Biography:
A Silver Mt. Zion uses a number of different variations of the name on different releases with respect to line-up changes.
A Silver Mt. Zion is a band formed in 1999, in Montreal, Quebec, by Godspeed You! Black Emperor musicians Efrim Menuck, Sophie Trudeau and Thierry Amar. According to an interview with VPRO Radio in The Netherlands, originally the project was for Efrim to learn how to score music, but the idea was soon abandoned as Efrim decided that he preferred music not to be defined by rules, preferring simply what sounds best.
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A Silver Mt. Zion - What We Loved Was Not Enough
From Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (2014)
Tuning: Standard
Bm D x16
Bm D
The world itself consumed
Bm D
Man, that's the only truth
Bm D
And what we loved was not enough
Bm D
Even though we wanted to
Bm D
I learned it sick in bed
Bm D
Mining golden vapours
Bm D
Regrets like charms laid end to end
Bm D
And other sweet divinities
G D
And other sweet divinities
Bm D
G D
And other sweet divinities
Bm D
G D Bm D x4
Bm D
And this I learned and thus I gleaned
Bm D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
But kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D
Kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D
Kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D
Kiss it quick and rise again
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
But kiss it quick and rise again
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
But kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D x12
G D Bm D x6
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D
There'll be war in our cities
Bm D
And riots at the mall
G D
There'll be blood on our doorsteps
Bm D
And panics at the ball
G D
All our cities gonna burn
Bm D
All our bridges gonna snap
G D
All our pennies gonna rot
Bm D
Lightning roll across our tracks
G D
All our children gonna die
Bm D
All our children gonna die
G D
All our children gonna die
Bm D
All our children gonna die
G D
Then the west will rise again
Bm D
Then the west will rise again
G D
The west will rise again
Bm D
The west will rise again
G D Bm D x6
G D
So goodnight vain children
Bm D
Tonight is yours
G D
The lights are yours
Bm D
If you'd just ask for more
G D
Than poverty and war
Bm D
If you'd just ask for more
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
What we loved was not enough
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
What we loved was not enough
Repeat until fade
Intro guitar riff: (0:44)
Bm D
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-----2---------------|
D|-2-4--------2-0------|
pm. . . .
Chorus guitar riff: (1:58)
G D Bm D
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------2------------|
D|-2-4-5-----0-----2-4-------2-0----|
pm. . . . . . . .
If I can figure out the rest of the guitar parts I'll be sure to add them
From Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (2014)
Tuning: Standard
Bm D x16
Bm D
The world itself consumed
Bm D
Man, that's the only truth
Bm D
And what we loved was not enough
Bm D
Even though we wanted to
Bm D
I learned it sick in bed
Bm D
Mining golden vapours
Bm D
Regrets like charms laid end to end
Bm D
And other sweet divinities
G D
And other sweet divinities
Bm D
G D
And other sweet divinities
Bm D
G D Bm D x4
Bm D
And this I learned and thus I gleaned
Bm D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
But kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D
Kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D
Kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D
Kiss it quick and rise again
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
But kiss it quick and rise again
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
But kiss it quick and rise again
Bm D x12
G D Bm D x6
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D
There'll be war in our cities
Bm D
And riots at the mall
G D
There'll be blood on our doorsteps
Bm D
And panics at the ball
G D
All our cities gonna burn
Bm D
All our bridges gonna snap
G D
All our pennies gonna rot
Bm D
Lightning roll across our tracks
G D
All our children gonna die
Bm D
All our children gonna die
G D
All our children gonna die
Bm D
All our children gonna die
G D
Then the west will rise again
Bm D
Then the west will rise again
G D
The west will rise again
Bm D
The west will rise again
G D Bm D x6
G D
So goodnight vain children
Bm D
Tonight is yours
G D
The lights are yours
Bm D
If you'd just ask for more
G D
Than poverty and war
Bm D
If you'd just ask for more
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D Bm D
And the day has come when we no longer feel
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
What we loved was not enough
G D
What we loved was not enough
Bm D
What we loved was not enough
Repeat until fade
Intro guitar riff: (0:44)
Bm D
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-----2---------------|
D|-2-4--------2-0------|
pm. . . .
Chorus guitar riff: (1:58)
G D Bm D
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------2------------|
D|-2-4-5-----0-----2-4-------2-0----|
pm. . . . . . . .
If I can figure out the rest of the guitar parts I'll be sure to add them
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