Dire Straits - Single Handed Sailor
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-----------------------
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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-----------------------
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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-----------------------
------------------------|---------------------------
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________ ________ ________ ________
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-
--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
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________ ________ ________ ________ ________
| 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---
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
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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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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