Mark Knopfler – Silvertown Blues (Guitar)
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Versions
(3)
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Chords
[Intro]
| Dm | Bb | Dm F | Bb | x3
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 Bb Dm Bb I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues F Bb C Dm I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown 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 | Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done, done, done Gm Bb C | Am | If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do C Bb F Bb I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues F Bb C Dm And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Dm/C 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 Bb C Am If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do C Bb Dm Bb I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues F Bb C Dm And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Dm/C Bb C | F F F C | Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Dm F Bb | Dm F | Bb | From the Canning Town train I see a billboard high 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 Bb Dm Bb I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues F Bb C Dm And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Dm/C Bb C F I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown C/E Dm Dm/C Bb Bb/A C Dm And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Dm/C Bb C F Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
[Solo]
| F C/E | Dm Dm/C | Bb Bb/A | C | Dm Dm/C | Bb | C | C |
F C F C Dm Dm/C | Bb Bb/A | C | C | Down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown