Silent Transparent

Em11 2x2200
Am7 X20202
Bm7 x42400
A11 x00220
E7 022130
E7sus 022230

[Intro]

Em11 Em11 Am7 Bm7 Bm7 x2

[Verse]
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As effortless as all you know
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As inactive as a charm
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This vessel's lowly stowaway is 
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armed
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Let the credits rave and let the 
critics roll
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As the groom runs down the aisle
Am7                               
In a hail of bullets I just throw 
  Bm7
a towel
Bm7
And write the bride out

Em11
A second life, a second hand, a view
 of space
Em11
With an elephant obstructing it
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I'm splashing grays where once was
         Bm7
 glowing white
Bm7
I hit the pavement in the sunlight

[Chorus]
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        And I would beg the kids 
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to just come outside and play
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But I'd take the ball away
A11                               
        What is a sorry state when
                        E
 you can't believe your eyes?
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You'll gladly take as second prize

[Verse]
Em11
Oh, and there are prophecies you'll 
only prophesize
Em11
Over niceties and gin
Am7                               
And now you're asking, I don't 
           Bm7
know where to begin
Em11
Oh, and all the critics rave as the 
credits roll
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They kept us wet behind the ears
Am7                               
So we'll be speaking in hushed 
             Bm7
tones for fifty years
Bm7
Take this heart and wear it on the 
outside

[Chorus]
A11                               
        Oh, and as the rain comes 
                       E
down like a tickertape parade
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The tears slow and dissipate
A11                            
        Oh, and as the blood and 
                          E
sweat you've invested evaporates
E7                               
You'll have tried, but you won't 
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make it pay

[Bridge]
A11                       
Sign this and file it under 
             E
dumbstruck envy
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That'll strike you down
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Sightless, the comfort in the danger
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Enticing, I join the queue
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Mindlessly, I made her in my 
  E
likeness
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Scattered and absolute
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Silent                   and 
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transparent
E7                                
The one who holds the candle to 
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the glow of you