Frank Turner - Silent key
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Capo: 2
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Silent Key
By Frank Turner
From 'Positive Songs for Negative People'
Capo 2
EADGBe
A x02220
A7 x02020
Bm x24432
Bsus4 x22452
C# x42000 *
D xx0232
Em 022000
Em7/D xx0030
G 320033
Gm 3x0333
*Not entirely sure what this chord is.
-INTRO-
e|------------------------0--
B|------------------------0--
G|--7---9---11--2---3---4-4--
D|--x---x---x---x---x---x-x--
A|--5---7---9---0---1---2-2--
E|---------------------------
In the acoustic version he also occasionally plays the riff like this:
e|-------------------------0---
B|-------------------------0---
G|--7---9---11--2---11--12-12--
D|--x---x---x---x---x---x--x---
A|--5---7---9---0---9---10-10--
E|-----------------------------
-VERSE 1-
DOn the 28th of AJanuary G1986Em Christa McDAuliffe
Gazed in Ahorror as the O-rings Gfailed,
And she died, and she Emdied, and she died.
For the Dnext agonising Atwo minutes and Gforty-five long Emseconds
She called Dout the truth on a bAroken radioG:
"I'm alive, I'm aEmlive, I'm alive".
-CHORUS-
AIt came as some surC#prise to reaDlise that
As she lost Geverything
AThe world was revealed in a C#transmission soD real
That she understood Geverything:
You're still alive.
(INTRO RIFF)
You're still alive.
-VERSE 2-
DFour thousand nautical Amiles as the crow Gflies away
A Emhome-made ham radiDo in the loft of a AHampshire family Ghome
Came alive, came aEmlive, came alive.
And so the Dfour year old amateur Aoperator Gthus became
The Emonly person to Dhear Christa's last desAperate communiGque:
"We're alive, we're aEmlive, we're alive".
-CHORUS-
AIt came as some surC#prise to reaDlise that
As she lost Geverything
AThe world was revealed in a C#transmission soD real
That she understood Geverything:
You're still alive.
(PLAY FIRST CHORD FROM INTRO RIFF)
And Christa said:
-OUTRO-
-It was a little tricky to decipher exactly how he plays this part but I reckon these chords work pretty well.
-Please comment if you can figure it out a little better.
D"The darkness up abovGme
Em7/DLed me on like uDnrequited love,
BmWhile all the Bsus4things I need
Were Adown here in the A7deep blue sea."
At Dfour Gmyears Em7/Dold I hDeard the truth on my Bmradio,
So Bsus4now I keep a Amoment's silence A7for my Silent Key.
(END ON INTRO RIFF)