Single Handed Sailor

Dm      C                   Bb       F
        Two in the morning, dry-dock town
Dm                C               Bb F
 The river rolls away in the night
Dm      C                Bb       F
 Little gypsy moth she's all tied down
Dm                 C                 Bb F
 She quiver in the wind and the light
Dm           C                 Bb           F
 Yeah, and a sailing ship just held down in chains
Dm        C              Bb F
 From the lazy days of sail
Dm          C              Bb     F
 She's just lying there in silent pain
Dm              C           Bb F
 He lean on the tourist rail
Am                                Dm
    A mother and her baby and the college of war
Bb                        C
    In the concrete graves
Dm                 C                 Bb       F
 You never want to fight against the river law
Gm                Bb
 Nobody rules the waves


[Chorus]

              C              C#dim          Dm
Yeah and on a night when the lazy wind is a-wailing
Bb                    C
 Around the Cutty Sark
Dm            C          Bb  F
Single handed sailor goes sailing
Gm                        Bb
 Sailing away in the dark


[Instrumental]

| Dm  | Dm  | C   | G   | x2


[Verse 2]

Dm     C                      Bb             F
  He's upon the bridge on the self same night
Dm              C            Bb F
 The mariner of dry dock land
Dm          C                     Bb        F
 Two in the morning, but there is one green light
Dm                C            Bb F
 And a man on the barge of sand
Am                           Dm
  She's going to slip away below him
Bb                              C
 Away from the things he's done
       Dm           C        Bb                    F
But he just shouts "Hey man, what do you call this thing?"
Gm                               Bb
 He could have said "Pride of London"


[Chorus]

     C              C#dim          Dm
On a night when the lazy wind is a-wailing
Bb                    C
 Around the Cutty Sark
Dm            C          Bb  F
Single handed sailor goes sailing
Gm                        Bb
 Sailing away in the dark

[Outro]
| Dm  | Dm  | C   | G   | x11
  Dm



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 follows:
10/12   : slide from 10th to 12th fret
10b(12) : bending (one tone) at 10th fret
(12)r10 : release bent note at 10th fret
10vv    : vibrato
10h12   : hammer on
12p10   : pull off
E|---------------10----------| 
B|-----------10------13/15vv-| 
G|----10h12------------------| 
D|---------------------------| 
A|---------------------------| 
E|---------------------------| 

E|---------------10---------------| 
B|-----------10------13/15---15vv-| 
G|----10h12-----------------------| 
D|--------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 

E|---------------10----------| 
B|-----------10------13vv----| 
G|----10h12------------------| 
D|---------------------------| 
A|---------------------------| 
E|---------------------------| 

E|---------------------------| 
B|-----------10------13b(15)-| 
G|----10h12------10----------| 
D|---------------------------| 
A|---------------------------| 
E|---------------------------| 

E|---------------10----------| 
B|-----------10------13/15vv-| 
G|----10h12------------------| 
D|---------------------------| 
A|---------------------------| 
E|---------------------------| 

E|---------------10---------------| 
B|-----------10------13/15---15vv-| 
G|----10h12-----------------------| 
D|--------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 

E|---------------10----------| 
B|-----------10------13vv----| 
G|----10h12------------------| 
D|---------------------------| 
A|---------------------------| 
E|---------------------------| 

E|------------------------------15----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------10------13b(15)--------(15)r13-------------------------------| 
G|----10h12------10--------------------------10h13p10---------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------12p10h12p10--------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------12vv--| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

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