Intro:  Dm | Bb | Dm  F | Bb  ---> twice


Dm (xx0231@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)On Silvertown Way the cranes stand high
Dm (xx0231@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Quiet and gray against the still of the sky
Dm (xx0231@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)They won't quit and lay down though the action has died
Dm (xx0231@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side


Dm (xx0231@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)From the poisonous drains a vision appears
Dm (xx0231@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)                     Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)A new circle of cranes, a new reason to be here
Dm (xx0231@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)A big silver dome rising up into the dawn
Dm (xx0231@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)                          Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)Above the church and the homes where all the silver is gone, gone, gone


Gm (355333@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)If I'd a bucket of gold, what would I do
C (x32010@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues


          F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)            DmI'm (xx0231@1)going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
       Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1)  CGoing (x32010@1)down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown


Dm (xx0231@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)                Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)A silver dawn steals over the docks
Dm (xx0231@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)                     Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)A truck with no wheels up on the cinderblocks
Dm (xx0231@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum
Dm (xx0231@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done, done, done


Gm (355333@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
C (x32010@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues


              F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)            DmAnd (xx0231@1)I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1)  CGoing (x32010@1)down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown


Dm (xx0231@1)         F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice
Dm (xx0231@1)     F (133211@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice
Dm (xx0231@1)     F (133211@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)They'll tell you where you can turn, where you can go
Dm (xx0231@1)     F (133211@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1)There's nothing they can tell me I don't already know


Gm (355333@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
C (x32010@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues


              F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)            DmAnd (xx0231@1)I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1)  CGoing (x32010@1)down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown


Dm (xx0231@1)     F (133211@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) BbFrom (x1333x@1)the Canning Town train I see a billboard high
Dm (xx0231@1)      F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) BbThere's (x1333x@1)a big silver plane rising up into the sky
Dm (xx0231@1)      F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) BbAnd (x1333x@1)I can make out the words 'seven flights every day'
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) DmSays (xx0231@1)six of those birds are bound for JFK


Gm (355333@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do
C (x32010@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues


              F (133211@1)           Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)            DmAnd (xx0231@1)I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)                  FGoing (133211@1)down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
        C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)   F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)             DmAnd (xx0231@1)I'm going down in Silvertown,    down in Silvertown
C (x32010@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)                  FGoing (133211@1)down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown



Solo:  F (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F| (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1)F| (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)Dm (xx0231@1)F| (133211@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)C| (x32010@1)C| (x32010@1)

              F (133211@1) C7 (x32310@1)            F (133211@1)  C7 (x32310@1)            Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)Down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown,  down in Silvertown