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