#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## ~Subject: Single Handed Sailor --------------------------------------------------- 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------------------ --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- -----------10------13^(15)- ----10>12------10---------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------10---------- -----------10------13^15vv- ----10>12------------------ --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------10--------------- -----------10------13^15.--15vv- ----10>12----------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------10---------- -----------10------13vv---- ----10>12------------------ --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ------------------------------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 > ================================================================
