Key: Em
Introduction: Em C Em Em C Em
Em C D Em
Here comes a wave meant to wash me away
C D Em
A tide that is taking me under
Em C D Em
Swallowing sand, left with nothing to say
C D
My voice drowned out in the thunder
C
But I won' t cry
G Em
And I won' t start to crumble
C
Whenever they try
B7
To shut me or cut me down
Em
I won' t be silenced
C D
You can' t keep me quiet
G C
Won' t tremble when you try it
Am Bm Em C D
All I know is I won' t go speechless
Em
' Cause I' ll breathe
C D
When they try to suffocate me
Bm G C
Don' t you underestimate me
Am Bm Em
' Cause I know that I won' t go speechless
Em C
Written in stone
D Em
Every rule, every word
C D Em
Centuries old and unbending
Em C
"Stay in your place
D Em
Better seen and not heard"
C G D
Well now that story is ending
C
' Cause I
G D
I cannot start to crumble
C
So come on and try
B7
Try to shut me and cut me down
Em
I won' t be silenced
C D
You can' t keep me quiet
Bm C
Won' t tremble when you try it
Am Bm Em C D
All I know is I won' t go speechless, speechless
Em
Let the storm in
C D
I cannot be broken
Bm C
No, I won' t live unspoken
Am Bm Em
' Cause I know that I won' t go speechless
C D
Try to lock me in this cage
G D Em
I won' t just lay me down and die
C Am
I will take these broken wings
D
And watch me burn across the sky
B7
Hear the echo saying:
Em C
I won' t be silenced
D Bm C
Though you wanna see me tremble when you try it
Am Bm Em C D
All I know is I won' t go speechless, speechless
Em
' Cause I' ll breathe
C D
When they try to suffocate me
Bm C
Don' t you underestimate me
Am Bm C
' Cause I know that I won' t go speechless
Am
All I know is I won' t go speechless, speechless