Dire Straits - Love Over Gold: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Love Over Gold" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     A#                  Gm7  C Gm7
You walk out on the high wire
          F/A           A# C7 F
You’re a dancer on thin ice
            Gm7         A#   C A7
You pay no heed to the danger
               Dm C Fsus4 F
And less to advice
      Gm7             A#    C
Your footsteps are forbidden
             A7               A#maj7 A#6 F
But with a knowledge of your sin
                Gm7               A#    F
You throw your love to all the strangers
     Dm
And caution to the wind

And you go dancing through doorways
Just to see what you will find
Leaving nothing to interfere
With the crazy balance of your mind
And when you finally reappear
At the place where you came in
You've thrown your love to all the strangers
And caution to the wind

          C
It takes love over gold
And mind over matter
                A#m6        Dm
To do what you do that you must
  A#       C
When the things that you hold
     D#maj7       Gm7
Can fall and be shattered
    A#m6             A7          Dm7
Or run through your fingers like dust


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

A7

Guitar chord A7

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C

Guitar chord C

C7

Guitar chord C7

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

D#maj7

Guitar chord D#maj7

Dm7

Guitar chord Dm7

F

Guitar chord F

Fsus4

Guitar chord Fsus4

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Gm7

Guitar chord Gm7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Love Over Gold" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Love Over Gold" by Dire Straits.