Single Handed Sailor (tab) — Dire Straits
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 12<10 : pull off
Intro tab below: (For the intro: I tried to play the long note as a slide note. I have to say that it sounds much better than a bend..Allassandro) (repeating ...) G |--> a fill (this appears in 2 types: 2nd)
Verse
> Two in the morning dry-dock town Dm C Bb - F >The river rolled away in the night >Little _Gypsy Moth_ she`s all tied down Dm C Bb - F >She put her in the wind and the light >
Verse
>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
Am Dm Dm-C-Bb >A mother and her baby and the College of war >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
>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
>`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:
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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....
The remaining stuff is slower and relatively less prominent..has a bunch of bends and slides..double stops like the one just above.