View Guitar Chords for Single Handed Sailor - chords ver. 1
~Subject: Single Handed Sailor --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Dm / C : GDm> Two in tChe morniBbng bright Fuptown Dm C Bb - F > The river run away in the night Dm> Little GCypsy mare she'Bbs all tiedF 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> In the concretCe grave Dm> You never want Cto fight against tBbhe river laFw Gm> Nobody rules thBbe waves > > Yeah, on Ca night when tA7he lazy wind Dmis wailing Bb> Around the cuttiCng saw >Dm; Single-handeCd sailBbor go saFiling Gm> Singing away in the darBbk > > 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 darkFor 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 Two in the morniBbng dry-dock tFown Dm C Bb - F >The river rolled away in the night Dm>Little _Gypsy MoCth_ she's all Bbtied dowFn 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>And the concrete Cgrave Dm>You never want Cto fight against tBbhe river laFw Gm>Nobody rules the waveBbs> C A7 Dm >Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailingBb>Around the _Cutty CSark_ &Dmgt;Single-handCed sailor Bbgo sailingF Gm>Sailing away in the daBbrkGuitar: 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 > ================================================================