[ti:The Trawlermans Song] [ar:Mark Knopfler] [al:Shangri-La] [00:04.83]|| Verse Chords || [00:20.34]We're taking on water [00:21.34]Diesel and stores [00:24.04]Laying up awhile Before I'm back on board [00:28.07]They're patching her up [00:31.55]To go fishing again [00:33.75]fishing again [00:37.53]They're welding her rudder [00:38.60]Scrubbing her keel [00:41.23]Scars on her belly Need time to heal [00:45.39]In the dock [00:48.68]With the trawlermen [00:49.68] [00:53.87]I know all the people [00:56.49]There's nobody new [00:58.94]Soon we'll be leaving with the same old crew [01:03.00]On the green water [01:06.30]The tumbling sea [01:07.30] [01:11.70]They ain't running like the good old days [01:15.59]Time's just slipping down the old slipways [01:19.40]In the dock [01:23.41]So dear to me [01:25.30] [01:29.73]Dark is the night [01:33.91]I need a guiding light [01:37.36]To keep me [01:38.89]From foundering [01:40.62]On the rocks [01:46.83]My only prayer [01:51.15]Is just to see you there [01:54.40]At the end [01:55.90]Of my wandering [01:58.07]Back in the dock [01:59.30] [02:28.61]I could use a layoff [02:30.65]Getting my strength back [02:32.85]But there's a loan to pay off [02:34.62]And a few skipjack [02:36.60]So it's a turnaround [02:39.93]Back in the southerly wind [02:42.64]Pirates coming in [02:47.48]To steal our gold [02:49.98]You can count yourself lucky [02:51.86]With a profit in the hold [02:53.87]In the dock [02:57.56]When we come in [02:58.56] [03:02.92]Dark is the night [03:08.30]I need a guiding light [03:09.59]To keep me [03:13.32]From foundering [03:15.33]On the rocks [03:21.62]My only prayer [03:25.60]Is just to see you there [03:28.59]At the end [03:30.30]Of my wandering [03:32.46]Back in the dock [03:43.46] [04:20.32]|| Guitar Solo || [04:38.32] [04:51.69]|| END || [04:52.69]|| LYRIC by DAVE CHAN ||