The Trawlermans Song Cifras

Mark Knopfler
The Trawlerman's Song
(Album: Shangri-La)
 
Capo 3
 
 
[Intro]
 
Am
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
      Am7
We're taking on water
D/F#
Diesel and stores 
G
Laying up awhile 
           C
Before I'm back on board 
        Am
They're patching her up 
              D/F#
To go fishing again 
        G
Fishing again
        Am7
They're welding her rudder 
D/F#
Scrubbing her keel 
G
Scars on her belly 
     C
Need time to heal 
       Am
In the dock
                B
With the trawlermen 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
   Am7
I know all the people
        D/F#
There's nobody new
G
Soon we'll be leaving 
         C
With the same old crew 
       Am
On the green water
             D/F#    G
The tumbling sea 
Am7
They ain't running
         D
Like the good old days
G
Time's just slipping 
         C
Down the old slipways 
       Am
In the dock 
           B
So dear to me 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am7          D/F#      G
Dark is the night 
         Em7
I need a guiding light 
   G
To keep me 
     Em7
From foundering 
       D/F#
On the rocks 
Am7      D/F#     G
My only prayer 
           Em7
Is just to see you there 
       G
At the end 
      D/F#
Of my wandering 
            G    G7
Back in the dock 
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 Em
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Am7
I could use a layoff 
        D/F#
Getting my strength back 
    G
But there's a loan to pay off 
      C
And a few skipjack 
          Am
So it's a turnaround 
                      D/F#
Back in the southerly wind
          G
Southerly wind
Am7
Pirates coming in 
   D/F#
To steal our gold 
        G
You can count yourself lucky
       C
With a profit in the hold
       Am
In the dock 
             B
When we come in 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am7          D/F#    G
Dark is the night 
         Em7
I need a guiding light 
   G
To keep me 
     Em7
From foundering 
       D/F#
On the rocks 
Am7      D/F#     G
My only prayer 
           Em7
Is just to see you there 
       G
At the end 
      D/F#
Of my wandering 
            G    G7
Back in the dock
 
 
[Outro]
 
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 Em G
 
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 C B Em G7
 
C/G Am7 D/F# Bm Fmaj7
Em Em B7/F# F7 Em
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