Silver Islet chords by Poor Angus

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G
Sit by the rail
C majorC
First cigarette
G+G        E minorEm  D MajorD
light is coming up slowly
 G+G          C majorC      D MajorD
Down by the water the boys'll all gather
   G+G     D MajorD    C majorC
And wait for the boats to arrive

Verse 2:
D MajorD
I swing the axe
D MajorD
I swing the hammer.
C majorC    G+G      C majorC      D MajorD
Bury me deep in the mud and the stone
    G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm         D MajorD
If the devil should want me he'll know where to find me
G+G         D MajorD      C majorC
Somewhere between hell and the sky

Verse 3:
G+G
Storms getting closer
C majorC
Speed makes the island
G+G        E minorEm D MajorD
Wind is coming up slowly
  G+G       C majorC             D MajorD
So pray that the timbers will hold back the waters
  G+G     D MajorD      C majorC
Not follow me down in the mine

Chorus:
    D MajorD      G+G
And the waves they roll
  C majorC     G+G
We work below them
 C majorC        G+G      E minorEm    D MajorD
Blackness that's thicker than fear on a man
C majorC      G+G
Shoulder to shoulder
C majorC     D MajorD
Hand over hand
   G+G       D MajorD         C majorC
I'll live till the day the day that I die
     E minorEm     D MajorD      G+G
With the men who go down in the mine

Verse 5:
G+G
The winds they are screaming
C majorC
Over our heads
  G+G    C majorC     D MajorD
An army of whitecaps a-rolling
G+G         C majorC         D MajorD
Burst through the breakers over the walls
G+G      D MajorD       C majorC
Aworefor to take back the mine

Chorus:
    D MajorD     G+G
And the waves they roll
  C majorC     G+G
We work below them
 C majorC        G+G      E minorEm    D MajorD
Blackness that's thicker than fear on a man
C majorC      G+G
Shoulder to shoulder
C majorC     D MajorD
Hand over hand
G+G             D MajorD     C majorC
I'll live till the day the day that I die
E minorEm         D MajorD      G+G
With the men who go down in the mine

Verse 6:
G+G
Cold on the harbor
C majorC
Storm in the distance
G+G       E minorEm    D MajorD
The lights are going out slowly
 G+G      C majorC        D MajorD
I stand by the rail hands in my pockets
  G+G      D MajorD     C majorC
And wait for the stars to arrive

Verse 7:
D MajorD
I swing the ax
D MajorD
I swing the hammer
C majorC     G+G       C majorC      D MajorD
stand with my brothers in blood and in bone
 G+G      D MajorD     E minorEm      D MajorD
I may not see heaven but I've been to hell
    G+G       D MajorD      C majorC
It's a thousand feet down in the mine

Chorus:
    D MajorD     G+G
And the waves they roll
  C majorC     G+G
We work below them
C majorC        G+G      E minorEm    D MajorD
Blackness that's thicker than fear on a man
C majorC      G+G
Shoulder to shoulder
C majorC     D MajorD
Hand over hand
G+G         D MajorD         C majorC
I'll live till the day the day that I die
     E minorEm     D MajorD      G+G
With the men who go down in the mine

G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC

Outro:
    G+G     D MajorD      G+G    E minorEm
And we climb out together or no man at all