Bastille - The Silence

      Intro:
C, G, Em, G, C, Em, G x2

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;
(Can you fill the silence?)
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.
(Can you fill the silence?)

C, G, Em, G, C, Em, G

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;
(Can you fill the silence?)
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.
(Can you fill the silence?)


C, G, D

       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;
(Can you fill the silence?)
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


C, G, Em, G, C, Em, G x2