Bastille – The Silence (Guitar)

C
Tell me a piece of your history

            G                  C
that you're proud to call your own

C
Speak in words you picked up

       G                    C
as you walked through life alone.

C
We used to swim in your stories

       G                    C
and be pulled down by their tide,

C
choking on the words

                     G      C
and drowning with no air inside.

           Em                  C
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault

   G                 D
my dear, my dear, my dear.

           Em                    C
Now you've hit a wall and you've hit it hard,

   G                 D
my dear, my dear, oh dear.

C           G          D
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;

C                 G             Em        B
You must have the words in that head of yours.

    C               G
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?

Em              D
I can't take it anymore,

       C           G          D
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.

C
Tell me a piece of your history

            G              C
that you've never said out loud.

C
Pull the rug beneath my feet

    G               C
and shake me to the ground.

C
Wrap me around your fingers,

          G            C
break the silence open wide,

C
and before it seeps into my ears,

   G                    C
it fills me up from the inside.

           Em                  C
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault

   G                 D
my dear, my dear, my dear.

           Em                    C
Now you've hit a wall and you've hit it hard,

   G                 D
my dear, my dear, oh dear.

C           G          D
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;

C                 G             Em        B
You must have the words in that head of yours.

    C               G
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?

Em              D
I can't take it anymore,

       C           G          D
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.

       C
If you give it a name, then it's already won.

         G                  D
What you good for, what you good for?

       C
If you give it a name, then it's already won.

         G                  D
What you good for, what you good for?

       C                         G
If you give it a name, then it's already won.

         D
What you good for, what you good for?

       C                         G
If you give it a name, then it's already won.

         Em                 D
What you good for, what you good for?

C           G          D
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;

C                 G             Em        B
You must have the words in that head of yours.

    C               G
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?

Em              D
I can't take it anymore,

       C           G          D
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck, oh