The Mute Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Csus4][C][F][Am]
[C][Csus4][C][F][Am][G]
[C]
[Am]Well, as a child

[Verse 1]
I mostly [F]spoke inside [C]my head
[Am]I had conversations with the c[F]louds,
the dogs, [C]the dead
[Am]And they thought my broken,
that [F]my tongue was coated [C]lead
But I just couldn't [G]make my words
[F]make sense [Am]to them
If you only listen [Dm]with your [F]ears
I can't [C]get in[Csus4][C]

[Verse 2]
And [Am]I spent my evenings pullin'
[F]stars out [C]of the sky
[Am]And I'd arrange them on
[F]the lawn where [C]I would lie
[Am]And in the wind I'd taste
[F]the dreams of distant lives
[C]And I [G]would dress myself [F]up in
[Am]them through the night
While my folk[Dm]s would sleep [F]in separate beds and wonder [C]why[Csus4][C]
[Am][F]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Am]
[F][C][Am][F][C][G]
[F][Am][Dm][F][G]
[C]
[Am]And through them

[Verse 3]
days I was
a [F]ghost atop my [C]chair
[Am]My dad considered me a
[F]cross he had to [C]bear
[Am]And in my head I'd sing apo
[F]logies and stare
[C]As my mom w[G]ould hang
[F]the clothes across [Am]the line
And she would try [Dm]to keep [F]the empty
from her [C]eyes[Csus4][C]
[Am]

[Verse 4]
So, then one afternoon
[F]I dressed myself [C]alone
[Am]I packed my pillowcase
[F]with everything [C]I owned
[Am]And in my head I said [F]goodbye,
then I was gone
[C]And [G]I set out on [F]the heels of [Am]the unknown
So my folk[Dm]s could have
[F]a new life of their [Am]own
So that maybe [Dm]I co[F]uld find
someone
Who could hear [Dm]the only [F]words [C]that I'd known

[Outro 1]
[Csus4][C][Am][F][C][Am]
[F][C][Am]
[F][C][Am][F]
[C][Am][F][C][Am]
[F][C][Am][F][C][G]
[F][Am][Dm][F][G]