single handed sailor

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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

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mother and her baby and the College of war

>And the concrete grave

>You never want to fight against the river law

>Nobody rules the waves >

>Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing

>Around the _Cutty Sark_

>Single-handed sailor go sailing

>Sailing away in the dark Guitar intro solo:

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( twice over) Verse 3 >He's up on the bridge on the self-same night >

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:

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------------------------|-------------------------------- ------------------------|-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...

Slide / Slide / Plain / Bend (twice) (Tab: H-hammer-on P-pull-off;

-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 From: anton@cip63 (Detlef Anton) Date: 24 May 1995 06:24:21 GMT Single-Handed Sailor (Dire Straits) from the album 'Communique' Intro:

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(2 times)

> Two in the morning bright uptown ( Two in the morning dry-dock town)

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> The river run away in the night (The river rolled away in the night)

> Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down (Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's all tied down) (Little gypsy mom she's all tied down)

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> 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 >

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mother and her baby in the college of war (

mother and her baby and the College of war)

> In the concrete grave (And the concrete grave)

> You never want to fight against the river law

> Nobody rules the waves >

> Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing

> Around the cutting saw (Around the _Cutty Sark_)

> Single-handed sailor go sailing

> Singing away in the dark (Sailing away in the dark) > (Guitar:

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) > He's up on the bridge on the self-say night (He's up on the bridge on the self-same night) >

mariner of dried-up land (

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