| Song Name: | The Mute | By: | Radical Face |
| Posted By: | shubhamgoenka | Difficulty: | Beginner |
| Key: | Any | Genre: | Folk |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2015-03-31 11:40:26 | Modified: | 2015-03-31 11:40:26 |
| Song: | -6, -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 Well, as a child I mostly spoke inside my head -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5, -5 -5, 6 5 I had conversations with the clouds, the dogs, the dead 4 -6 -6 -7 -6 6, 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 And they thought my broken, that my tongue was coated lead -4 4 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 -2 4 4 But I just couldn't make my words make sense to them -2 -2 -2 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4...-2 -2 3 4 If you only listen with your ears... I can't get in -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 And I spent my evenings pullin' stars out of the sky -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 And I'd arrange them on the lawn where I would lie -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 And in the wind I'd taste the dreams of distant lives -4 4 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 -2 4 4 And I would dress myself up in them through the night -2 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 4 ... -2 -2 3 4 While my folks would sleep in separate beds... and wonder why (Melody) 5 -6 6 -5 5 5 -6 -6 6 -5 5 5 7 -6 6 -5 5 4 -4 6 -5 6 5 4 -4 6 -5 4 -4 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 And through them days I was a ghost atop my chair -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 My dad considered me a cross he had to bear -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 And in my head I'd sing apologies and stare 4 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 -2 4 4 As my mom would hang the clothes across the line -2 -2 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 ... -2 3 4 And she would try to keep the empty... from her eyes -6, -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 So, then one afternoon I dressed myself alone -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 5 I packed my pillowcase with everything I owned -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 " 5 -5," -5 -5 6 5 And in my head I said "goodbye," then I was gone 4 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 -2 4 4 And I set out on the heels of the unknown -2 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 -2 4 4 So my folks could have a new life of their own -2 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 4 So that maybe I could find someone -2 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 4 -2 3 4 Who could hear the only words that I'd known (Melody) |
