Silver Islet chords by Poor Angus

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Verse 2:
D

I swing the axe
D
I swing the hammer.
C       G           C           D
Bury me deep in the mud and the stone
        G           D             Em                 D
If the devil should want me he'll know where to find me
G                 D            C
Somewhere between hell and the sky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

G D Em D G D C

Outro:
       G         D            G       Em
And we climb out together or no man at all