Chord/Tab song: Single-Handed Sailor

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-----------------------
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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>1312 [C]Two in the morning [Bb]dry-dock town[F]
[Dm]>The river rolled a[C]way in the nigh[Bb]t[-][F]
[Dm]>Little _Gypsy Moth_[C] she's all tie[Bb]d down[F]
[Dm]>She put her in the [C]wind and the l[Bb]igh[-]t[F]
>

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]>A mother and her baby and the [Dm]College of war[Dm-C-Bb]
>And the concrete gra[C]ve
[Dm]>You never want to [C]fight against the [Bb]river law[F]
[Gm]>Nobody rules the waves[Bb]

> C A7 Dm
>Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing
[Bb]>Around the _Cutty Sar[C]k_
>[Dm]Single-handed [C]sailor go [Bb]sailing[F]
[Gm]>Sailing away in the dark[Bb]

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] 

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--151515^17vv---|-----13>1515^18.-18vv--
------------------------|--14-----------------------
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________ ________ ________ ________
Dm | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |


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--18^(20)--1820----17>20----17>20----17>20-------|-
--------17--|--19-------19-------19-------19-------19vv--|-
------------|--------------------------------------------|-
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________ ________ ________ ________ ________
G | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | Dm


--1912- [.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]Slide / [Dm]Slide / [C]Plain / [G]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.