Dire Straits — Single Handed Sailor Chords
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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.
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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
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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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