Key: A minor
Verse 1
G#m
D#
G#m
From the
Hudson River
B
E
See a land vermin infested
C#m
C#
and a people in decay
A#m
D#
D#m
G#m
Watch the smokestacks
A#m
D#
C#m
An d the springtime
G#m
B
E
bring s a silence
E#dim
B
D#
To the shepherd and his king,
C#
C#m
D#
D#m
D#
G#m
The deadly spring, the silent spring
D#sus4
G#m
G#sus4
D#sus4
C#
G#m
Greenness, turn to brownness,
F#
D#m
B
turn to blackness, turn to ash.
C#m
C#sus4
C#m
D#
if they offered you the cash?
G#m
C#sus4
C#
But this season they're creating,
C#m
D#sus4
you accept without a fight
D#
C#m
B
E
Plastic birds and concrete flowers
E#dim
B
That's in an
F#sus4
B
D#
everlast ing night
G#m
C#
C#m
The silent spring, the deadly spring
E
D#
G#m
C#
G#m
D#m
A si lent spring
D#sus4
C#
Am
D
Am
D
Am
Oh my God
Forgive our leaders
For they know not what they do
D
F
They happen to be dumb
F
Dm
C
And mistaken in their view
Em
E
Am
Dsus4
You can't fool with Mother Nature
Dm
F
C
She surely will beat at your game
D
C
Dm
C
F
If you eat the poison berries
F#dim
C
E
You know you are really quite insane
Am
D
Dm
For death will cling that sudden sting
F
E
Am
A
Em
The silent spring
D
Eaug
Am
The silent spring,
D
Bm
B
Em
Am
Dm
the silent spring,
D
C
Bm
B
Em
the deadly, the deadly,
Am
A
the silent spring.
Thank you so much.
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