Reasons For Silence chords by The Delgados

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

E MajorE Esus4Esus4 (x6)


Verse I:

 E MajorE     Esus4Esus4    E MajorE       Esus4Esus4
Give me an age where I don't know a thing
    E MajorE       Esus4Esus4    E MajorE       Esus4Esus4
Where black and white offers me peace from the din
 A augmentedA   BB    G# minorG#m Esus4Esus4  A augmentedA  BB E MajorE
Bright lights, cat fights, leave me cold

Verse II:

 E MajorE     Esus4Esus4    E MajorE      Esus4Esus4
Recent encounters are telling me why
   E MajorE     Esus4Esus4    E MajorE    Esus4Esus4
My reasons for silence are so justified
A augmentedA BB  G# minorG#m Esus4Esus4 A augmentedA  BB   E MajorE
I can hear you, please turn down


Interlude:

E MajorE Esus4Esus4 BB A augmentedA (x3)


Verse III:

E MajorE       Esus4Esus4   E MajorE     Esus4Esus4
All these pretenders pretending to be
 E MajorE      Esus4Esus4   E MajorE     Esus4Esus4
How do they recognise people they see?
 A augmentedA   BB G# minorG#m Esus4Esus4 A augmentedA  BB E MajorE
Lives by num-bers, pass me by


Verse IV:

 E MajorE     Esus4Esus4      E MajorE     Esus4Esus4
Centred around what they know isn't true
 E MajorE      Esus4Esus4   E MajorE     Esus4Esus4
But what is needed for distorted view
 A augmentedA BB    G# minorG#m Esus4Esus4 A augmentedA   BB  E MajorE
Try not to think now, you've been warned

Interlude:

E MajorE Esus4Esus4 BB A augmentedA (x3)


Outro:

F# minorF#m      G# minorG#m    A augmentedA     BB
I tried to fake it but I got found out
 F# minorF#m    G# minorG#m    A augmentedA       BB
Fakers who fake it are on their way out
      E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
It's just me
     Esus4Esus4   E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
But I'll let myself be
    Esus4Esus4    E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
And the others go free
    Esus4Esus4    F# minorF#m
But I know who will win
Esus4Esus4    E MajorE
I'm on the outside