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

tell me a piece of your history
that you’ve never said out loud .
pull the rug beneath my feet
and shake me to the ground .
wrap me around your fingers ,
break the silence open wide ,
and before it seeps into my ears ,
it fills me up from the inside .

now you’ve hit a wall and you’re lost for words ,
my dear , my dear , my dear .
now you’ve hit a wall and you hit it hard
my dear , my dear , oh dear .

it is not enough to be dumbstruck;
( can you fill this silence? )
you must have the words in that head of yours .
and oh , oh , can you feel the silence?
i can’t take it anymore ,
’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?

it is not enough to be dumbstruck;
( can you fill this silence? )
you must have the words in that head of yours .
and oh , oh , can you feel the silence?
i can’t take it anymore ,
’cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck , oh .

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