• Song:

    The Artist

  • Artist:

    Silverstein

  • Album:

    The Artist (Single) (Si...

Silverstein
The Artist feat. Brendan Murphy of The Counterparts
Rescue
2011
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C#m   x46654
A (x02220@1)   x02220
E (022100@1)   022100
B (x2444x@1)   x24442
F#m   244222
Ab    466544
D (xx0232@1)   xx0232
E (022100@1)   022100
Abm   466444

Intro:
C#m  
(You! You! )

Verse 1:

Growl:
             C#m (x13321@4)   AThe (x02220@1)artist's palette falls
              F#m (244222@1)       AbThe (xx1114@1)paint is spilled with blood
        C#m (x13321@4)    ASomeone (x02220@1)shot him down
             F#m (244222@1) AbLeft (xx1114@1)him without a soul

Sing:
           C#m (x13321@4)   AHis (x02220@1)body's laid to rest and 
     F#m (244222@1)         Abunderground (xx1114@1)he'll stay
              C#m (x13321@4)AWith (x02220@1)hopes to resurrect 
          F#mand (244222@1)live again

Growl:
 Abanother (xx1114@1)day

Chorus 1:

Growl:
C#m (x13321@4)  A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Now they decide 
    C#m (x13321@4)              A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
who lives and dies Now!

Verse 2:

Growl:
                C#m (x13321@4) AHis (x02220@1)peers won't come around
               F#m (244222@1)     AbThey're (xx1114@1)too disgraced to face
        C#m (x13321@4)   AAnother (x02220@1)soldier down
         F#m (244222@1)    AbHis (xx1114@1)life work's a waste

Sing:
              C#m (x13321@4)     AAnd (x02220@1)now these walls are bare
          F#m (244222@1)    AbNo (xx1114@1)one pretends to care
          C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x02220@1">A
A distant memory
          F#mHis (244222@1)masterpiece

Growl:
   AbIn (xx1114@1)disrepair

Chorus 2:

Growl:
C#m (x13321@4)  A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Now they decide 
    C#mwho (x13321@4)lives and dies
    A (x02220@1)       DNow (xx0232@1)they will hold you back

Breakdown:

Growl:
C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x02220@1">A         D (xx0232@1)  E (022100@1) C#m (x13321@4)   They will hold you back
A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)  EThey (022100@1)will hold you

Bridge:

Growl:
C#m (x13321@4)  We stand tall and illuminate
                        A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
We fight through and prevail
C#m (x13321@4)  We don't stop where 
you'd be giving up
              A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
We won't ever fail

Verse 3:

Growl:
         C#m (x13321@4)     AA (x02220@1)martyr takes his hand
            F#m (244222@1) AbTo (xx1114@1)make him live again
             C#m (x13321@4)     AWith (x02220@1)savage sleight of hand
                F#m (244222@1)    AbHe'll (xx1114@1)force his legs to stand

Sing:
           C#m (x13321@4)   AA (x02220@1)sick and gutless joke
      F#m (244222@1)  AbA (xx1114@1)serenading hoax
     C#m (x13321@4)  AInterrupted (x02220@1)peace
           F#mA (244222@1)waste of time
    AbmA (133111@4)pathetic excuse for hope

Chorus 3:

Growl:
C#m (x13321@4)  The sleepless nights have no compassion

Sing:
B (x2444x@1)                                A (x02220@1)  And the dreams that come aren't true

Growl:
A charade of lies unconscious
C#m (x13321@4)  And so much left to be proved

Sing:
                                BBut (x2444x@1)the sun will rise and fall again
                             AAnd (x02220@1)the nights will start to shorten
The memories will fade

Growl:
C#m (x13321@4)  into darkness
You!!! can't let it go!!!

Outro:

Growl:
A (x02220@1)                               Ab (xx1114@1) But your world is turned upside down
                         F#mIt's (244222@1)a panic you can't release

Once you have it you just can't
E (022100@1) Ever ignore it
A (x02220@1)                            Ab (xx1114@1) That's when you realize your best
Days are behind you
    F#mAnd (244222@1)all you ever 
              Elive (022100@1)for Is regret
(hold)             C#m (x13321@4)
You can't take it away (You! )
                              End in C#m(hold)
You can't take it away (You! )
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