Mark Knopfler - Silvertown blues

^Dm On Silvertown Wa^Bby the cranes stan

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d ^Dmhigh ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm Quiet and gr^Bbay against the still of the

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s^Dmky ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm They won't quit and lay d^Bbown though the action ha

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s ^Dmdied ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm They watch the new game in t^Bbown on the Blackwall

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s^Dmide ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm From the poisonous dr^Bbains a vision

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a^Dmppears^F

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^Bb

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^Dm A new circle of cr^Bbanes, a new reason to b

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e ^Dmhere ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm A big silver d^Bbome rising up into th

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e ^Dmdawn ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm Above the church and the ^Bbhomes where all the silver is

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g^Dmone, g^Fon

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e, g^Bbone ^Dm

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^Gm If I'd a bucket of gol^Bbd, what would I ^Cdo

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^Am

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^C I'd leave the story un^Bbtold Silverto^Fwn bl^Bbues

I'm going ^Fdown in Silver^Bbtown,^C down in Silver^Dmtown Going d^Bbown in Silvert^Cown, down in Silver

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to^Fwn^{F F C}

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^Dm A silver daw^Bbn steals over the

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d^Dmocks ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm A truck with no whe^Bbels up on the cinderblo

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ck^Dms ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm Men with no dre^Bbams around a fire in

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a ^Dmdrum ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm Scrap metal sch^Bbemes rusted over an

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d ^Dmdone, ^Fdo

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ne,^Bb done ^Dm

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^Gm If I'd a bucket of gol^Bbd, silver would ^Cdo

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^Am

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^C I'd leave the story un^Bbtold Silverto^Fwn bl^Bbues

And I'm going ^Fdown in Silver^Bbtown,^C down in Silver^Dmtown ^FGoing d^Bbown in Silvert^Cown, down in Silver

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to^Fwn^{F F C}

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^Dm When you're ^Fstanding on th^Bbin and dangerous

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i^Dmce ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm You can ^Fknock and walk ^Bbin for citizens'

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ad^Dmvice ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm They'll ^Ftell you where you can t^Bburn, where you ca

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n ^Dmgo ^F

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^Bb

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^Dm There's ^Fnothing they can t^Bbell me I don't alread

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y ^Dmknow ^F

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^{Bb Dm}

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^Gm If I'd a bucket of gol^Bbd, silver would ^Cdo ^{Am C} I'd leave the story un^Bbtold Silverto^Fwn bl^Bbues

And I'm going ^Fdown in Silver^Bbtown,^C down in Silver^Dmtown ^FGoing d^Bbown in Silvert^Cown, down in Silver

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to^Fwn^{F F C}

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^DmFrom the ^FCanning Town tr^Bbain I see a billboar

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d ^Dmhigh ^F

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^Bb

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^DmThere's a ^Fbig silver pl^Bbane rising up into the

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s^Dmky ^F

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^Bb

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^DmAnd I can ^Fmake out the w^Bbords 'seven flights every

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d^Dmay' ^F

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^Bb

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^DmSays ^Fsix of those b^Bbirds are bound for

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JF^DmK ^F

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^{Bb Dm}

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^Gm If I'd a bucket of gol^Bbd, silver would ^Cdo

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^Am

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^C I'd leave the story un^Bbtold Silverto^Fwn bl^Bbues

And I'm going ^Fdown in Silver^Bbtown,^C down in Silver^Dmtown ^FGoing d^Bbown in Silvert^Cown, down in Silverto^Fwn And I'm ^Cgoing d^Dmown in ^FSilvert^Bbown,^{F C} down in Silvert^Dmown ^CGoing d^Bbown in Silvert^Cown, down in Silverto^Fwn

Down in Silver^Ftown,^C7 down in Silvert^Fown,^C7 down in Silvert^Dmown ^C

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^{Bb F}

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^C

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