Silvertown Blues Mark Knopfler
[(4/4)]
Intro: | Dm | Bb | Dm F | Bb | ---> twice
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
On Silvertown Way the cranes stand high
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
Quiet and gray against the still of the sky
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
They won't quit and lay down though the action has died
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
From the poisonous drains a vision appears
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
A new circle of cranes, a new reason to be here
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
A big silver dome rising up into the dawn
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb Dm |
Above the church and the homes where all the silver is gone, gone, gone
Gm Bb C | Am |
If I'd a bucket of gold, what would I do
[C] I'd leave the story un[Bb]told Silverto[F]wn bl[Bb]ues
I'm going [F]down in Silver[Bb]town,[C] down in Silver[Dm]town
Bb C | F F F C |
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
A silver dawn steals over the docks
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
A truck with no wheels up on the cinderblocks
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb |
Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum
Dm Bb | Dm F | Bb Dm |
Scr*p metal schemes rusted over and done, done, done
Gm Bb C | Am |
If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
[C] I'd leave the story un[Bb]told Silverto[F]wn bl[Bb]ues
And I'm going [F]down in Silver[Bb]town,[C] down in Silver[Dm]town
F Bb C | F F F C |
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb |
When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb |
You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb |
They'll tell you where you can turn, where you can go
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb Dm |
There's nothing they can tell me I don't already know
[Gm] If I'd a bucket of gol[Bb]d, silver would [C]do[Am]
[C] I'd leave the story un[Bb]told Silverto[F]wn bl[Bb]ues
And I'm going [F]down in Silver[Bb]town,[C] down in Silver[Dm]town
F Bb C | F F F C |
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb |
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb |
There's a big silver plane rising up into the sky
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb |
And I can make out the words 'seven flights every day'
Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb Dm |
Says six of those birds are bound for JFK
Gm Bb C | Am |
If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
[C] I'd leave the story un[Bb]told Silverto[F]wn bl[Bb]ues
And I'm going [F]down in Silver[Bb]town,[C] down in Silver[Dm]town
[F]Going d[Bb]own in Silvert[C]own, down in Silverto[F]wn
And I'm [C]going d[Dm]own in [F]Silvert[Bb]own,[F] [C] down in Silvert[Dm]own
[C]Going d[Bb]own in Silvert[C]own, down in Silverto[F]wn
Solo: | F C | Dm F | Bb F | C | Dm F | Bb | C | C |
F C7 F C7 Dm C | Bb F | C |
Down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
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