Single Handed Sailor — Dire Straits
Intro: Dm / C : G
Dm C Bb F
> Two in the morning bright uptown
Dm C Bb — F
> The river run away in the night
Dm C Bb F
> Little Gypsy mare she`s all tied 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
C
> In 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
Dm C Bb F
> Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm Bb
> Singing away in the dark
>
> 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 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
1212——————
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