Single Handed Sailor Tab

with SMTP id <AA13134>; Thu, 14 Oct 1993 18:55:52 -0700 <01H43VNFLO34935U37@ecl.psu.edu>; Thu, 14 Oct 1993 15:24:55 EDT X-Vms-To: IN%"jamesb@nevada.edu" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT ---------------------------------- SINGLE HANDED SAILOR Contributed by: by Alessandro Borille (paride@arianna.dei.unipd.it) dIRE sTRAITS & Urban J deSouza (ujd@ecl.psu.edu) --------------------------------- 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 ... Dm C Bb - F >The river rolled away ...Dm C Bb F >Little _Gypsy Moth_ she's .. Dm C Bb - F >She put her in the wind ... > Verse 2 >Yeah, the sailing ship is ... > Chorus 1 Am Dm Dm-C-Bb >A mother and her baby and ... C >And the ... Dm C Bb F >You never want to fight ... Gm Bb >Nobody rules ... > C A7 Dm >Yeah, on a night when the lazy ... Bb C >Around the _.... Dm C Bb F >Single-handed ... Gm Bb >Sailing away in ... Guitar intro solo: Dm / C : G ( twice over) Verse 3 >He's up on the bridge on ... > Chorus 2 >'She's a-gonna slip away .... > >On a night when the .... > 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. -------------------------end------------------------------------------ Comments and Improvements Welcomed Alessandro and Urban Oct 1993