Single Handed Sailor - Dire Straits 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 1212------------------ |D--------------------------- |A--------------------------- |E--------------------------- Dm ---------------10--------------- -----------10------13^15.--15vv- ----10>12----------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- C ---------------10---------- -----------10------13vv---- ----10>12------------------ --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- G --------------------------- -----------10------13^(15)- ----10>12------10---------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- (repeating ...) Dm ---------------10---------- -----------10------13^15vv- ----10>12------------------ --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- Dm ---------------10--------------- -----------10------13^15.--15vv- ----10>12----------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- C ---------------10---------- -----------10------13vv---- ----10>12------------------ --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- G |--> a fill (this appears in 2 types: 2nd) ------------------------------15---------------------------------------- -----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13------------------------------- ----10>12------10--------------------------10>13The 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--151515^18vv---|--151515^18vv--|- |G------------------------------------|- |D------------------------------------|- |A------------------------------------|- |E------------------------------------|- C G ---------------------------------------- --151515^17vv---|-----13>1515^18.-18vv-- ------------------------|--14----------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ________ ________ ________ ________ Dm | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- --18^(20)--18