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Dire Straits : "Single handed sailor" Guitar chords

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~Subject: Single Handed Sailor
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Intro:  Dm / C : G


Dm           C       Bb        F
> Two in the morning ....
Dm              C                 Bb - F
> The river run away ...
Dm           C             Bb        F
> Little Gypsy mare ...
Dm               C                      Bb - F
> She put her in the wind ...
>

(Same chords as above)

> Yeah, the sailing ship is ....
>
Am                              Dm              Dm-C-Bb
> A mother and her ...
                   C
> In the ...
Dm                  C                 Bb         F
> You never want to fight ...
Gm                  Bb
> Nobody rules ...
>
              C             A7           Dm
> Yeah, on a night when the ...
Bb                   C
> Around the ..
   Dm            C     Bb      F
> Single-handed ...
Gm                          Bb
> Singing away in ...
>
> He's up on the bridge on the ...
>
> She's gonna step away ...
>
> On a night when the lazy ...

For the intro: I tried to play the long note as a slide note. I have to say
that it sounds much better.

Tab notation followed:-----------------
10^12   : slide from 10th to 12th fret
10^(12) : bending (one tone) on 10th fret
(12)^10 : descending bend note on 10th fret
10vv    : vibrato note
10>12   : hammer on
12<10   : pull off

---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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---------------10---------------
-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
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---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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-----------10------13^(15)-
----10>12------10----------
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---------------10----------
-----------10------13^15vv-
----10>12------------------
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---------------10---------------
-----------10------13^15.--15vv-
----10>12-----------------------
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---------------10----------
-----------10------13vv----
----10>12------------------
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------------------------------15----------------------------------------
-----------10------13^(15)--------(15)^13-------------------------------
----10>12------10--------------------------10>13<13---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------12<10>12<10--------
------------------------------------------------------------------12vv--
------------------------------------------------------------------------

        I'm not sure about this ending...I have not found my CD
        Communique at home. This transcription may be not totally
        correct.

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