Silence Chords
Silence by The Maccabees is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, G and G/. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C Dm F (repeat)
Thought I'd find it easier
C Dm F
Under lock, chain and key
C Dm F
Thought I'd find it easier
C Dm F
To just keep you to me
C Dm F
When the wisdom and the patience
C Dm F
Of the world's wasted on me
C Dm F
That's when I shut down my relationships
C Dm F
Watch them floating out to sea
C F
I understand that it never ends
C F
She's waiting round every corner; round every bend
C F
And it hurts to know that I won't know if you knew how the summer went
C F
I understand silence
G F C
I understand that it never ends
G F C
She's waiting round every corner; round every bend
G F C F
When you're scared and lost don't let it all build up
G
Break the silence
C G F
Someone to call a best friend
C Dm F
Someone to be there when it ends
C F G/ F
When you're scared and lost don't let it all build up
G
Break the silence