Louder than Words Chords by Raúl Esparza, Jerry Dixon, Amy Spanger

Raul, you play Jonathan, of course, autobiographical story.
This is a story about him turning 30 and [N] about trying to decide whether or not he wants to continue writing
or he wants [A] to move on to a more, what he thinks [N] might be a more successful career working in business or anything else.
And it's also about an artist or anybody in the world trying to make a commitment to what they want their lives to be.
Because the tick, tick, boom is sort of like the equivalent of like a biological clock or something like that.
Yeah, he hears like a bomb sort of in the distance that's going to be exploding.
Do you have what it takes to be a success and when do you call it quits?
Exactly.
And he's wondering, you know, should I stick with it?
Do I really have something to say?
Would I have to offer the world that unique or am I just spend them?
I mean, we know that Rent was worth waiting for.
And these are the events that sort of inspired and led up to writing Rent, although we don't really deal with them.
Although the tremendous irony, of course, that Jonathan Larson never got to see the success of Rent.
And we hope that tick, tick, boom goes on to equal success as well.
You guys open up Broadway soon, but today you're going to perform for us a song called Louder Than Words, the cast of tick, tick, boom. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ Why [Bb] do we play with [Eb] fire?
_ Why [F] do we run our fingers through the [Eb] flame?
Why do we leave our [Ab] hand on the stove?
Although we know we're in for some pain.
Why _ do we [Ab] refuse to hang a [Eb] _ light?
When [Ab] the streets are [Eb] dangerous.
_ Why [Ab] does it take an [Eb] accident? _ _
Before the truth gets through to us. _
[Ab] Gages or wings?
Ask [Eb] _ _ _
the birds.
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _
Don't say the answer.
Speak louder than words.
_ [Db] What does it take [Eb] to wake up a [Db] generation?
How can you make [Eb] someone take off and fly?
If we don't [Ab] wake up [Eb] and shake up the nation,
[G] We'll leave the dust [Ab] of the world [Eb] wondering _ why.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Why [Cm] do we stay [Eb] with lovers who we know down deep [Cm] just [Eb] aren't right?
Why _ [Cm] would we rather [Eb] _ put ourselves through hell [Bb] than sleep all night?
_ Why [Cm] do we follow [Eb] leaders [Bb] who never leave?
Why [Cm] does it take [Eb] a path to [Bb] start [Eb] a revolution if [Ab] we're lonely?
Tell me why.
Someone tell [Bb] me why so many people [Eb] leave.
Gages or wings?
Which do you prefer?
_ Ask the birds.
_ _ _ Fear or love?
[Ab] Baby, don't say the answer.
[Eb] Accents speak louder than _ words.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Gages or wings?
Which do you prefer?
[Gb] Ask the [Eb] birds.
_ [E] _
Fear or [Gb] love?
Baby, don't say [G] the answer.
[E]
Accents speak louder than words.
Accents speak louder than _ _ _ _ _ [B] words.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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