Trawlerman Song chords by Mark Knopfler

Trawlerman Song
Mark Knopfler - Shangri La Album

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

Intro: Cm

Verse 1
Cm                             F
we're taking on water diesel and stores
Bb                                      Gm
laying up awhile before i'm back on board
Cm                                                  F                    Bb
they're patching her up to go fishing again, (fishing again)
Cm                                      F
they're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel
Bb                                      Gm
scars on her belly need time to heal
            C                             D
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:
Cm             F
dark is the night
   Bb         Gm               Bb
I need a guiding light to keep me
          Gm                     F
from foundering on the rocks
Cm         F
my only prayer
   Bb       Gm                       Bb
is just to see you there at the end
          F                              Bb
of my wandering back in the dock

(chord progression: Eb  Cm  F  D  Cm  Gm  D  Cm  Gm)

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(dsbosch@rogers.com)