Nortabs

(Intro)

[Fm] [Fm] [G#m] [Fm]


(Verse 1)
[Fm]Had a girlfriend who hardly spoke
[Fm]I've still got that note she wrote[D#]
[D#]In a world where words are poison
We[C#]'ll be the an[C]tidote
[Fm]The only reason she chose me
[Fm]Was that she knew I would be[D#]
[D#]As completely into the idea
Of t[C#]otal destruction and s[C]hame

(Chorus)
[Fm]That total silence
[G#]Is the most violent thing I've known
[C#]A total silence
[C#m]That left us all alone
[Fm]A vocal violence
[G#]Like an assailant in our home
[C#]A vocal violence
[C#m]That left us both alone

(Verse 2)
[Fm]Her soul was clouded in absence
[Fm]A crucifixion without the cross[D#]
[D#]In all form, shape or essence
[C#]She was made out of l[C]oss
[Fm]Don't mistake this for cowardice
[Fm]It was no coward I was hanging with[D#]
[D#]Cause a coward in any definition
[C#]Means wanting to l[C]ive

(Chorus)
[Fm]That total silence
[G#]Is the most violent thing I've known
[C#]A total silence
[C#m]That left us all alone
[Fm]A vocal violence
[G#]Like an assailant in our home
[C#]A vocal violence
[C#m]That left us both alone

(Solo)
[A#] [G]

(Verse 3)
[Fm]She called her silence self-esteem
[Fm]Yet at night she'd say to me[D#]
[D#]Where there's words there's not a scream
Where there's san[C#]ity there's no dr[C]eam
[Fm]All secrets are always being told
[Fm]All houses will eventually fold[D#]
[D#]All babies are born too old
All is s[C#]tolen that can be so[C]ld

(Chorus)
[Fm]That total silence
[G#]Is the most violent thing I've known
[C#]A total silence
[C#m]That left us all alone
[Fm]A vocal violence
[G#]Like an assailant in our home
[C#]A vocal violence
[C#m]That left us both alone

(outro)
[Fm]That total silence
[G#]That total silence
[C#]That total silence
[C#m]That total silence

[Fm]