Single-Handed Sailor – Dire Straits Song Chord/Tab and Lyric Song Chord/Tab and Lyric

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—————————

—————10—————
———–10——13^15.–15vv-
—-10>12———————–
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—————10———-
———–10——13vv—-
—-10>12——————
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—————————
———–10——13^(15)-
—-10>12——10———-
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(repeating …)

—————10———-
———–10——13^15vv-
—-10>12——————
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—————10—————
———–10——13^15.–15vv-
—-10>12———————–
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—————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 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 ligh[-]t
>

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

> C A7 Dm
>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 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:

|E————————|———————–|-
|B–151515^18vv—|–151515^18vv–|-
|G————————|———————–|-
|D————————|———————–|-
|A————————|———————–|-
|E————————|———————–|-

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