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The Trawlermans Song by Mark Knopfler
The Trawlermans Song
Capo 1
Intro. | Bm A Bm | Bm A Bm |
Vers: | Bm E A D | Bm E E A | Bm E A D | Bm C# | x 2
We're taking on water
Diesel and stores
Laying up awhile
Before I'm back on board
They're patching her up
To go fishing again
They're welding her rudder
Scrubbing her keel
Scars on her belly
Need time to heal
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. | Bm E A F#m | A F#m E | Bm E A F#m | A E A |
Dark is the night
I need a guiding light
To keep me
From foundering
On the rocks
My only prayer
Is just to see you there
At the end
Of my wandering
Back in the dock
Intermezzo. | D Bm E F#m | Bm F#m | C# F#m |
Vers: | Bm E A D | Bm E E A | Bm E A D | Bm C# |
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. | Bm E A F#m | A F#m E | Bm E A F#m | A E A |
Dark is the night
I need a guiding light
To keep me
From foundering
On the rocks
My only prayer
Is just to see you there
At the end
Of my wandering
Back in the dock
Solo/Outro. | D Bm E F#m | C# F#m | C# F#m | x 2 …
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
Key: Cm
[Chords]
Am [x02210]
A11 [x00000]
D/F# [200232]
G [320003]
C [x32010]
B [x2444x]
D [xx0232]
Em [022000]
G7 [320001]
Bm [x24432]
F [133211]
B7 [x21202]
F7#11 [1x120x]
[Intro]
Am A11 Am Am
Am Am Am Am
[Verse]
Am D/F#
We're taking on water diesel and stores
G C
Laying up awhile before I'm back on board
Am D/F#
They're patching her up to go fishing again
G
Fishing again
[Verse]
Am D/F#
They're welding her rudder, scrubbing her keel
G C
Scars on her belly need time to heal
Am B
In the dock with the trawlermen
[Verse]
Am D/F#
I know all the people, there's nobody new
G C
Soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew
Am
On the green water
D/F# G
The tumbling sea
[Verse]
Am D/F#
They ain't running like the good old days
G C
Time's just slipping down the old slipways
Am B
In the dock so dear to me
[Chorus]
Am D
Dark is the night
G Em G
And I need a guiding light to keep me
Em D
From foundering on the rocks
Am D
My only prayer
G Em G
Is just to see you there at the end
D G G7
Of my wandering back in the dock
[Post-Chorus]
C Am
La...
D Bm
La...
F
La...
Em
La...
B7 F7#11
La...
Em
La...
[Verse]
Am D/F#
I could use a layoff getting my strength back
G C
But there's a loan to pay off and a few skipjack
Am D/F#
So it's a turnaround back in the southerly wind
G
Southerly wind
[Verse]
Am D/F#
Pirates coming in to steal our gold
G C
You can count yourself lucky with a profit in the hold
Am B
In the dock when we come in
[Chorus]
Am D
Dark is the night
G Em G
And I need a guiding light to keep me
Em D
From foundering on the rocks
Am D
My only prayer
G Em G
Is just to see you there at the end
D G G7
Of my wandering back in the dock
[Outro]
C Am D Bm F F Em Em B7 F7#11 C B7 Em G7 (x2)
La...
Fade out
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