******************************************** 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 Unauthorised copying is illegal ********************************************
* 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 ******************************************** Time * 5:11 Length * 143 bars Tempo * 112 BPM (with variations), rall to end Key * B b major