Intro
C, A, Em, G, C, Em, G x2
D
Tell me a piece of your history
A D
that you're proud to call your own
D
Speak in words you picked up
A D
as you walked through life alone.
D
We used to swim in your stories
A D
and be pulled down by their tide,
D
choking on the words
A D
and drowning with no air inside.
F#m D
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault
A E
my dear, my dear, my dear.
F#m D
Now you've hit a wall and you've hit it hard,
A E
my dear, my dear, oh dear.
D A E
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill the silence?)
D A F#m C#
you must have the words in that head of yours.
D A
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
F#m E
I can't take it anymore,
D A E
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.
(Can you fill the silence?)
C, A, Em, G, C, Em, G
D
Tell me a piece of your history
A D
that you've never said out loud.
D
Pull the rug beneath my feet
A D
and shake me to the ground.
D
Wrap me around your fingers,
A D
break the silence open wide,
D
and before it seeps into my ears,
A D
it fills me up from the inside.
F#m D
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault
A E
my dear, my dear, my dear.
F#m D
Now you've hit a wall and you've hit it hard,
A E
my dear, my dear, oh dear.
D A E
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill the silence?)
D A F#m C#
you must have the words in that head of yours.
D A
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
F#m E
I can't take it anymore,
D A E
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.
(Can you fill the silence?)
C, G, E
D
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
A E
What you good for, what you good for?
D
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
A E
What you good for, what you good for?
D A
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
E
What you good for, what you good for?
D A
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
F#m E
What you good for, what you good for?
D A E
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill the silence?)
D A F#m C#
you must have the words in that head of yours.
D A
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
F#m E
I can't take it anymore,
D A E
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck, oh
C, A, Em, G, C, Em, G x2