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Trawlermans Song

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Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and film score composer. He was the lead guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded with his younger brother, David Knopfler, in 1977. He was born in Glasgow but raised near Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Since Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler has recorded and produced nine solo albums and, as with his previous band, produced many hit songs.

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:47:21 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: k/knopfler_mark/trawlermans_song.crd

Mark Knopfler
Trawlerman's Song Revisited

by [email protected]

Key of Cm
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 C#
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 C#
scars on her belly need time to heal
Cm D7
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 Bb7
of my wandering back in the dock

(chord progression: D# Cm F Dm G#
D7 G#7 Gm Bb)

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

D# Cm F Dm G# Gm
G#7 D# D7 Gm Bb

D# Cm F Dm G# Gm
G#7 D# D7 Gm Bb