The Mute

by Radical Face · posted by shubhamgoenka

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

  -6,  -6 -7   -6   6   5   5    -5     -5 -5   6      5
Well, as a child I mostly spoke inside my head
  -6      -6  -7 -6  6      5     5      -5,    -5    -5,     6     5
I had conversations with the clouds, the dogs, the dead
   4    -6       -6      -7   -6   6,     5    5      -5      -5    -5  6     5
And they thought my broken, that my tongue was coated lead
 -4  4   4     -4  -4     -4    5      -4       4       -2    4    4
But I just couldn't make my words make sense to them
-2  -2  -2 4  -4 -4    -4     5   -4 4...-2  -2     3   4
If you only listen with your ears... I can't get in

   -6      -6    -7    -6   6     5  5     -5    -5  -5   6    5
And I spent my evenings pullin' stars out of the sky
  -6  -6   -7  -6      6    5    5     -5      -5  -5     6     5
And I'd arrange them on the lawn where I would lie
  -6 -6   -7    -6    6    5      5       -5    -5   -5   6    5
And in the wind I'd taste the dreams of distant lives
  -4 4     4       -4    -4  -4   5 -4    4         -2       4     4
And I would dress myself up in them through the night
   -2     4     -4      -4      -4    5    -4   4      4 ...   -2     -2   3    4
While my folks would sleep in separate beds... and wonder why

(Melody)
5 -6 6 -5 5
5 -6 -6 6 -5 5
5 7 -6 6 -5 5
4 -4 6 -5 6 5
4 -4 6 -5 4 -4

  -6      -6       -7      -6  6   5  5    -5   -5 -5   6     5
And through them days I was a ghost atop my chair
 -6  -6    -7  -6  6      5  5   -5    -5  -5   6    5
My dad considered me a cross he had to bear
  -6 -6  -7    -6    6    5   5 -5 -5 -5   6      5
And in my head I'd sing apologies and stare
 4   4     -4      -4      -4    5      -4       4  -2   4     4
As my mom would hang the clothes across the line
 -2    -2      4    -4  -4   -4     5    -4  4 ...    -2    3     4
And she would try to keep the empty... from her eyes

-6,   -6     -7   -6  6  5   5     -5      -5 -5    6  5
So, then one afternoon I dressed myself alone
-6    -6     -7   -6  6   5       5    -5  -5  -5  6     5
 I packed my pillowcase with everything I owned
  -6 -6  -7    -6   6   5     " 5   -5,"    -5 -5   6     5
And in my head I said "goodbye," then I was gone
  4  4  -4   -4  -4   5     -4    4  -2     4    4
And I set out on the heels of the unknown
-2   4    -4      -4     -4   5   -4    4   -2    4     4
So my folks could have a new life of their own
-2    4    -4 -4 -4     5     -4     4    4
So that maybe I could find someone
  -2      4     -4     -4  -4 5  -4 4     -2   3      4
Who could hear the only words that I'd known

(Melody)