Key: F
Introduction:
Em
Here comes a wave
Em9 Em
Meant to wash me away
C D Em
A tide that is taking me under
Swallowed in sand
Em9 Em
Left with nothing to say
C D
My voice drowned out in the thunder
C
But I won't cry
Bm7 Em
And I won't start to crumble
C
Whenever they try
B7
To shut me or cut me down
Em7
I won't be silenced
C D
You can't keep me quiet
Bm7 C
Won't tremble when you try it
Am7 Bm7(11) Em C D
All I know is I won't go speechless
Em7
Cause I'll breathe
C D
When they try to suffocate me
Bm7 C
Don't you underestimate me
Am7 Bm7(11)
Cause I know that I won't go speechless
Em
Written in stone
Em9 Em
Every rule, every word
C D Em
Centuries old and unbending
Stay in your place
Em9 Em
Better seen and not heard
C D
Well, now that story is ending
C
Cause I
Bm7 Em
I cannot start to crumble
C
So come on and try
B7
Try to shut me and cut me down
Em7
I won't be silenced
C D
You can't keep me quiet
Bm7 C
Won't tremble when you try it
Am7 Bm7(11) Em
All I know is I won't go speechless
C D
Speechless
Em7
Let the storm in
C D
I cannot be broken
Bm7 C
No, I won't live unspoken
Am7 Bm7(11) Em
Cause I know that I won't go speechless
C D
Try to lock me in this cage
G D/F# Em7
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 I
Em7 C
Won't be silenced
D Bm7 C
Though you want to see me tremble when you try it
Am7 Bm7(11) Em
All I know is I won't go speechless
C D
Speechless
Em7
Cause I'll breathe
C D
When they try to suffocate me
Bm7 C
Don't you underestimate me
Am7 Bm7(11) C
Cause I know that I won't go speechless
Am7
All I know is I won't go speechless
D
Speechless