{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2512707,"song":"The Silence","artist":"The Collection","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510576-the-silence-chords-by-the-collection/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2512707?type=chord","rating":4.71201,"votes":10,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nAnother knot of dreams\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey keep chewing up my sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd spitting out my whole work-week every morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell this city is a sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd its undertow grabbed me[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd dragged me off into the deep without a warning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'm longing for the silence, a field to lay my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere the engines and the sirens are no longer my debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I can finally hear my conscience, listen close to what it said:[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you don't make your bed, you don't have to lie in it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Link]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in the morning when I rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEvery step's a compromise:[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMotor fumes, and burning eyes, and drunken violence[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrough the city, tall as trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHydrant rivers fill the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I can hear the birds and bees in the next apartment[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'm longing for the silence, a field to lay my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere the engines and the sirens are no longer my debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I can finally hear my conscience, listen close to what it said:[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you don't make your bed, you don't have to lie in it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've got my backpack and my tent[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd a thumb pointing to heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd a couple bucks to spend if I get hungry[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis land demands no rent[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThough the air I breathe is lent[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun is so quiet as it shines on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'm longing for the silence, a field to lay my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere the engines and the sirens are no longer my debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I can finally hear my conscience, listen close to what it said:[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf you don't make your bed, you don't have to lie in it.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you don't make your bed, you don't have to lie in it[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD A E F#m D A E A\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nAnother knot of dreams\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link]\nA F#m A D A E\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD A E  A   D A E \nD A C# F#m D E A\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","E","F#m","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}