Chords for SilentLegacy MelissaEtheridge
Tempo:
109 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[E]
Why did you steal the matches from the one-room motel?
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand they wonder where did they go wrong?
Could you be so selfish?
Why can't you get along and as [F#] you pray?
in your [E] darkness
Oh
Wings to [A] set you free
[F#] You are bound
To your [A] silence
[E] Legacy you've
[B]
[E] seen it in the movies and heard it on the [Em] street
[E] Craving the [B] affection your blood is for the team.
[E] They don't listen to your reasons as originalists
[B] Deny all that you're feeling they will bring you home again and [F#m] as you pray
in your [E] darkness Oh
To [A] set you free
[F#m] You are bound
You're [A] silent
[E] Legacy
Ain't
[Bm] [B]
[E] no one told me what you feel
[B] the empty aching hour
Trying to conceive
[E] Reston is the coming of your age
[B] River shame and [A] turn it into rage and as [F#m] you pray
In [A] your darkness [E] to set you free
[F#m] You are bound to [A] your silence
[E]
[B]
[E] You are begging for answers until your fingers bleed
[B] To satisfy the heart
Satiate the need in [E] it
Leave you all the guilt to keep you humble keep you low
[B] So many thousand years in [A] the holy [F#m] jeep pray
[F#] In your [A] darkness
[E] Wings to [A] set you free
[F#m] You are bound
To [A] your silence
[E] Legacy
[B]
[E]
[A] [E]
Mothers tell your children
The quick you must be strong
[A] Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
[E]
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
[A] Refuse to hand it down The legacy
[E] Stops here
[E] Oh my child
Oh my child
[A]
[E]
[A] [B]
[E] Oh [A] my child
Oh my child Ah
[E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[A]
[B] [E]
[Bm]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[A]
[E]
Why did you steal the matches from the one-room motel?
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand they wonder where did they go wrong?
Could you be so selfish?
Why can't you get along and as [F#] you pray?
in your [E] darkness
Oh
Wings to [A] set you free
[F#] You are bound
To your [A] silence
[E] Legacy you've
[B]
[E] seen it in the movies and heard it on the [Em] street
[E] Craving the [B] affection your blood is for the team.
[E] They don't listen to your reasons as originalists
[B] Deny all that you're feeling they will bring you home again and [F#m] as you pray
in your [E] darkness Oh
To [A] set you free
[F#m] You are bound
You're [A] silent
[E] Legacy
Ain't
[Bm] [B]
[E] no one told me what you feel
[B] the empty aching hour
Trying to conceive
[E] Reston is the coming of your age
[B] River shame and [A] turn it into rage and as [F#m] you pray
In [A] your darkness [E] to set you free
[F#m] You are bound to [A] your silence
[E]
[B]
[E] You are begging for answers until your fingers bleed
[B] To satisfy the heart
Satiate the need in [E] it
Leave you all the guilt to keep you humble keep you low
[B] So many thousand years in [A] the holy [F#m] jeep pray
[F#] In your [A] darkness
[E] Wings to [A] set you free
[F#m] You are bound
To [A] your silence
[E] Legacy
[B]
[E]
[A] [E]
Mothers tell your children
The quick you must be strong
[A] Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
[E]
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
[A] Refuse to hand it down The legacy
[E] Stops here
[E] Oh my child
Oh my child
[A]
[E]
[A] [B]
[E] Oh [A] my child
Oh my child Ah
[E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[A]
[B] [E]
[Bm]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
[A]
[E]
Key:
E
A
B
F#m
F#
E
A
B
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Why did you steal the matches from the one-room motel?
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand they wonder where did they go wrong?
Could you be so selfish?
Why can't you get along and as [F#] you pray?
_ in your [E] darkness _
Oh
Wings to [A] set you free
[F#] You are bound
To your [A] silence
[E] Legacy you've _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] seen it in the movies and heard it on the [Em] street
[E] Craving the [B] affection your blood is for the team.
[E] They don't listen to your reasons as originalists
_ [B] Deny all that you're feeling they will bring you home again and [F#m] as you pray
_ in your [E] darkness Oh
_ To [A] set you free
_ [F#m] You are bound
_ You're [A] silent
_ _ [E] Legacy
Ain't _ _
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ no one told me what you feel
[B] the empty aching hour
Trying to conceive
[E] _ _ Reston is the coming of your age
[B] River _ shame and [A] turn it into rage and as [F#m] you pray
In [A] your darkness _ _ [E] _ _ _ to set you free
_ [F#m] You are bound to [A] your silence
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] You are begging for answers until your fingers bleed
[B] To satisfy the heart
_ Satiate the need in [E] it
Leave you all the guilt to keep you humble keep you low
[B] So many _ _ thousand years in [A] the holy [F#m] jeep pray
_ [F#] In your [A] darkness
[E] Wings _ to [A] set you free
[F#m] You are bound
To [A] your silence _
[E] Legacy _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
Mothers tell your children
The quick you must be strong
[A] Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
_ [E]
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
[A] Refuse to hand it down The legacy _
[E] Stops here _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh my child _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh my _ child _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh [A] my child
Oh my child Ah _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Why did you steal the matches from the one-room motel?
Once they gave you answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand they wonder where did they go wrong?
Could you be so selfish?
Why can't you get along and as [F#] you pray?
_ in your [E] darkness _
Oh
Wings to [A] set you free
[F#] You are bound
To your [A] silence
[E] Legacy you've _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] seen it in the movies and heard it on the [Em] street
[E] Craving the [B] affection your blood is for the team.
[E] They don't listen to your reasons as originalists
_ [B] Deny all that you're feeling they will bring you home again and [F#m] as you pray
_ in your [E] darkness Oh
_ To [A] set you free
_ [F#m] You are bound
_ You're [A] silent
_ _ [E] Legacy
Ain't _ _
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ no one told me what you feel
[B] the empty aching hour
Trying to conceive
[E] _ _ Reston is the coming of your age
[B] River _ shame and [A] turn it into rage and as [F#m] you pray
In [A] your darkness _ _ [E] _ _ _ to set you free
_ [F#m] You are bound to [A] your silence
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] You are begging for answers until your fingers bleed
[B] To satisfy the heart
_ Satiate the need in [E] it
Leave you all the guilt to keep you humble keep you low
[B] So many _ _ thousand years in [A] the holy [F#m] jeep pray
_ [F#] In your [A] darkness
[E] Wings _ to [A] set you free
[F#m] You are bound
To [A] your silence _
[E] Legacy _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
Mothers tell your children
The quick you must be strong
[A] Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
_ [E]
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
[A] Refuse to hand it down The legacy _
[E] Stops here _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh my child _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh my _ child _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh [A] my child
Oh my child Ah _ _
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