Knopfler Mark - THE TRAWLERMANS SONG Tab

Artist : Knopfler Mark
Song : THE TRAWLERMANS SONG

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The Trawlerman's Song
Mark Knopfler

[Capo on third fret, chord names are relative to capo]
Am

[Verse]

Am                               D
We're taking on water, diesel and stores 

G                                         C
Laying up awhile before I'm back on board 

Am
They're patching her up 

                     D                       G
To go fishing again, fishing again


Am                                       D                   
They're welding her rudder scrubbing her keel 

G                                    C
Scars on her belly need time to heal 

           Am
In the dock 

                          B
With the trawlermen 

[Same chords for second verse]

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]

   Am            D    G                    Em     
Dark is the night, I need a guiding light 

        G                    Em
To keep me from foundering 

             D
On the rocks 

  Am        D       G            Em     
My only prayer is just to see you there 

           G                D
At the end of my wandering 

                  G            G7
Back in the dock 

[Instrumental bridge] C  Am D Bm F Em B B7 Em 


[Same chords as first verse]
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 

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[Same chords as chorus]
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 


Song ends:
C Am D Bm F Em B B7 Em G C Am D Bm F Em B B7 C B7 Em G . . .