Trawlerman Song chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords with lyrics

Trawlerman Song
Mark Knopfler - Shangri La Album

Key of G minorGm
e:---------------------|
B:------------4--------|
G:---------3-----3----5|
D:--/3--5--------------|
A:---------------------|
E:-----------------|

Intro: C minorCm

Verse 1
C minorCm               FF
we're taking on water diesel and stores
Bb majorBb                   G minorGm
laying up awhile before i'm back on board
C minorCm                         FF          Bb majorBb
they're patching her up to go fishing again, (fishing again)
C minorCm                   FF
they're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel
Bb majorBb                   G minorGm
scars on her belly need time to heal
      C majorC               D MajorD
in the dock with the trawlermen

i know all the people there's nobody new
soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew
on the green water the tumbling sea
they ain't running like the good old days
time's just slipping down the old slipways
in the dock so dear to me

Chorus:
C minorCm       FF
dark is the night
  Bb majorBb     G minorGm        Bb majorBb
I need a guiding light to keep me
     G minorGm           FF
from foundering on the rocks
C minorCm     FF
my only prayer
  Bb majorBb    G minorGm            Bb majorBb
is just to see you there at the end
     FF               Bb majorBb
of my wandering back in the dock

(chord progression: Eb MajorEb C minorCm FF D MajorD C minorCm G minorGm D MajorD C minorCm G minorGm)

Verse 2

I could use a layoff getting my strength back
but there's a loan to pay off and a few skipjack
so it's a turnaround back in the southerly wind
pirates coming in to steal our gold
you can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold
in the dock when we come in

Chorus

Chord progression and solo

Transcribed by Darren Bosch([email protected])