Single Handed Sailor

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SINGLE HANDED SAILOR Contributed by:

by Alessandro Borille

([email protected])

dIRE sTRAITS & Urban J deSouza

([email protected])

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Key: Dm

[Written by Mark Knopfler

Published by Rondor Music/Straitjacket Songs

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<10 : pull off

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)

|E---------------10----------

|B-----------10------13^15vv-

|G----10>12------------------

|D---------------------------

|A---------------------------

|E---------------------------

---------------10---------------

-----------10------13^15.--15vv-

----10>12-----------------------

--------------------------------

---------------10----------

-----------10------13vv----

----10>12------------------

---------------------------

-----------10------13^(15)-

----10>12------10----------

---------------------------

(repeating ...)

---------------10----------

-----------10------13^15vv-

----10>12------------------

---------------------------

---------------10---------------

-----------10------13^15.--15vv-

----10>12-----------------------

--------------------------------

---------------10----------

-----------10------13vv----

----10>12------------------

---------------------------

G |--> a fill (this appears in 2 types: 2nd)

------------------------------15----------------------------------------

-----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13-------------------------------

----10>12------10--------------------------10>13<13---------------------

-----------------------------------------------------12<10>12<10--------

------------------------------------------------------------------12vv--

------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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--15<13>15<13>15^18vv---|--15<13>15<13>15^18vv--|-

|G------------------------|-----------------------|-

|D------------------------|-----------------------|-

|A------------------------|-----------------------|-

|E------------------------|-----------------------|-

C G

------------------------|---------------------------

--15<13>15<13>15^17vv---|-----13>15<13>15^18.-18vv--

------------------------|--14-----------------------

------------------------|---------------------------

________ ________ ________ ________

Dm | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |

--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------

--18^(20)--18<15----15vv--|----------15-18<15----18<15----18<15----18<15----

-----------------17-------|--17^(19)----------17-------17-------17-------17-

--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------

________ ________ ________ ________ ________

| 3 | C | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |

------------|--------------------------------------------|-

--18<15-----|-----17>20----17>20----17>20----17>20-------|-

--------17--|--19-------19-------19-------19-------19vv--|-

------------|--------------------------------------------|-

________ ________ ________ ________ ________

G | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | Dm

--19<15----19<15----19<15----19<15----19<15-----|-17<16<15---15---------------

--------15-------15-------15-------15-------15--|----------18---18<17<15----15

------------------------------------------------|------------------------17---

------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------

------------------------|--------------------------------

------------------------|-13------13---------------------

--17^(19)-17^(19)^17vv--|-12^(14)-12^(14)--(14)^12<10>12- [.etc.]

------------------------|--------------------------------

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.

-------------------------end------------------------------------------

Comments and Improvements Welcomed

Alessandro and Urban Oct 1993

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)

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 : 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--

------------------------------------------------------------------------

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

v toni v

v mail: [email protected] v

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

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