Mark Knopfler (nacido el 12 de agosto de 1949 en Glasgow, Escocia) es guitarrista, cantante y compositor, y anteriormente fue periodista y profesor.
Es conocido como líder y cantante de Dire Straits, pero también ha tocado en otras bandas (como The Notting Hillbillies) y ha realizado algunos álbumes en solitario. Además, ha compuesto música para varias películas, incluyendo Local Hero, Comfort and Joy, Cal, The Princess Bride, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Wag the Dog, Metroland y A Shot at Glory.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Key of Cm e:-----------------------| B:------------4----------| G:---------3-----3----5--| D:--/3--5----------------| A:-----------------------| E:-----------------------|
Intro: Cm
Verse 1 CmF we're taking on water diesel and stores BbC# laying up awhile before i'm back on board CmFBb they're patching her up to go fishing again, (fishing again) CmF they're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel BbC# scars on her belly need time to heal CmD7 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: CmF dark is the night BbGmBb I need a guiding light to keep me GmF from foundering on the rocks CmF my only prayer BbGmBb is just to see you there at the end FBbBb7 of my wandering back in the dock
(chord progression: D#CmFDmG# D7G#7GmBb)
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