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Silent Legacy

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This is Melissa Etheridge's "Silent Legacy" from the LP "Yes I Am".
The song is regularly tuned in EADGBe.
These are the chords used in the song:
     E022100
 Asus2002200
   F#m244222
     A577655 (I decided to play that A in a barre chord, because it sounds better)
Verse:
Why dEid you steal the matches from the one room motel
Asus2Once they gave you answers, now they give you hell
They will nEever understand, they wonder where did they go wrong
How cAsus2ould you be so selfish, why can't you get along
Chorus:
And as you F#mpray in your dAarkness
For wEings to set you Asus2free
You are bF#mound to your sAilent legacEyAsus2  
You've seen it in the movies and you've heard it on the street
Craving the affection your blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons as original as sin
Deny all that you feel and they will bring you home again
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
Your body is alive, but no one told you what you'd feel
The empty aching hours trying to conceal
The natural progression is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame and turn it into rage
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed
To satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need
They feed you on the guilt to keep you humble keep you low
Some man and myth they made up a thousand years ago
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy
Mothers tell your children be quick you must be strong
Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong
Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear
Refuse to hand it down, the legacy stops here
(try to pick the chords here instead of strumming)
Oh my child...
And enjoy playing!

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Silent Legacy

by Melissa Etheridge

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus2

F#m

This is Melissa Etheridge's "Silent Legacy" from the LP "Yes I Am".

The song is regularly tuned in EADGBe.

These are the chords used in the song:

022100

Asus2

002200

F#m

244222

577655 (I decided to play that A in a barre chord, because it sounds better)

Verse:

Why did you steal the matches from the one room motel

Asus2

Once they gave you answers, now they give you hell

They will never understand, they wonder where did they go wrong

Asus2

How could you be so selfish, why can't you get along

Chorus:

F#m A

And as you pray in your darkness

E Asus2

For wings to set you free

F#m A E Asus2

You are bound to your silent legacy

You've seen it in the movies and you've heard it on the street

Craving the affection your blood is full of heat

They don't listen to your reasons as original as sin

Deny all that you feel and they will bring you home again

And as you pray in your darkness

For wings to set you free

You are bound to your silent legacy

Your body is alive, but no one told you what you'd feel

The empty aching hours trying to conceal

The natural progression is the coming of your age

But they cover it with shame and turn it into rage

And as you pray in your darkness

For wings to set you free

You are bound to your silent legacy

You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed

To satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need

They feed you on the guilt to keep you humble keep you low

Some man and myth they made up a thousand years ago

And as you pray in your darkness

For wings to set you free

You are bound to your silent legacy

Mothers tell your children be quick you must be strong

Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong

Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear

Refuse to hand it down, the legacy stops here

(try to pick the chords here instead of strumming)

Oh my child...

And enjoy playing!

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