A Silent Cause

G Am D G Am D G

[VERSE]
G                       Am
I heard that you're moving away
D                G           Am        D   Am
Fumbled in my pockets for a final word
C                          G
And I tell you 'Don't be late'
G
Smile when you tell me you won’t
G             Am
Shuffle your feet and you don't
D               G                 Am    D   Am
Want to read between the air of silence
C                G
Then the rain begins


[CHORUS]
D
I don't want to love you
                 C
I want to learn you
                          G
But I'd love to know you well

[Riff]
Am D G

[VERSE]
G                 Am
So long to your family home
     D              G              Am          D   Am
I wonder if you'll ever get that feeling back?
       C     G
Your family home

G
Covered my eyes with your hands
G                  Am
Walked me through all of your plans
D                   G
I told you I could see it all
    Am                D   Am
But all I saw was you
              C              G
Through the space in your fingers


[CHORUS]
D
I don't want to love you
                 C
I want to learn you
                          G
But I'd love to know you well


[RIFF]
Am D G x3

[VERSE]
G                 Am
You say all the people you know
D                G           Am          D   Am
All are slowly dying from a silent cause
             C         G
From their quiet desperations
G
I walk you home in the rain
G             Am
Pass by the yellow line train
D                      G
Thought that I was different
           Am         D   Am
When you looked at me
           G
But this quiet desperation is
   C        D
Killing me too
   C        G
Killing me too


[CHORUS]
D
And I don't want to love you
                 C
I want to learn you
                          G
But I'd love to know you well