Dire Straits – Single Handed Sailor tab ver. 2

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	SINGLE HANDED SAILOR			Contributed by:
	       by 				Alessandro Borille	
						(paride@arianna.dei.unipd.it) 
	dIRE sTRAITS				& Urban J deSouza
						(ujd@ecl.psu.edu)
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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
12<10	: pull off

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 saythat 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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		   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>13<13--------------------------------------------------------------------------12<10>12<10--------------------------------------------------------------------------12vv--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------
					   
					________ ________ ________ ________		    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---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------

  ________     ________ ________ ________ ________  |   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---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------

			  		   C------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-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...
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------

The remaining stuff is slower and relatively less prominent..has a bunch
of bends and slides..double stops like the one just above.

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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:  Dm / C : G   (2 times)


Dm           C                Bb        F
 Two in the morning          bright uptown
(          Two in the morning dry-dock town)
Dm              C                 Bb - F
 The river run away in the night
(The river rolled away in the night)
Dm           C             Bb        F
 Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down
(Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's all tied down)
(Little gypsy mom she's all tied down)
Dm               C                      Bb - F
 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

Am                              Dm              Dm-C-Bb
 A mother and her baby in the college of war
(A mother and her baby and the College of war)
                   C
 In the concrete grave
(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 cutting saw
(Around the _Cutty Sark_)
   Dm            C     Bb      F
 Single-handed sailor go sailing
Gm                          Bb
 Singing away in the dark
(Sailing away in the dark)

(Guitar:  Dm / C : G)
 He's up on the bridge on the self-say night
(He's up on the bridge on the self-same night)
 A mariner of dried-up land
(A 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--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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