DIRE STRAITS - "Single Handed Sailor" Tablature
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~Subject: Single Handed Sailor
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Intro: Dm / C : G
Dm C Bb F
Two in the morning bright uptown
Dm C Bb - F
The river run away in the night
Dm C Bb F
Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down
Dm C Bb - F
She put her in the wind and the light
(Same chords as above)
Yeah, the sailing ship is just held down in chains
From the lazy days of sailing
She's just lying there silent in pain
You lean on the tourist rail
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb
A mother and her baby in the college of war
C
In the concrete grave
Dm C Bb F
You never want to fight against the river law
Gm Bb
Nobody rules the waves
C A7 Dm
Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Bb C
Around the cutting saw
Dm C Bb F
Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
Singing away in the dark
He's up on the bridge on the self-say night
A mariner of dried-up land
Two in the morning, well there's one green light
And the man on the barge is sad
She's gonna step away below him
Away from things he's done
But he just shouts, "Hey man whatcha call this thing?"
She could say, "Pride of London"
On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Around the cutting saw
Yeah, single-handed sailor go sailing
Singing away in the dark
For the intro: I tried to play the long note as a slide note. I have to say
that it sounds much better.
Tab notation followed:-----------------
10^12 : slide from 10th to 12th fret
10^(12) : bending (one tone) on 10th fret
(12)^10 : descending bend note on 10th fret
10vv : vibrato note
10>12 : hammer on
12<10 : pull off
---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
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---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^(15)-
----10>12------10----------
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---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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---------------10---------------
-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
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---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13-------------------------------
----10>12------10--------------------------10>13<13---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------12<10>12<10--------
------------------------------------------------------------------12vv--
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I'm not sure about this ending...I have not found my CD
Communique at home. This transcription may be not totally
correct.
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SINGLE HANDED SAILOR
by
DIRE straits
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Key: Dm
[Written by Mark Knopfler
Published by Rondor Music/Straitjacket Songs
Copyright 1979 Phonogram, London]
Intro: Dm / C : G (2 times)
Dm C Bb F
Two in the morning dry-dock town
Dm C Bb - F
The river rolled away in the night
Dm C Bb F
Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's all tied down
Dm C Bb - F
She put her in the wind and the light
Yeah, the sailing ship is just a-held down in chains
From the lazy days of sail
She's just lying there, silent pain
You lean on the tourist rail
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb
A mother and her baby and the College of war
C
And the concrete grave
Dm C Bb F
You never want to fight against the river law
Gm Bb
Nobody rules the waves
C A7 Dm
Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Bb C
Around the _Cutty Sark_
Dm C Bb F
Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
Sailing away in the dark
Guitar: Dm / C : G
He's up on the bridge on the self-same night
A mariner of dry-dock land
Two in the morning, well there's one green light
And the man on the barge is sayin'
'She's a-gonna slip away below him
Away from things he's done'
But he just shouts, 'Hey man whatcha call this thing?'
Could say, 'Pride of London'
On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Around the _Cutty Sark_
Yeah, single-handed sailor go sailing
Sailing away in the dark
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~Subject: Single Handed Sailor
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Intro: Dm / C : G
Dm C Bb F
Two in the morning bright uptown
Dm C Bb - F
The river run away in the night
Dm C Bb F
Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down
Dm C Bb - F
She put her in the wind and the light
(Same chords as above)
Yeah, the sailing ship is just held down in chains
From the lazy days of sailing
She's just lying there silent in pain
You lean on the tourist rail
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb
A mother and her baby in the college of war
C
In the concrete grave
Dm C Bb F
You never want to fight against the river law
Gm Bb
Nobody rules the waves
C A7 Dm
Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Bb C
Around the cutting saw
Dm C Bb F
Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
Singing away in the dark
He's up on the bridge on the self-say night
A mariner of dried-up land
Two in the morning, well there's one green light
And the man on the barge is sad
She's gonna step away below him
Away from things he's done
But he just shouts, "Hey man whatcha call this thing?"
She could say, "Pride of London"
On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Around the cutting saw
Yeah, single-handed sailor go sailing
Singing away in the dark
For the intro: I tried to play the long note as a slide note. I have to say
that it sounds much better.
Tab notation followed:-----------------
10^12 : slide from 10th to 12th fret
10^(12) : bending (one tone) on 10th fret
(12)^10 : descending bend note on 10th fret
10vv : vibrato note
10>12 : hammer on
12<10 : pull off
---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------10---------------
-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^(15)-
----10>12------10----------
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---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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---------------------------
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---------------10---------------
-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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---------------------------
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------------------------------15----------------------------------------
-----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13-------------------------------
----10>12------10--------------------------10>13<13---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------12<10>12<10--------
------------------------------------------------------------------12vv--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm not sure about this ending...I have not found my CD
Communique at home. This transcription may be not totally
correct.
----------------------------------
SINGLE HANDED SAILOR
by
DIRE straits
---------------------------------
Key: Dm
[Written by Mark Knopfler
Published by Rondor Music/Straitjacket Songs
Copyright 1979 Phonogram, London]
Intro: Dm / C : G (2 times)
Dm C Bb F
Two in the morning dry-dock town
Dm C Bb - F
The river rolled away in the night
Dm C Bb F
Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's all tied down
Dm C Bb - F
She put her in the wind and the light
Yeah, the sailing ship is just a-held down in chains
From the lazy days of sail
She's just lying there, silent pain
You lean on the tourist rail
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb
A mother and her baby and the College of war
C
And the concrete grave
Dm C Bb F
You never want to fight against the river law
Gm Bb
Nobody rules the waves
C A7 Dm
Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Bb C
Around the _Cutty Sark_
Dm C Bb F
Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
Sailing away in the dark
Guitar: Dm / C : G
He's up on the bridge on the self-same night
A mariner of dry-dock land
Two in the morning, well there's one green light
And the man on the barge is sayin'
'She's a-gonna slip away below him
Away from things he's done'
But he just shouts, 'Hey man whatcha call this thing?'
Could say, 'Pride of London'
On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
Around the _Cutty Sark_
Yeah, single-handed sailor go sailing
Sailing away in the dark
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