Trawlermans Song chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords with lyrics

Mark Knopfler
Trawlerman's Song Revisited

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Key of C minorCm
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             C#C#
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           C#C#
scars on her belly need time to heal
     C minorCm         D7D7
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    Bb7Bb7
of my wandering back in the dock

(chord progression: D#D# C minorCm FF  DmDm G#G#  G minorGm D7D7 G#7G#7 G minorGm Bb majorBb)

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

D#D# C minorCm FF  DmDm G#G#  G minorGm D7D7 G#7G#7 D#D# D7D7 G minorGm Bb majorBb

D#D# C minorCm FF  DmDm G#G#  G minorGm D7D7 G#7G#7 D#D# D7D7 G minorGm Bb majorBb