Silence Is Golden (Sonny's Blues) chords by Carl Verheyen

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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vegetables in fields, he did so
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A self -sufficient man in solitary
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Wanting nothing more
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than silence he came
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To  these hills of dappled
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green and grasses
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Far away from life on 17th and May
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Till he recognized
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no one had passed him by
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He  toasts a piece of bread
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and dips it       in his tea
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A   morning ritual unbroken
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He's got no telephone,
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no radio,   no TV
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Through the years no words
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are ever     spoken
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It started closing down in 1968
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A melody on his piano   haunts him
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And when it ended,
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it was all that he could take
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With people shouting
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and nobody wants him around
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Take my life, take my home
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I've got no reason to carry on
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Take my heart, I've got enough soon
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I've got no reason for growing old
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Cause silence is golden for you,
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but it's broken in me.
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With these words he gave to me
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the      contents of his home
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The house, the shed,
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the garden green
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He  wandered off into
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the      silent hills alone
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No  one's ever heard
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or seen him again
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Wanting nothing more than
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music and laughter
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The gentle sound of a
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companion's whisper
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He said, I don't know who you are
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or what you're after
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But I'll be leaving these,
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watch over these for me
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Take my land, take my home
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Take my reason to carry on, yeah
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I got no heart, I got no soul
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I got no reason for
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growing older
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Cause silence is  golden for you,
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but it's broken me
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Silence is golden for you,
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but it's broken me
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Silence is  golden for you,
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but it's broken me
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Take my hand,
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take my walk on,
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take my piano.