Dire Straits — Single Handed Sailor Tab
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From: URBAN JOSEPH DE SOUZA
Subject: SingleHandedSailor by DireStraits
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SINGLE HANDED SAILOR Contributed by:
by Alessandro Borille
(paride@arianna.dei.unipd.it)
dIRE sTRAITS & Urban J deSouza
(ujd@ecl.psu.edu)
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Key: Dm
[Written by Mark Knopfler
Published by Rondor Music/Straitjacket Songs
Copyright 1979 Phonogram, London]
Tab key_______________________
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
Intro: Dm / C : G (2 times)
Intro tab below:
(For the intro: I tried to play the long note as a slide note. I have to say
that it sounds much better than a bend..Allassandro)
Dm
|E———————————————10——————————
|B———————————10——————13^15vv—
|G————10>12——————————————————
|D———————————————————————————
|A———————————————————————————
|E———————————————————————————
Dm
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———————————10——————13^15.——15vv—
————10>12———————————————————————
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C
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G
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———————————10——————13^(15)—
————10>12——————10——————————
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(repeating ...)
Dm
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Dm
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C
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G |——> a fill (this appears in 2 types: 2nd)
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———————————10——————13^(15)————————(15)^13———————————————————————————————
————10>12——————10——————————————————————————10>13
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Verse 1
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
>
Verse 2
>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
>
Chorus 1
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 intro solo: Dm / C : G ( twice over)
Verse 3
>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'
>
Chorus 2
>'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
>
Final solo:
Repeat intro solo and then:
Dm Dm
|E————————————————————————|———————————————————————|—
|B——151515^18vv———|——151515^18vv——|—
|G————————————————————————|———————————————————————|—
|D————————————————————————|———————————————————————|—
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|E————————————————————————|———————————————————————|—
C G
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——151515^17vv———|—————13>1515^18.—18vv——
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________ ________ ________ ________
Dm | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
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——18^(20)——18
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________ ________ ________ ________ ________
| 3 | C | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
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——1820————17>20————17>20————17>20———————|—
————————17——|——19———————19———————19———————19———————19vv——|—
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________ ________ ________ ________ ________
G | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | Dm
——19
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C
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——17^(19)—17^(19)^17vv——|—12^(14)—12^(14)——(14)^1212— [.etc.]
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ANOTHER TRANSCRIPTION FROM URBAN FOLLOWS............
After the intro repeat where the 4 long sustained notes as u wrote are played
in the following style...
Dm Dm C G
Slide / Slide / Plain / Bend (twice)
(Tab: H—hammer—on P—pull—off; B—bend; vv—vibrato;S—slide;.staccato;() by itself)
after that....
|E—(10)——10——10——10 13vv—|———|(10)——10——10——10 12vv|———————10——13.—13—|——————
|B—————13——13——13————————|———|————13——13——13———————|10~H~12——10———————|————
|G———————————————————————|—%—|—————————————————————|——————————————————|——————
|D———————————————————————|———|—————————————————————|——————————————————|——————
|A———————————————————————|———|—————————————————————|——————————————————|——————
|E———————————————————————|———|—————————————————————|——————————————————|————
|E—15—13—————————————————|—(10)—13—10——13—10—|13—10——13—10|13~P~10——13~P~10——
|B——————15—13—15—13~B~15—|———————————13——————|—————13—————|———————13———————13—
|G———————————————————————|———————————————————|————————————|———————————————————
|D———————————————————————|———————————————————|————————————|———————————————————
|A———————————————————————|———————————————————|————————————|———————————————————
|E———————————————————————|———————————————————|————————————|———————————————————
|E—13~P~10——|————————————————15—————15——|———————15—————15——|19~P15—15——
|B————————13|(15)(15) 15~H~17——15—17——15|15~H~17——15—17——15|——————15———
|G——————————|———————————————————————————|——————————————————|——————————————————
|D——————————|———————————————————————————|——————————————————|——————————————————
|A——————————|———————————————————————————|——————————————————|——————————————————
|E——————————|———————————————————————————|——————————————————|——————————————————
|E—19~P15—————19~P15———19~P15——|17~P16~P15——15——————————————————————————————
|B———————15—————————15———————15|——————————18——18—15——15—————————————————————
|G—————————————————————————————|———————————————————17——17~B~19vv—17~B~19vv——
|D—————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————————————————
|A—————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————————————————
|E—————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————————————————
|E—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
|B——(12)~B~14———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
|G——(12)~B~14 or 13——————etc —————————————————————————————————————————————————
|D—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
|A—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
|E—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
The remaining stuff is slower and relatively less prominent..has a bunch
of bends and slides..double stops like the one just above.
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Comments and Improvements Welcomed
Alessandro and Urban Oct 1993
From: anton@cip63 (Detlef Anton)
Date: 24 May 1995 06:24:21 GMT
Single—Handed Sailor (Dire Straits)
from the album 'Communique'
Intro: Dm / C : G (2 times)
Dm C Bb F
> Two in the morning bright uptown
( Two in the morning dry—dock town)
Dm C Bb — F
> The river run away in the night
(The river rolled away in the night)
Dm C Bb F
> Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down
(Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's all tied down)
(Little gypsy mom she's all tied down)
Dm C Bb — F
> She put her in the wind and the light
(She quiver in the wind down the light)
>
(Same chords as above)
> Yeah, the sailing ship is just held down in chains
(Yeah, the sailing ship is just a—held down in chains)
(The sailing ship is just held with chains)
> From the lazy days of sailing
(From the lazy days of sail)
> She's just lying there silent in pain
(She's just lying there, silent pain)
> You lean on the tourist rail
>
Am Dm Dm—C—Bb
> A mother and her baby in the college of war
(A mother and her baby and the College of war)
C
> In the concrete grave
(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 cutting saw
(Around the _Cutty Sark_)
Dm C Bb F
> Single—handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
> Singing away in the dark
(Sailing away in the dark)
>
(Guitar: Dm / C : G)
> He's up on the bridge on the self—say night
(He's up on the bridge on the self—same night)
> A mariner of dried—up land
(A mariner of dry—dock land)
> Two in the morning, well there's one green light
> And the man on the barge is sad
(And the man on the barge is sayin')
>
> She's gonna step away below him
('She's a—gonna slip 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"
(Could say, 'Pride of London')
>
> On a night when the lazy wind is wailing
> Around the cutting saw
(Around the _Cutty Sark_)
> Yeah, single—handed sailor go sailing
> Singing away in the dark
(Sailing 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——————————
———————————10——————13^15vv—
————10>12——————————————————
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———————————————10———————————————
———————————10——————13^15.——15vv—
————10>12———————————————————————
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————10>12——————————————————
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———————————10——————13^(15)—
————10>12——————10——————————
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————10>12——————10——————————————————————————10>13
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vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
v toni v
v mail: anton@cscip.uni—sb.de v
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv