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