Silence, A Stranger Chords by The Arcadian Wild

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_ _ _ _ _ [B] Silence is a stranger that I've never let inside.
_ I hear him knocking but [E] I do not dare reply.
God [B] knows what he would say if I opened up my door.
[E] I'll keep up this clamor so he can't tell me the score. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ Solitude's a known friend from the other side of town.
When he comes across the feather I pretend I'm not around.
His voice brings me comfort and his counsel's always wise.
I can't stand to face the disappointment in his eyes.
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[C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ Where'd [A] it come another [B] _ time? _
[F#m] He's not on [D] my side. _ _
[Em] I need to look [E] alive.
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[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] Suffering [Em] my mother, [C#m] she has loved me [C] since my youth.
[E] Never [Em] have I wondered [C#m] her teaching [C] wasn't true.
[E] But she speaks, she whispers gently, never does she shout.
Sometimes [Em] when I'm weary [C#m] it feels good to drown her.
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[C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ Where'd [D] it come [A] another [B] time? _ _
[F#m] He's not on my [G] side. _ _
[A] Give me a reason [B] why. _ _
[F#m] I should let [G] it lie. _ _
[A] I [Em] need to look alive.
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[C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] Stimulus is a woman I'll too cowardly to kiss.
A hallowed thing to hold before my unclean lips.
She told me she loved me but I lay on her waiting here.
I'm convinced she'd do the same if she saw beneath my skin.
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Quiet, [F#m] I'm missing in [B] this time. _ _
[F#m] Need you on [G] my side. _
[A] I don't know the reasons [B] why. _ _
[F#m] Can't keep up [G] this fight. _ _ _
[A] I'm only feeling [E] light.
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