Dire Straits – Single Handed Sailor (Ukulele)
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Chords
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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~Subject: Single Handed Sailor
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Intro: Dm / C : G
Dm C Bb F > Two in the morning bright uptown Dm C Bb - F > The river run away in the night Dm C Bb F > Little Gypsy mare she's all tied down Dm C Bb - F > She put her in the wind and the light
>
(Same chords as above)
> Yeah, the sailing ship is just held down in chains
> From the lazy days of sailing
> She's just lying there silent in pain
> You lean on the tourist rail
>
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb > A mother and her baby in the college of war C > In the concrete grave Dm C Bb F > You never want to fight against the river law Gm Bb > Nobody rules the waves
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C A7 Dm > Yeah, on a night when the lazy wind is wailing Bb C > Around the cutting saw Dm C Bb F > Single-handed sailor go sailing Gm Bb > Singing away in the dark
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> 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
---------------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-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm not sure about this ending...I have not found my CD
Communique at home. This transcription may be not totally
correct.
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SINGLE HANDED SAILOR
by
DIRE straits
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Key: Dm
[Written by Mark Knopfler
Published by Rondor Music/Straitjacket Songs
Copyright 1979 Phonogram, London]
Intro: Dm / C : G (2 times)
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
>
>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
>
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: 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
>
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