Mark Knopfler – The Trawlermans Song (Ukulele)

Am
We're taking on water

D
Diesel and stores 

G
Laying up awhile 

           C
Before I'm back on board 

        Am
They're patching her up 

              D
To go fishing again 

        G  
Fishing again

Am
They're welding her rudder 

D
Scrubbing her keel 

G
Scars on her belly 

     C
Need time to heal 

       Am
In the dock

                B
With the trawlermen 

Am
I know all the people

        D 
There's nobody new

G 
Soon we'll be leaving 

         C
With the same old crew 

       Am
On the green water

             D    G
The tumbling sea 

Am
They ain't running

         D 
Like the good old days

G
Time's just slipping 

         C
Down the old slipways 

       Am
In the dock 

           B
So dear to me 

Am          D      G
Dark is the night 

         Em
I need a guiding light 

   G
To keep me 

     Em
From foundering 

       D
On the rocks 

Am      D     G
My only prayer 

           Em
Is just to see you there 

       G
At the end 

      D
Of my wandering 

            G
Back in the dock 

Am
I could use a layoff 

        D
Getting my strength back 

    G
But there's a loan to pay off 

      C
And a few skipjack 

          Am
So it's a turnaround 

                      D
Back in the southerly wind

          G
Southerly wind

Am
Pirates coming in 

   D
To steal our gold 

        G
You can count yourself lucky

       C 
With a profit in the hold

       Am
In the dock 

             B
When we come in 

Am          D    G
Dark is the night 

         Em
I need a guiding light 

   G
To keep me 

     Em
From foundering 

       D
On the rocks 

Am      D     G
My only prayer 

           Em
Is just to see you there 

       G
At the end 

      D
Of my wandering 

            G    G7
Back in the dock