• Song:

    The Trawlerman's Song

  • Artist:

    Mark Knopfler

(Capo on third fret)


Intro:

Am
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A5                               D5
We're taking on water, diesel and stores 
G5                           C5
Laying up awhile before I'm back on board 
A5
They're patching her up 
               D5              G5
To go fishing again, fishing again
A5                            D5                   
They're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel 
G5                       C5
Scars on her belly need time to heal 
       A5
In the dock 
             B5
With the trawlermen 
   A5                          D5
I know all the people, there's nobody new 
G5                               C5
Soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew 
        A5                       D5        G5 
On the green water the tumbling sea 
 A5                          D5
They ain't running like the good old days 
G5                             C5
Time's just slipping Down the old slipways 
        A5          B5
In the dock so dear to me 

[Chorus]
   A5        D5     G5        E5     
Dark is the night, I need a guiding light 
        G5           E5
To keep me from foundering 
          D5
On the rocks 
  A5    D5      G5          E5     
My only prayer is just to see you there 
       G5            D5
At the end of my wandering 
            G5            G5
Back in the dock 

[Instrumental bridge] 
C5  A5 D5 B5 F5 E5 B5 B5 E5 

  A5                                D5
I could use a layoff, getting my strength back 
        G5                            C5
But there's a loan to pay off  and a few skipjack 
           A5
So it's a turnaround 
                     D5      G5
Back in the southerly wind 
 A5                         D5
Pirates coming in to steal our gold 
     G5                               C5
You can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold 
       A5            B5
In the dock when we come in 


   A5        D5     G5        E5     
Dark is the night, I need a guiding light 
        G5           E5
To keep me from foundering 
          D5
On the rocks 
  A5    D5      G5          E5     
My only prayer is just to see you there 
       G5            D5
At the end of my wandering 
            G5            G5
Back in the dock 

Song ends:
C5 A5 D5 B5 F5 E5 B5 B5 E5 G5 C5 A5 D5 B5 F5 E5 B5 B5 C5 B5 E5 G5 . . .

Final guitar solo:    

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h= hammer on or pull off
b= bend
r= release bend
/= slide
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