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Silent Kit

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TUNING: STANDARD
TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4
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[VERSE]
ASilent kid Dsus2no one to remind you
AYou got no heel no Dsus2reels to remind you
ASilent kid don't tEake your pawnshop F#mhome on the D7road god damn you
ASilent kid don't lEose your graceful tDsusooooneA  
[CHORUS]
BmThis is the city life, this is the city life
DsusCome on, let's talk about living
[VERSE]
AC'mon now, Dsus2talk about your family
AYour sister's cursed, your Dsus2father's old and damned, yeah
ASilent kid, don't lEisten to your gF#mrandmother's adD7vice about us, you're
ASolid kid don't lEisten to the rDsusain...
[OUTRO(in 3/4)]
Hand me the dD7rum stick, snAare kick
BmBlues call upon I Dsus2knew myselfA  
Into the sD7potlight, eAcstasy
BmFeels soDsusoo warm, Ainside
'Till Bmfive hours later I'm.D7..chewin'...screwin' myself with my haAnd

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Silent Kit

by Pavement

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

F#m

Dsus

TUNING: STANDARD

TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4

___________________________________________

[VERSE]

A Dsus2

Silent kid no one to remind you

A Dsus2

You got no heel no reels to remind you

A E F#m D7

Silent kid don't take your pawnshop home on the road god damn you

A E Dsus A

Silent kid don't lose your graceful toooone

[CHORUS]

This is the city life, this is the city life

Dsus

Come on, let's talk about living

[VERSE]

A Dsus2

C'mon now, talk about your family

A Dsus2

Your sister's cursed, your father's old and damned, yeah

A E F#m D7

Silent kid, don't listen to your grandmother's advice about us, you're

A E Dsus

Solid kid don't listen to the rain...

[OUTRO(in 3/4)]

D7 A

Hand me the drum stick, snare kick

Bm Dsus2 A

Blues call upon I knew myself

D7 A

Into the spotlight, ecstasy

Bm Dsus A

Feels sooo warm, inside

Bm D7 A

'Till five hours later I'm...chewin'...screwin' myself with my hand

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