Dear, silence

April 2008
      Bogotá y Barranquilla, Colombia
     ¾ time, Spanish guitar w/band treatment

[Part A - plucked, Am (c,a,c,a,e) – C (c,g,c,g,e)]

Dear,
Silence hides in your throat.
Here,
Sirens sound
But no one takes note.

[Part B – strummed, F, G, Am, Em or F]
We hide in a shroud.
Say it out loud. 

[Part C – Am, C]
I don’t know, I don’t know.  
I don’t know, I don’t know.

[A]
Dear
Violins
Quiver and quote.  
Here
Violence  [low descending]
Gets out the vote.  

[B]
Tigers and tyrants alight
All men are tied.
… [Em]
[C]
I don’t know, I don’t know.  
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.
[+1 bar instrumental]

[Part D – F(16th/32nd note strums),C, G]

Even the smallest thing
Ruins a life.  
Even the greatest thing
Matters but little in time.

Even the smallest thing
Might save a life.  
Even the greatest thing
Matters quite little in time.   

[Part D instrumental w/lead guitar, full volume drums etc.]

[D, with female backup vocal]
Even the greatest thing
May not save your life
Even the smallest thing
Might measure greatly in time.  

Even the smallest thing
Might save a life
Even the greatest thing
Matters but little in long enough time.

[Part E – plucked instrumental, Am (c,a,c,a,e), Em (g,e,g,e,b–,g)]

[C, with female backup vocal, A(half note), lower C(half), higher G(whole)]
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I don’t know how this ends.  

[A]
Dear,
Silence hides in your throat.
Here,
Sirens sound
But no one takes note.

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