Silvertown Blues chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords with lyrics

Intro: DmDm | Bb majorBb | DmDm FF | Bb majorBb ---> twice


DmDm        Bb majorBb         DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 On Silvertown Way the cranes stand high
DmDm      Bb majorBb              DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 Quiet and gray against the still of the sky
DmDm            Bb majorBb            DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 They won't quit and lay down though the action has died
DmDm              Bb majorBb          DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side


DmDm          Bb majorBb       DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 From the poisonous drains a vision appears
DmDm         Bb majorBb            DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 A augmentedA new circle of cranes, a new reason to be here
DmDm       Bb majorBb           DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 A augmentedA big silver dome rising up into the dawn
DmDm            Bb majorBb              DmDm  FF   Bb majorBb  DmDm
 Above the church and the homes where all the silver is gone, gone, gone

G minorGm           Bb majorBb       C majorC  A minorAm
 If I'd a bucket of gold, what would I do
C majorC           Bb majorBb      FF  Bb majorBb
 I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues


     FF       Bb majorBb  C majorC       DmDm
I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
    Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF  C majorC
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown


DmDm      Bb majorBb         DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 A augmentedA silver dawn steals over the docks
DmDm         Bb majorBb            DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 A augmentedA truck with no wheels up on the cinderblocks
DmDm       Bb majorBb           DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum
DmDm       Bb majorBb          DmDm  FF   Bb majorBb  DmDm
 Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done, done, done


G minorGm           Bb majorBb       C majorC  A minorAm
 If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
C majorC           Bb majorBb      FF  Bb majorBb
 I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues

       FF       Bb majorBb  C majorC       DmDm
And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
FF   Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF  C majorC
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown


DmDm      FF       Bb majorBb        DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice
DmDm    FF       Bb majorBb         DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice
DmDm    FF            Bb majorBb         DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
 They'll tell you where you can turn, where you can go
DmDm    FF         Bb majorBb           DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb  DmDm
 There's nothing they can tell me I don't already know


G minorGm           Bb majorBb       C majorC  A minorAm
 If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
C majorC           Bb majorBb      FF  Bb majorBb
 I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues


       FF       Bb majorBb  C majorC       DmDm
And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
FF   Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF  C majorC
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown


DmDm    FF       Bb majorBb          DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
From the Canning Town train I see a billboard high
DmDm    FF      Bb majorBb           DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
There's a big silver plane rising up into the sky
DmDm    FF       Bb majorBb            DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb
And I can make out the words 'seven flights every day'
DmDm  FF       Bb majorBb          DmDm  FF  Bb majorBb  DmDm
Says six of those birds are bound for JFK


G minorGm           Bb majorBb       C majorC  A minorAm
 If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
C majorC           Bb majorBb      FF  Bb majorBb
 I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues


       FF       Bb majorBb  C majorC       DmDm
And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
FF   Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
    C majorC   DmDm   FF   Bb majorBb FF C majorC        DmDm
And I'm going down in Silvertown,  down in Silvertown
C majorC   Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown


Solo: FF C majorC | DmDm FF | Bb majorBb FF | C majorC | DmDm FF | Bb majorBb | C majorC | C majorC |


       FF  C7C7       FF  C7C7       DmDm  C majorC  Bb majorBb  FF  C majorC
Down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown