Tori Amos – Silent All These Years (Guitar)

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Chords

Been on a bit of a Tori streak :/ This one's fairly easy - sometimes different chord shapes are used to keep it easier. Chords
         E A D G B e
NC       {see below}
E x 7 6 4 5 x Emaj7 x 7 6 4 4 x A/E x 7 7 6 5 x Asus2 x 0 2 2 0 0 B x 2 4 4 4 2 Aadd9 x 0 2 4 2 0 Amaj9 x 0 2 4 2 4 B7 x 2 4 2 4 2 Badd9 x 2 4 6 4 2 C#m x 4 6 6 5 4 D x x 0 2 3 2 B5 x 2 4 4 x x A5 x 0 2 2 x x E5 0 2 2 x x x Emaj 0 2 2 1 0 0 B/E 0 2 4 4 4 x Amaj/E 0 0 2 2 2 0 B/F# 2 2 4 4 4 2 G#m7 4 x 4 4 4 x Bsus4 x 2 4 4 5 x Aadd9/C# x 4 2 2 0 0 E/B x 2 2 4 5 4 Emaj5 x 5 4 3 4 3 G#m/D# x 6 6 4 4 4 G 3 x 0 0 0 3 A x 0 2 2 2 0
NC - No chord. Instead, just play this TWICE:
e|---------------------------4-----|
B|-5-4-5-6-5-4-5-6-5-4-5-6-5-------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[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
[Chorus]
    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
[Chorus]
    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
[Chorus]
    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.