Chords:
{t:Silence Is }
{artist:Paul Heaton , Jacqui Abbott}
{key: G }
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUNEm9_QUAI
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[G] [Am] [D] [G] [Am] [G] [C] [D] [G]
[D] When you're [G] staring a few inches from the [Am] wall
[C] And you're [D] watching simple spider begin its [G] crawl
It's just a single thread he spins that' [C] has to break his fall
And [G] silence is the [D] slowest dance of [G] all
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[D] From the greenkeeper's 'Good morning' to the [Am] birds (To the birds)
[D] To the father at the funeral, stuck for [G] words (Stuck for words)
There's a part of us that's confident, then a [C] padded-out two thirds
Where [G] silence is the [D] slowest song of [G] all
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[G] Silence is the cancer that [Am] wakes us in the [D] morn
[G] Turns our every sentence into [Am] weak-kneed and with-[D]drawn
We [G] wish to speak with everyone
But [C] wish we'd not been [D] born
[G] Silence is the deadly dance
The reason spiders [D] take that chance
[G] Spin that web for flies and ants
Silence is the [D] greatest dance of [G] all [C] [D] [G] [C]
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[D] From the [G] noise of New York traffic to Ne-[Am]pal
[C] From [D] Hindu-Buddhist peace to barroom [G] brawl
[G] From the CEO of supermarket to the [C] wide boy on the stall
[G] Silence is the [D] waltz that grabs us [G] all
[G] From the friendly wave of postie over [Am] hedge (Over hedge)
To the [D] two-fingered sa-[G]lute from brand new reg (Brand new reg)
[D] It could be [G] suicide, or window cleaner [C] standing on that ledge
But [G] silence is the [D] dance that grabs us [G] all
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[G] Silence is the cancer that [Am] wakes us in the [D] morn
[G] Turns our every sentence into [Am] weak-kneed and with-[D]drawn
We [G] wish to speak with everyone
But [C] wish we'd not been [D] born
[G] Silence is the deadly dance
The reason spiders [D] take that chance
[G] Spin that web for flies and ants
Silence is the [D] greatest dance of [G] all [C] [D] [G] [C]
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[G] Silence is the mortal knife that [Am] cuts into our [D] throat
[G] Gets the punchline, slices up, [Am] turns us into the [D] joke
Takes the unco-[C]rrupted, and [G] wraps in vampire's [D] cloak...
[G] Pacific Heights to Rio slums
[G] To silence everyone succumbs
[G] Across the world, the word is mum's
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums of [C] all...
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums
[G] Silence bangs the loudest drums
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[G] Silence is the cancer that [Am] wakes us in the [D] morn
[G] Turns our every sentence into [Am] weak-kneed and with-[D]drawn
We [G] wish to speak with everyone
But [C] wish we'd not been [D] born
[G] Silence is the deadly dance
The reason spiders [D] take that chance
[G] Spin that web for flies and ants
Silence is the [D] greatest dance of [G] all
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[Am] The greatest dance of [D] all
[G] The greatest dance of all
[C] Greatest dance of [G] all...[D]
