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Song title:     Silent House
Albums:         Taking The Long Way (The Dixie Chicks)

Words and Music by Neil Finn and Natalie Maines
Copyright © 2006 Neil Finn and Natalie Maines

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (gavin_chart@hotmail.com)
Corrected by Nick Waugh (nick.waugh@btinternet.com)


NOTES:
This was transcribed from a gig Neil played at Largo, LA on 12 June 2006.

The guitar figure in the intro I called "1a" and "1b" because the first part
is played when "Silent house" is sung in the chorus. The Fadd9 is just
an Fmaj7 with the added G-note on the 1st string.

Many thanks to Nick for suggesting another tuning: Drop D (DADBGE).
Capo on 4.

As always: enjoy!


INTRO:

Guitar Figure 1a                     Guitar Figure 1b

  D5          C B   D5         F E   Fmaj7         G      Fadd9   G
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------3-----------|
|-3-------3---------3------3--------|-------1----------3------1-------3---0-|
|-2--0h2----2-------2--0h2---2------|---0h2---2------0------2-------0-------|
|-0-----------------0---------------|-3---------3---------3-----------------|
|-------------3-2-------------------|--------------2--------------2---------|
|------------------------------3-2--|---------------------------------------|



VERSE:


  D5    C  B  D5     F  E    Fmaj7            G          Fmaj7       G
|-----------------------------0---------------------------0-------------|
|-3-------------3-------------1---------------3-----------1----------3--|
|-2-------------2-------------2---------------0-----------2----------0--|
|-0-------------0-------------3---------------x-----------3----------x--|
|---------3--2----------------x---------------2-----------x----------2--|
|----------------------3--2---0---------------------------0-------------|


    These walls   have eyes,     rows of photographs with faces like mine
D5       C  B  D5             F E Fmaj7      G           Fmaj7       G
    It's true,    I'm missing you       as I stand alone inside your room


Guitar fill

|-2/-----2/-----2/-----2/-|
|-3/-----3/-----3/-----3/-|
|-2/-0h2-2/-0h2-2/-0h2-2/-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|



D5      C B  D5      F E  Fmaj7                 G        Fmaj7   G
    Who do      we become       without knowing where we started from


[repeat Guitar fill]


BRIDGE:

Guitar Figure 2

  A7                 Dm7*           *   Em7*
|-0/------------------0/------------0/---0/--|
|-2/-s----------------3/-s----------5/-s-7/--|
|-0/-s----------------0/-s----------0/-s-0/--|
|-2/-s----------------3/-s----------5/-s-7/--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

  Everything that you know by heart...

  Everything that you made by hand...

s = slide


CHORUS:
D5                 Am                         C
  I will try to connect all the pieces you've left
                G                 D5
I will carry it on and let you forget
               Am                             C
I remember the years when your mind was still clear
                   G                          GF1a
All the flickering lights that filled up this silent house


VERSE:
One room, two beds, in the closet hangs your favourite dress
Good books you'd read are in pieces now, the pages are shredded


BRIDGE:
[Guitar Figure 2]
Everything that you made by hand
Everything that you know by heart


CHORUS:
I will try to connect all the pieces you've left
I will carry it on and let you forget
I remember the years when your mind was still clear
                                              GF1a
All the laughter and life that filled up this silent house
GF1a
Silent house


BRIDGE:
Everything that you made by hand
Everything that you can't recall
Everything that you know by heart


CHORUS:
I will try to connect all the pieces you've left
I will carry it on and let you forget
I remember the years when you mind was still clear
All the flickering light that filled up this silent house


OUTRO (same as intro and verse): [pick gently]

[end on D5]


CHORDS (Drop D tuning):
D5       xx023x
G        x2x03x
Fmaj7    0x3210
Am       x02210
C        x32010