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