Single Handed Sailor
Dire Straits • Key:
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Single Handed Sailor
Dire Straits
Intro:
Dm
C
G
Dm
It's two in the
C
morning
Bb
dry dock t
F
own
Dm
River on the
C
way in the night
Bb
F
Dm
Little Gyps
C
y Moth -- she's a
Bb
ll tied do
F
wn
Dm
She quiver in
C
the wind and the lights
Bb
F
Yes, and the sailing ship, she's just all held down in chains
From the lazy days of sailing
She's just lying there in silent pain
he is lean on the tourist rail...
Am
A mother and her baby and the c
Dm
ollege of war
Dm
C
Bb
In the concrete g
C
ray
Dm
You never want to
C
fight the
Bb
river law
F
Gm
Nobody rules the w
Bb
aves!
And on the n
C
ight when the
A7
lazy wind is
Dm
wailing
Bb
Around the Cutty
C
Surk
S
Dm
ingle-handed s
C
ailor
Bb
go saili
F
ng
Gm
Sailing away in the dark
Bb
...
He's upon the bridge of the self same night
A mariner of dry dock land
Two in the morning, there's one green light
And a man on the barge of sand
She's gonna slip away below him
Away from things he's done
he's just shout, "Hey man, what you call this thing?"
He could have said, "Pride of London"
And on the n
C
ight when the
A7
lazy wind is
Dm
wailing
Bb
Around the Cutty
C
Surk
S
Dm
ingle-handed s
C
ailor
Bb
go saili
F
ng
Gm
Sailing away in the dark
Bb
...
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