The Silence Chords by Bastille
Tempo:
71.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you're [G] proud to call [C] your own
Speak in words you've picked up as [G] you walk through life [C] alone
We used to smear in your stories and be [G] pulled down by the [C] tide
Choking on the words and drowning [G] with no air [C] in sight
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] it's not your fault, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] you hit it hard, [G] my dear, my dear, [D] oh dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the thought?
[C] You must have [G] the words in [Em] the head of [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[Em] [C] [G]
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you've [G] never said out [C] loud
Pull the rug beneath my feet and [G] shake me to the [C] ground
Wrap me around your fingers, break the [G] silence open [C] wide
Before it sinks into my ears and [G] fills me up from [C] the inside
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] lost 12 words, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] hit it hard, my [G] dear, my dear, oh [D] dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] You must have the [G] words in [Em] the head of [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
It [C] is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] [G] [D] If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [D] give for, what you give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [Em] give for, what [Bm] you give for
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] down and strong
Can you feel the violence?
[C] You must have the [G] one
Standing right [Em] ahead of [B] yours
[C] Oh, oh, can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I can't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not enough to be [D] down and strong
[C] Oh, [G]
oh, [C] can you feel the silence?
[G]
[C] [G]
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you're [G] proud to call [C] your own
Speak in words you've picked up as [G] you walk through life [C] alone
We used to smear in your stories and be [G] pulled down by the [C] tide
Choking on the words and drowning [G] with no air [C] in sight
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] it's not your fault, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] you hit it hard, [G] my dear, my dear, [D] oh dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the thought?
[C] You must have [G] the words in [Em] the head of [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[Em] [C] [G]
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you've [G] never said out [C] loud
Pull the rug beneath my feet and [G] shake me to the [C] ground
Wrap me around your fingers, break the [G] silence open [C] wide
Before it sinks into my ears and [G] fills me up from [C] the inside
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] lost 12 words, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] hit it hard, my [G] dear, my dear, oh [D] dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] You must have the [G] words in [Em] the head of [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
It [C] is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] [G] [D] If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [D] give for, what you give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [Em] give for, what [Bm] you give for
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] down and strong
Can you feel the violence?
[C] You must have the [G] one
Standing right [Em] ahead of [B] yours
[C] Oh, oh, can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I can't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not enough to be [D] down and strong
[C] Oh, [G]
oh, [C] can you feel the silence?
[G]
Key:
C
G
D
Em
B
C
G
D
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you're [G] proud to call [C] your own
Speak in words you've picked up as [G] you walk through life [C] alone
We used to smear in your stories and be [G] pulled down by the [C] tide
Choking on the words and drowning [G] with no air [C] in sight
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] it's not your fault, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] you hit it hard, [G] my dear, my dear, [D] oh dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the thought?
[C] You must have [G] the words in [Em] the head of _ [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you've [G] never said out [C] loud
Pull the rug beneath my feet and [G] shake me to the [C] ground
Wrap me around your fingers, break the [G] silence open [C] wide
Before it sinks into my ears and [G] fills me up from [C] the inside
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] lost 12 words, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] hit it hard, my [G] dear, my dear, oh [D] dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] You must have the [G] words in [Em] the head of _ [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
It [C] is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [D] give for, what you give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [Em] give for, what [Bm] you give for
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] down and strong
Can you feel the violence?
[C] You must have the [G] one
Standing right [Em] ahead of [B] yours
[C] Oh, oh, can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I can't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not enough to be [D] down and strong _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Oh, [G] _
oh, _ _ _ [C] can you feel the silence?
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you're [G] proud to call [C] your own
Speak in words you've picked up as [G] you walk through life [C] alone
We used to smear in your stories and be [G] pulled down by the [C] tide
Choking on the words and drowning [G] with no air [C] in sight
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] it's not your fault, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and [C] you hit it hard, [G] my dear, my dear, [D] oh dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the thought?
[C] You must have [G] the words in [Em] the head of _ [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[C] Tell me a piece of your history that you've [G] never said out [C] loud
Pull the rug beneath my feet and [G] shake me to the [C] ground
Wrap me around your fingers, break the [G] silence open [C] wide
Before it sinks into my ears and [G] fills me up from [C] the inside
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] lost 12 words, my [G] dear, my dear, my [D] dear
Now [Em] you've hit the wall and you [C] hit it hard, my [G] dear, my dear, oh [D] dear
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] You must have the [G] words in [Em] the head of _ [B] yours
[C] Can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I won't take it [D] anymore
It [C] is not [G] enough to be [D] dumb and slut, can you feel the silence?
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then it's already won what you [G] give for, what you [D] give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [D] give for, what you give for
If [C] you give it a name then [G] it's already won what you [Em] give for, what [Bm] you give for
[C] It is not [G] enough to be [D] down and strong
Can you feel the violence?
[C] You must have the [G] one
Standing right [Em] ahead of [B] yours
[C] Oh, oh, can you [G] feel the silence?
[Em] I can't take it [D] anymore
[C] It is not enough to be [D] down and strong _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Oh, [G] _
oh, _ _ _ [C] can you feel the silence?
[G] _ _