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<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)

		        Dm

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

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

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

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

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

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

		   Dm

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

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

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

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

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

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

		   C

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

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

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

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		   G

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

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

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

(repeating ...)

		   Dm

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

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

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

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

		   Dm

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

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

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

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

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

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

		   C

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

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

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

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                    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--

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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--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---

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

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

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



			  		   C

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

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

--17^(19)-17^(19)^17vv--|-12^(14)-12^(14)--(14)^12<10>12- [.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   : pull off



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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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