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Silent All These Years

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Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on 22 August 1963 in Newton, North Carolina, United States) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter.

Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, the youngest person ever to have been admitted, at age five. She was expelled at age eleven for, in her own words, insisting on playing by ear and because of her interest in popular rock music.

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Been on a bit of a Tori streak :/
This one's fairly easy - sometimes different chord shapes are used to keep it easier.
Chords
E A D G B e
NC {see below}
E x 7 6 4 5 x
Emaj7 x 7 6 4 4 x
A/E x 7 7 6 5 x
Asus2 x 0 2 2 0 0
B x 2 4 4 4 2
Aadd9 x 0 2 4 2 0
Amaj9 x 0 2 4 2 4
B7 x 2 4 2 4 2
Badd9 x 2 4 6 4 2
C#m x 4 6 6 5 4
D x x 0 2 3 2
B5 x 2 4 4 x x
A5 x 0 2 2 x x
E5 0 2 2 x x x
Emaj 0 2 2 1 0 0
B/E 0 2 4 4 4 x
Amaj/E 0 0 2 2 2 0
B/F# 2 2 4 4 4 2
G#m7 4 x 4 4 4 x
Bsus4 x 2 4 4 5 x
Aadd9/C# x 4 2 2 0 0
E/B x 2 2 4 5 4
Emaj5 x 5 4 3 4 3
G#m/D# x 6 6 4 4 4
G 3 x 0 0 0 3
A x 0 2 2 2 0

NC - No chord. Instead, just play this TWICE:
e|---------------------------4-----|
B|-5-4-5-6-5-4-5-6-5-4-5-6-5-------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

[Verse]
E Emaj7 A/E
Excuse me but can I be you for a while
E Emaj7 A/E E
My dog won't bite if you sit real still
Emaj7 A/E E Asus2
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
B
Yeah I can hear that
E Emaj7 A/E E
Been saved again by the garbage truck
Emaj7 A/E
I got something to say you know
E
But nothing comes
Emaj7 A/E E
Yes I know what you think of me
Asus2
You never shut-up
B
Yeah I can hear that

[Chorus]
Aadd9 B
But what if I'm a mermaid
Amaj9
In these jeans of his
B7
With her name still on it
Aadd9
Hey but I don't care
Badd9
Cause sometimes
Aadd9
I said sometime I hear my voice
B C#m D B5
And it's been here
A5 N.C.
Silent All These Years

[Verse]
E Emaj7
So you found a girl
A/E E
Who thinks really deep thougts
Emaj7 A/E E
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Emaj7 A/E E Asus2
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
B
How's that thought for you
E Emaj7 A/E E
My scream got lost in a paper cup
Emaj7
You think there's a heaven
A/E E
Where some screams have gone
Emaj7 A/E
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
E Asus2
Do you think it's enough
B
To get us there

[Chorus]
Aadd9 B
But what if I'm a mermaid
Amaj9
In these jeans of his
B7
With her name still on it
Aadd9
Hey but I don't care
Badd9
Cause sometimes
Aadd9
I said sometime I hear my voice
B C#m D B5
And it's been here
A5
Silent All These

[Bridge]
Emaj B/E
Years go by
Amaj/E B/E
Will I still be waiting
G#m7 Aadd9 Bsus4 B
For somebody else to un - derstand
Emaj B/E
Years go by
Aadd9/C# B
If I'm stripped of my beauty
Aadd9
And the orange clouds
Bsus4 B
Raining in my head
Emaj B
Years go by
C#m B
Will I choke on my tears
Asus2 E/B B
Till finally there is not - hing left
E B/D# A/C#
One more casualty
B5 Asus2 Bsus4
You know we're too easily easily easilyy

[Verse]
E Emaj7 A/E E
Well I love the way we communicate
Emaj7 A/E E
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Emaj7 A/E
Let's hear what you think of me now
E Asus2
But baby don't look up
B
The sky is falling
E Emaj7 A/E E
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
Emaj7 A/E E
It's your turn now to stand where I stand
Emaj7 A/E
Everybody lookin' at you here
E Asus2
Take hold of my hand
B
Yeah I can hear them

[Chorus]
Aadd9 B
But what if I'm a mermaid
Amaj9
In these jeans of his
B7
With her name still on it
Aadd9
Hey but I don't care
Badd9
Cause sometimes
Aadd9
I said sometime I hear my voice
B Aadd9
I hear my voice
I hear my voice
B C#m D B5
And it's been here
A5 Emaj5
Silent All These years
G#m/D#
I've been
C#m D B5
here
A5 E5
Silent All These Years

[Outro]
Emaj G A Emaj Emaj

Gotta love Tori Amos.