Chords for Tori Amos - Silent All These Years (From "Live At Montreux 91/92")

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Excuse me but [Eb] can I be here for [E] a while?
My dog won't bite if you sit real still.
I got the _ antichrist in the kitchen yelling at me [Am] again.
_ _ [E] Yeah, I can [B] hear [E] it.
Saved again by the garbage truck.
Got something to say and oh but [Bb] nothing [Em] comes.
_ Yes, [E] I know [A] what you think of [E] me.
You never [A] shut up.
Yeah, [E] I can hear it.
But what if [B] I'm a mermaid?
_ _ [A] James of Hiz [B] with her name still on it.
Hey, [E] but I don't care.
[B] Cause sometimes I said [E] _ sometimes I hear [B] my voice.
And it's [Dbm] _ too [D] sweet. _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ Yeah, [A] silent _ [Em] all these _ [Abm] years.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Found a girl [Eb] thanks to really [E] deep thoughts.
_ What's so amazing [Bb] about really [E] deep thoughts?
Boy, you best pray [Bb] that I [E] bleed _ [A] resin.
_ How's [B] that thought for you?
[E] My screen got lost in [Bb] a paper [E] cup.
You think there's a heaven where some [A] screens [E] are gone?
I got 25 bucks in [A] a cracker.
Do you think it's enough to [E] get [B] us thicker?
_ [E] What if I'm [B] a mermaid?
And there's [E] James of Hiz with [B] her name still on it.
Hey, but [A] I don't care.
[B] Cause sometimes I said [E] sometimes I hear [B] my voice.
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ We hear [B] you. _ _
_ [A] Silent [E] all these [B] years.
Goodbye, [A] will I still [E] be waiting [A] for [E] somebody else to understand?
_ Years go by, I'm [A] [E] stripped of my beauty and [A] things. _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Years [B] go by, [A] I'm [E] choked on my tears.
[Am] There _
[E] _ is [B] nothing.
_ [E] One [B] more [A] [E] casualty and our efforts [A] are easy.
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] Will I _ _ _ _ _ communicate?
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape.
It's you, what you think of me [Bb] now, but [E] you don't look up.
_ _ The [B] sky is falling.
[E] Your mother shows up in a nasty dress.
It's your turn now to stand [Eb] where [B] I stand.
[E] Everybody looking at you.
[A] You [E] take hold of [A] my hand. _ _
Yeah, I can [Bm] hear them.
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If I'm [B] a mermaid.
_ _ [Em]
And there's James of Hiz with [B] her name still on it.
[E] Hey, but I don't care.
[B] Cause sometimes I [E] said sometimes I hear my [B] voice.
_ I hear [E] my voice.
I hear my [B] voice and [Dbm] it's real.
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Hear.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] Silent.
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ I'll _ [Dbm] _ be _ _ [D] _ _
here.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Silent [E] all these years.
_ _ _ Silent, _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] silent _ [E] all _ these years. Silent.
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