The Quiet chords by Liz Green

• Capo on 3rd

Liz Green - The Quiet

Basic interpretation of the version she performed for La Blogotheque.
Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY-g-4WyRn4

Capo 3

Intro:
C  F  D  G7

Verse 1:
C          F
  I, I'll take the quiet
       D
I'll take the winter
         G7
Oh, I'll take the cold

Verse 2:
C            F
  And I, I'll take the forests
       D
I'll take the rivers
         G7
Oh, I'll take the fields

Chorus 1:
Am              F
  It's coming up through the water
    Am                   F
How it got down there well, hell, I'll never know
Am              F
  Well you better stake your corner
      Am               F   F/E
Choose your colours carefully as you well know
      D7                  G7
For at the end it's all, it's all, it's all I know

Verse 3:
C         F
Oh, oh my skin is thin now
      D
And I can't hold you
          G7
Within these paper hands
         G7
Well I'm much too weak to stand

Verse 4:
  C            F
And how, how the light gets in now
     D
Open the window
            G7
While I feel it upon my pasty brow

Chorus 1:
Am              F
  It's coming up through the water
    Am                   F
How it got down there well, hell, I'll never know
Am              F
  Well you better stake your corner
        Am               F   F/E
And choose your colours carefully as you well know
      D7                  G7
For at the end it's all, it's all, it's all I know

Verse 5:
C            F
  So what, what have I left here?
      D
What have I built here
           G7
To stand up when I'm gone?

Chorus 2:
         Am
Oh no, not long now
              F
It’s coming up through the water
      Am                   F
And how it got down there well, hell, I'll never know
Am                F
  Well the dogs bark from their corners
    Am          F   F/E
And the whistle is about to go
      D7                  G7
For at the end it's all, it's all, it's all I know

Outro:
      Dm   Dsus Dm
It's all I know
    Dm   Dsus Dm
All I know
      C   Cadd4 C
It’s all I know
      G   G7  G6
It’s all I know
      Dm   Dsus Dm
It’s all I know
    Dm   Dsus Dm
All I know
      C   Cadd4 C
It’s all I know
    G   G7  G6
All I know

Dm Dm Dsus Dm
Dm Dm Dsus Dm
C  C  Cadd4 C
G  G  G7  G6
Dm Dm Dsus Dm
Dm Dm Dsus Dm
C  C  Cadd4 C