but I feel it gives me a lot more control over the length of the notes.
A |--------|--------|--------|------2-|
E |-4---2--|-0----4-|-2----3-|-5--4-2-|
C |-4------|-1------|-3------|-4----3-|
G |-4---4--|-2------|-4------|-6------|
A |-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E |-7-7-------7-----------------|-7-7------7-----------------7-------|
C |-4-4---6-8----8-6--4-4---6-8-|------6-8----8-6--4-4---6-8---8-6-4-|
G |-----------------------------|------------------------------------|