Learn Music: Single Handed Sailor guitar tab - Dire Straits tabs

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  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:  Dm / C : G                 (2 times)
  
  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)
  		        Dm
  |E---------------10----------
  |B-----------10------13^15vv-
  |G----10>12------------------
  |D---------------------------
  |A---------------------------
  |E---------------------------
  		   Dm
  ---------------10---------------
  -----------10------13^15.--15vv-
  ----10>12-----------------------
  --------------------------------
  --------------------------------
  --------------------------------
  		   C
  ---------------10----------
  -----------10------13vv----
  ----10>12------------------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
  		   G
  ---------------------------
  -----------10------13^(15)-
  ----10>12------10----------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
  (repeating ...)
  		   Dm
  ---------------10----------
  -----------10------13^15vv-
  ----10>12------------------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
  		   Dm
  ---------------10---------------
  -----------10------13^15.--15vv-
  ----10>12-----------------------
  --------------------------------
  --------------------------------
  --------------------------------
  		   C
  ---------------10----------
  -----------10------13vv----
  ----10>12------------------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
  ---------------------------
                      G        |--> a fill  (this appears in 2 types: 2nd)
  ------------------------------15----------------------------------------
  -----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13-------------------------------
  ----10>12------10--------------------------10>13<13---------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------12<10>12<10--------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------12vv--
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Verse 1
  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
  >
  
  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--15<13>15<13>15^18vv---|--15<13>15<13>15^18vv--|-
  |G------------------------|-----------------------|-
  |D------------------------|-----------------------|-
  |A------------------------|-----------------------|-
  |E------------------------|-----------------------|-
  
  		 C			  G
  ------------------------|---------------------------
  --15<13>15<13>15^17vv---|-----13>15<13>15^18.-18vv--
  ------------------------|--14-----------------------
  ------------------------|---------------------------
  ------------------------|---------------------------
  ------------------------|---------------------------
  					   
  					________ ________ ________ ________
  		    Dm			|   3  | |   3  | |   3  | |   3  |
  --------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
  --18^(20)--18<15----15vv--|----------15-18<15----18<15----18<15----18<15----
  -----------------17-------|--17^(19)----------17-------17-------17-------17-
  --------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
  
    ________     ________ ________ ________ ________
    |   3  |   C |   3  | |   3  | |   3  | |   3  |
  ------------|--------------------------------------------|-
  --18<15-----|-----17>20----17>20----17>20----17>20-------|-
  --------17--|--19-------19-------19-------19-------19vv--|-
  ------------|--------------------------------------------|-
  ------------|--------------------------------------------|-
  ------------|--------------------------------------------|-
  
    ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
  G |   3  | |   3  | |   3  | |   3  | |   3  |    Dm
  --19<15----19<15----19<15----19<15----19<15-----|-17<16<15---15---------------
  --------15-------15-------15-------15-------15--|----------18---18<17<15----15
  ------------------------------------------------|------------------------17---
  ------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
  
  			  		   C
  ------------------------|--------------------------------
  ------------------------|-13------13---------------------
  --17^(19)-17^(19)^17vv--|-12^(14)-12^(14)--(14)^12<10>12- [.etc.]
  ------------------------|--------------------------------
  ------------------------|--------------------------------
  ------------------------|--------------------------------
  
  
  ANOTHER TRANSCRIPTION FROM URBAN FOLLOWS............
  
  After the intro repeat where the 4 long sustained notes as u wrote are played
  in the following style...
  Dm      Dm      C       G
  Slide / Slide / Plain / Bend     (twice)
  
  (Tab: H-hammer-on P-pull-off; B-bend; vv-vibrato;S-slide;.staccato;() by itself)
  
  after that....
  
  |E-(10)--10--10--10 13vv-|---|(10)--10--10--10 12vv|-------10--13.-13-|------
  |B-----13--13--13--------|---|----13--13--13-------|10~H~12--10-------|----
  |G-----------------------|-%-|---------------------|------------------|------
  |D-----------------------|---|---------------------|------------------|------
  |A-----------------------|---|---------------------|------------------|------
  |E-----------------------|---|---------------------|------------------|----
  
  
  |E-15-13-----------------|-(10)-13-10--13-10-|13-10--13-10|13~P~10--13~P~10--
  |B------15-13-15-13~B~15-|-----------13------|-----13-----|-------13-------13-
  |G-----------------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------
  |D-----------------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------
  |A-----------------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------
  |E-----------------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------
  
  
  |E-13~P~10--|----------------15-----15--|-------15-----15--|19~P15-15--
  |B--------13|(15)(15) 15~H~17--15-17--15|15~H~17--15-17--15|------15---
  |G----------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------
  |D----------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------
  |A----------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------
  |E----------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------
  
  
  |E-19~P15-----19~P15---19~P15--|17~P16~P15--15------------------------------
  |B-------15---------15-------15|----------18--18-15--15---------------------
  |G-----------------------------|-------------------17--17~B~19vv-17~B~19vv--
  |D-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------
  |A-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------
  |E-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------
  
  
  |E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |B--(12)~B~14---------------------------------------------------------------
  |G--(12)~B~14 or 13------etc -------------------------------------------------
  |D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  The remaining stuff is slower and relatively less prominent..has a bunch
  of bends and slides..double stops like the one just above.

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