Single Handed Sailor - Dire Straits
 
 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
 >
               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
 >
 > 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
 1212------------------
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 ---------------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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 -----------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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 -----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13-------------------------------
 ----10>12------10--------------------------10>13 

 
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>13The 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
 >
 
 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                             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 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
 ----------------------------------------
 --151515^17vv---|-----13>1515^18.-18vv--
 ------------------------|--14-----------------------
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 					________ ________ ________ ________
 		    Dm			|   3  | |   3  | |   3  | |   3  |
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 --18^(20)--18 

 Title: Single Handed Sailor
Author: Dire Straits
Album: Communique
Tabbed by: Daniele Pelliccia

Intro
|---------|----------|---------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|---------|------------X-5-3-5-3-|
|-5---3-3-|--5---3-5-|--3----3-|----------------------|
|---5-----|-5--5-----|-3--3-1--|-11--3--333-----------|

|---------|----------|---------|------------------------|
|---------|----------|---------|------------3-5-3-------|
|-5---3-3-|--5---3-5-|--3----3-|------------------5---5-|
|---5-----|-5--5-----|-3--3-1--|-01--3--333---------5---|

Verse
|------|------|------|-------|-------|------------|------|
|------|------|------|-------|-------|------3-5---|------|
|--5-5-|--3-1-|--3---|---3-5-|---5-3-|--3-1-------|--3-5-|
|-5----|-3----|-3--1-|-5-----|-5-----|-3--------1-|-5----|

Pre-Chorus
|------|-------|------|---2------|---------|-------------|
|------|-------|------|--3-3-2---|---------|-------------|
|------|--/12--|--5--|-5------1-|-11-1--3-|-3-33----3-5-|
|-3--5-|-------|------|----------|---------|--3--3-5-----|

|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|--------|---------|
|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|--------|---------|
|---5-3-|---3-1-|---3---|------|--/10--|--------|-----1-3-|
|-5-----|-3-----|-3---1-|-1--3-|-------|-6-66--|-1-3-----|

|------|--------|---------|-------|------------|---------|
|------|--------|---------|-------|------------|---------|
|--3-4-|----3-5-|---55--3-|-----1-|-11--3-3-33-|-----3-5-|
|-3----|-3-5----|-5-------|-5-1---|--------3---|-3-5-----|

Chorus
|---|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|------|
|---|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|------|
|-5-|---5-3-|---3-1-|---3---|------|--/10--|--1--|
|---|-5-----|-3-----|-3---1-|--3--|-------|------|

Song structure

Intro
Verse X4
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Intro
Verse X2
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Intro
Guitar Solo
(like Intro to repeat with little variations and fade)

That's all!
For suggestion or comments, please, mail me at
dpelliccia@katamail.com