The Roches - Speak

      The Roches - Speak



[Verse 1]
    G        F        G     F
The time has come for me to speak
   G       F        G  
Uh oh, the time has come
    G         F       G        F
And while the silence picks on me
  G       F      G     C
I pray to not be dumb


[Verse 2]
   G    C       G       C
So I am hunting for the words
     G         C      G
Just wait 'til I find some
            C    G        C
I need some syllables, do you
     G        C        G      C  G  C
Know where to get them from?


[Verse 3]
          D     C      D
When I am in my house alone
   C        D      C    D
My speeches take a week___
    C       D         C       D
But from my lips when you are near
  C          D      C    D  G  C  G  C
A sound will seldom leak______


[Verse 4]
G      C     G      C
When I was a little girl
  G        C      G
I coined a mighty text
        C      G        C
Looking back I blush to hear
     G        C        G     C
What I'd come out with next


[Verse 5]
   G       F        G     F
Is now the time for me to speak
    G       F         G 
But what if they talk back
           C    G     C
Oh, when I open up my beak
  G         C     G      C  G  C
I hope that I can quack


[Verse 6]
         D        C      D
And if I do, look out, beware
             Em      C    D
The truth is hard to take___
    C    D         C     D
And everything for all I care
           Em   C    D  G
Can jump into a lake______


[Verse 7]
   G       F        G     F
Is now the time for me to speak
    G       F         G 
But what if they talk back
           C    G     C
Oh, when I open up my beak
  G         C     G      C  G  C
I hope that I can quack