The Trawlerman's Song lyrics by Mark Knopfler
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Item Code * HT5298
Song Title * The Trawlerman's Song
Performed By * Mark Knopfler
Composer(s) * KNOPFLER MARK
Publisher *
Programmer * Damian Smith
Copyright * \324\370\u03a9 2006 HitTrax MIDI Files
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* 8-bar intro
* Verse 1 We're taking on water, diesel and stores.
Laying up awhile before I'm back on board.
They're patching her up to go fishing again, fishing again.
Welding her rudder, scrubbing her keel.
Scars on her belly need time to heal
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 greener 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 Dark is the nigh.t
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.
Da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da.
* 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,
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.
* Repeat chorus
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Time * 5:11
Length * 143 bars
Tempo * 112 BPM (with variations), rall to end
Key * B b major
Ch 1 * Steel-String Guitar
Ch 2 * Fingered Bass
Ch 3 * Overdrive Guitar
Ch 4 * Vocal Guide
Ch 5 * Piano 1
Ch 6 * Organ 2
Ch 10 * Drums
