Chords for Roddy Woomble: My Secret Is My Silence

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[A] If _ [G] you never [D] leave the highlands, [A] like you're drowning [D] under a ray,
[G] And your sadness [D] tastes like whiskey, [A] and my body [D] breathes the same,
[G] And I'll drain my [D] wisdom empty, [A] just to feel that space [D] again.
But [G] you know nothing [D] is as silent, [G] and my secret [D] is my silence,
[G] And my silence [D] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] is in vain. _
[G] I'm sick of living in [D] these buildings, [A] that were built in [D] blood and rain,
But from the warm side of the window, [A] the views always look [D] the same.
But [G] your face, it [A] held the stories, full of dreams it can't contain.
But you [G] know nothing is [D] as silent, [G] and my secret [D] _ _ [G] is [D] my silence,
[Bm] And my silence is [A] in vain.
You [G] know nothing is [D] as silent, [G] and my secret is [D] my silence,
[G] And my _ [D] _ _ [Bm] silence [A] is in vain.
_ _ [Em] _ [G] And _
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] you held on [D] to a country, [A] from the kill yard [D] to the grave,
And you [G] spoke in quickly [D] written verses, [A] hidden in your Gaelic name,
[G] To approach land [A] without a harbor, and find your way home.
[G] And you approach [A] land without a harbor, and find your way home.
[Gm] And you approach [D] land _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ without a [A] harbor, and find your way _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ home.
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] But [D] you know nothing is as silent, [G] and my secret [D] is my silence, [G] and my secret [D] is my
silence, [Bm] and my silence [A] is in vain.
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