The Alan Parsons Project – Silence And I (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] [Tempo: 80bpm] (Piano)
|Dbmaj7/F  |Cm/Eb     |B/Db      |Bbm       |
(Piano, Oboe, Bass)
|Dbmaj7/F |Cm/Eb |B/Db |Bbm | [Verse] (Strings, Bass)
      Bbm
 If I cried out loud

         Fm7
 All the sorrows I've known

 Ebm7                     F7sus4  Fm7
     And the secrets I've heard

          Bbm
 It would ease my mind

         Fm7
 Someone sharing the load

 Ebm7                      F7sus4  Fm7
     But I won't breathe a word
[Chorus] (Piano, Guitar, Strings, Bass, Cymbals)
 Bbm               F7/C
    We're two of a kind

             Db
 Silence and I

           Ebm7      F7          Bbm
 We need a chance to talk things over

          F7/C
 Two of a kind

             Db
 Silence and I

              Ebm7   F7
 We'll find a way to work it
(Piano, Oboe, Strings, Cymbals)
|Dbmaj7/F  |Cm/Eb     |B/Db      |Bbm       |
 out
[Verse] (Strings, Piano, Bass, Drums, Cymbals)
           Bbm
 While the children laughed

       Fm7
 I was always afraid

 Ebm7                    F7sus4  Fm7  (Oboe enters)
     Of the smile of the clown

      Bbm        
 So I close my eyes

        Fm7
 Till I can't see the light

 Ebm7                    F7sus4  Fm7
     And I hide from the sound        Oh oh oh ohhh
[Chorus] (Piano, Strings, Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals)
 Bbm               F7/C
    We're two of a kind

             Db
 Silence and I

           Ebm       F7          Bbm
 We need a chance to talk things over

          F7/C
 Two of a kind

             Db
 Silence and I

              Ebm    F7
 We'll find a way to work it
[Instrumental] (Piano, Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Drums, Cymbals)
|Bbm     |F7/C    |Db6     |Ebm F7  |
 out
|Bbm |F7/C |Db6 |Ebm F7 | [Break] [Tempo: 140bpm] (Woodwinds, Guitar, Xylophone, Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals) |Db | | | | |Bb | | | | |Db | | | | |Bb | | | | [Instrumental] [Tempo: 140bpm] (Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals) |Dbm |B/Db |A/Db |Ab/Db | |Dbm |B/Db |A/Db |Ab/Db | |Dbm |B/Db |A/Db |Ab/Db | |Dbm |B/Db |A/Db |Ab/Db | [Break] [Tempo: 145] (Woodwinds, Guitar, Piano, Xylophone?, Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals) |Db | | | | |Bb | | | | |Db | | | | |Bb | | | | [Instrumental] (Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals) [Tempo: 150bpm] |Dbm |B/Db |A/Db |Ab/Db | |Dbm |B/Db |A/Db |Ab/Db | [Solo](E.Guitar + Strings, Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals)
|Bbm     |F7/C    |Db6     |Ebm F7  |
               slowing down:
|Bbm |F7/C |Db6 |Ebm F7 | (Brass, Strings, Bass, Drums, Cymbals, Piano) |Dbmaj7/F |Cm/Eb |B/Db |Bbm | [Verse] (Strings, Piano, Bass, Cymbals)
       Bbm
 I can hear the cry

        Fm7
 Of the leaf on a tree

 Ebm7                   F7sus4  Fm7
     As it falls to the ground

       Bbm
 I can hear the call

       Fm7
 Of an echoing voice

 Ebm7                   F7sus4    Fm7
     And there's no one around        Oh oh oh ohhh
[Chorus] (Strings, Piano, Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals)
 Bbm               F7/C
    We're two of a kind

             Db
 Silence and I

           Ebm       F7
 We need a chance to talk things over

 Bbm              F7/C
    Two of a kind

             Db
 Silence and I

              Ebm    F7
 We'll find a way to work it
[Outro] (Piano, Strings, Brass, Bass, Drums, Cymbals)
|Bbm     |F7/C    |Db6     |Ebm F7  |
 out
(Brass solo)
|Bbm     |F7/C    |Db6     |Ebm F7  |
(E.Guitar solo)
|Bbm |F7/C |Db6 |Ebm F7 |
|Bbm     |F7/C    |Db6     |Ebm F7  |
(E.Guitar solo octave up)

|Bbm     |F7/C    |Db6     |Ebm F7  |
(E.Guitar solo + Brass)
|Bbm |F7/C |Db6 |Ebm F7 |
|Bbm     |F7/C    |Db6     |Ebm F7  |
(Fading out)
|Bbm |F7/C |Db6 |Ebm F7 | |Bbm |F7/C |Db6 |Ebm F7 |