--------------------------------------------------- Intro: Dm / C : G
: Two in the morning bright uptown - : The river run away in the night
: Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down - : She put her in the wind and the light :
(Same chords as above)
: Yeah, the sailing ship is just held down in chains : She's just lying there silent in pain : You lean on the tourist rail : Dm-C-Bb : A mother and her baby in the college of war
: In 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
: Single-handed sailor go sailing
: 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 12:10 : pull off
I'm not sure about this ending...I have not found my CD Communique at home. This transcription may be not totally correct.
---------------------------------- SINGLE HANDED SAILOR by DIRE straits --------------------------------- Key: Dm
[Written by Mark Knopfler Published by Rondor Music/Straitjacket Songs Copyright 1979 Phonogram, London]
Intro: Dm / C : G (2 times)
: Two in the morning dry-dock town - :The river rolled away in the night
:Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's all tied down - :She put her in the wind and the light :
:Yeah, the sailing ship is just a-held down in chains :She's just lying there, silent pain :You lean on the tourist rail : Dm-C-Bb :A 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: Dm / C : G : :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' : :'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 :
