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Silvertown Blues

Mark Knopfler

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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 Bb F 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 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 F Bb C 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 F Bb I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues F Bb C Dm And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown F Bb C 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 F Bb I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues F Bb C Dm And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown F Bb C F Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown C Dm F Bb F C Dm And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown C Bb C F Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown 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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