Silvertown Blues
Mark KnopflerVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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On Silvertown Way the cranes stand high
Quiet and gray against the still of the sky
They won't quit and lay down though the action has died
They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side
From the poisonous drains a vision appears
A new circle of cranes, a new reason to be here
A big silver dome rising up into the dawn
Above the church and the homes where all the silver is gone, gone, gone
If I'd a bucket of gold, what would I do
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues
I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
A silver dawn steals over the docks
A truck with no wheels up on the cinderblocks
Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum
Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done, done, done
If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues
And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice
You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice
They'll tell you where you can turn, where you can go
There's nothing they can tell me I don't already know
If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues
And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
From the Canning Town train I see a billboard high
There's a big silver plane rising up into the sky
And I can make out the words 'seven flights every day'
Says six of those birds are bound for JFK
If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues
And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
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Readable chord sheet for Silvertown Blues by Mark Knopfler
| [Dm] | [Bb] | [Dm] [F] | [Bb] | ---> twice [Dm] On Silvertown Wa[Bb]y the cranes stand [Dm]high [F] [Bb] [Dm] Quiet and gr[Bb]ay against the still of the s[Dm]ky [F] [Bb] [Dm] They won't quit and lay d[Bb]own though the action has [Dm]died [F] [Bb] [Dm] They watch the new game in t[Bb]own on the Blackwall s[Dm]ide [F] [Bb] [Dm] From the poisonous dr[Bb]ains a vision a[Dm]ppears[F] [Bb] [Dm] A new circle of cr[Bb]anes, a new reason to be [Dm]here [F] [Bb] [Dm] A big silver d[Bb]ome rising up into the [Dm]dawn [F] [Bb] [Dm] Above the church and the [Bb]homes where all the silver is g[Dm]one, g[F]one, g[Bb]one [Dm] [Gm] If I'd a bucket of gol[Bb]d, what would I [C]do [Am] [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 Going d[Bb]own in Silvert[C]own, down in Silverto[F]wn[F] [F] [C] [Dm] A silver daw[Bb]n steals over the d[Dm]ocks [F] [Bb] [Dm] A truck with no whe[Bb]els up on the cinderblock[Dm]s [F] [Bb] [Dm] Men with no dre[Bb]ams around a fire in a [Dm]drum [F] [Bb] [Dm] Scrap metal sch[Bb]emes rusted over and [Dm]done, [F]done,[Bb] done [Dm] [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]Going d[Bb]own in Silvert[C]own, down in Silverto[F]wn[F] [F] [C] [Dm] When you're [F]standing on th[Bb]in and dangerous i[Dm]ce [F] [Bb] [Dm] You can [F]knock and walk [Bb]in for citizens' ad[Dm]vice [F] [Bb] [Dm] They'll [F]tell you where you can t[Bb]urn, where you can [Dm]go [F] [Bb] [Dm] There's [F]nothing they can t[Bb]ell me I don't already [Dm]know [F] [Bb] [Dm] [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]Going d[Bb]own in Silvert[C]own, down in Silverto[F]wn[F] [F] [C] [Dm]From the [F]Canning Town tr[Bb]ain I see a billboard [Dm]high [F] [Bb] [Dm]There's a [F]big silver pl[Bb]ane rising up into the s[Dm]ky [F] [Bb] [Dm]And I can [F]make out the w[Bb]ords 'seven flights every d[Dm]ay' [F] [Bb] [Dm]Says [F]six of those b[Bb]irds are bound for JF[Dm]K [F] [Bb] [Dm] [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]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 [F] [C] [Dm] [F] [Bb] [F] [C] [Dm] [F] [Bb] [C] [C] Down in Silver[F]town,[C7] down in Silvert[F]own,[C7] down in Silvert[Dm]own [C] [Bb] [F] [C]