Single Handed Sailor
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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-----------------------
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(C)
---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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(G)
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-----------10------13^(15)-
----10>12------10----------
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(repeating ...)
(Dm)
---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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(Dm)
---------------10---------------
-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
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(C)
---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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(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--
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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-----------------------
------------------------|---------------------------
------------------------|---------------------------
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________ ________ ________ ________
(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---
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
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(C)
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------------------------|-13------13---------------------
--17^(19)-17^(19)^17vv--|-12^(14)-12^(14)--(14)^12<10>12- [.etc.]
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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)-------------------------------------------------------------------------
