Silent All These Years

	  		
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NC - No chord. Instead, just play this TWICE: 
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Verse 
   E           Emaj7    A/E           
Excuse me but can I be you for a while 
   E          Emaj7      A/E        E 
My dog won't bite if you sit real still 
              Emaj7          A/E            E         Asus2 
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again 
            B 
Yeah I can hear that 
      E      Emaj7        A/E        E 
Been saved again by the garbage truck 
        Emaj7      A/E         
I got something to say you know 
          E 
But nothing comes 
    Emaj7      A/E        E 
Yes I know what you think of me 
                Asus2 
You never shut-up 
           B 
Yeah I can hear that 


    Aadd9            B 
But what if I'm a mermaid 
           Amaj9 
In these jeans of his 
         B7 
With her name still on it 
       Aadd9 
Hey but I don't care 
      Badd9 
Cause sometimes 
       Aadd9 
I said sometime I hear my voice 
B             C#m   D   B5 
  And it's been   here 
A5               N.C. 
Silent All These Years 


Verse 
E       Emaj7 
So you found a girl 
            A/E         E 
Who thinks really deep thougts 
          Emaj7          A/E          E 
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts 
             Emaj7   A/E  E          Asus2 
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon 
         B 
How's that thought for you 
    E        Emaj7       A/E  E 
My scream got lost in a paper cup 
                    Emaj7 
You think there's a heaven 
           A/E           E 
Where some screams have gone 
           Emaj7       A/E 
I got 25 bucks and a cracker 
        E             Asus2 
Do you think it's enough 
      B 
To get us there 

 
    Aadd9            B 
But what if I'm a mermaid 
           Amaj9 
In these jeans of his 
         B7 
With her name still on it 
       Aadd9 
Hey but I don't care 
      Badd9 
Cause sometimes 
       Aadd9 
I said sometime I hear my voice 
B             C#m   D   B5 
  And it's been   here 
A5                
Silent All These 
 

Bridge 
Emaj     B/E 
Years go by 
        Amaj/E     B/E 
Will I still be waiting 
G#m7 Aadd9            Bsus4 B 
 For somebody else to un - derstand 
Emaj      B/E 
Years go by 
      Aadd9/C#         B 
If I'm stripped of my beauty 
        Aadd9 
And the orange clouds 
        Bsus4 B 
Raining  in   my head 
Emaj     B 
Years go by 
        C#m        B 
Will I choke on my tears 
      Asus2           E/B  B 
Till finally there is not - hing left 
E        B/D#     A/C# 
One more casualty 
         B5         Asus2        Bsus4 
You know we're too easily  easily  easilyy 

Verse 
       E       Emaj7     A/E   E 
Well I love the way we communicate 
              Emaj7    A/E       E 
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape 
                    Emaj7    A/E        
Let's hear what you think of me now 
         E        Asus2 
But baby don't look up 
    B 
The sky is falling 
         E       Emaj7     A/E   E 
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress 
                Emaj7    A/E       E 
It's your turn now to stand where I stand 
             Emaj7    A/E        
Everybody lookin' at you here 
  E                Asus2 
Take hold of my hand 
     B 
Yeah I can hear them 


    Aadd9            B 
But what if I'm a mermaid 
           Amaj9 
In these jeans of his 
         B7 
With her name still on it 
       Aadd9 
Hey but I don't care 
      Badd9 
Cause sometimes 
       Aadd9 
I said sometime I hear my voice 
B            Aadd9 
  I hear my voice  
  I hear my voice  
B             C#m   D   B5 
  And it's been   here 
A5                Emaj5 
Silent All These years 
       G#m/D# 
I've been  
C#m   D   B5 
   here 
A5                  E5     
   Silent All These Years 


Outro  
Emaj    G    A    Emaj    Emaj 

Gotta love Tori Amos.