'Single Handed Sailor' by Dire Straits - Guitar Tutorial

            

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----------
 -----------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