Silverstein is a 5-piece post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario, Canada; formed in 2000. The band name was taken from the famous children's author Shel Silverstein.
After several lineup changes, the band acquired Billy Hamilton, a local fan who learned of the band's need for a bassist on the Internet message board "The 905 Board" (an Ontario area outreach board which used to be for local musicians). In Christmas of 2001, he joined the band after Shane Told helped him learn the music for the songs.
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Silverstein A Midwestern State Of Emergency I Am Alive In Everything I Touch 2015 Rise Records Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: A - x02220 E - 022100 F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 E/G# - 476xxx Bm - x24432
Intro: F#m x8
I am a dead man I’m crawling into a trap
Verse 1: F#m A horizontal response I'm laying A down for you once Bm again You've taking F#m what's granted I've said goodbye to my friends I've thrown myself head first A into this Close the Bm curtain and strand me
Refrain 1: F#m Found myself lost again A With even more excuses BmF#m And even less concern Bound and gagged but A I enjoy it You seduce Bm your prisoner Before F#mE/G# you take your turn
Chorus 1: A So lay me down in the E/G#E field and put me under F#m the trees in the tall D grass Where they won’t A find me Enjoying silence E/G# and peace Until the EF#m sirens they come back DA screaming Taking me away E/G# I’ve given all I can give
Verse 2: F#m so don’t let me Go back between Woodward and A Cass Cracked concrete Bm with broken glass This F#m run down block with my
name in lights Your ABm saving grace my final rights
Refrain 2: F#m 11 Miles from where A I was when I conceded Bm my head Embraced my F#m lost control Innocence in a state so pure A You hear the demons Bm Calling to take F#mE/G# back what you stole
Chorus 2: A So lay me down in the E/G#E field and put me under F#m the trees in the tall D grass Where they won’t A find me Enjoying silence E/G# and peace Until the EF#m sirens they come back D screaming Taking me A away I lost a piece of E/G#E myself And I forgot F#m to slow down and just breathe And DA it’s scaring me I’ve given all E/G# I can give EF#m So let me go I am a dead man I am a dead man And it’s the only way it can end
Breakdown: F#m x4
Bridge: F#m I don’t know who’s side I’m on anymore And there’s no starting over
Chorus 3: A So lay me down in the E/G#E field and put me under F#m the trees in the tall D grass Where they won’t A find me Enjoying silence E/G# and peace Until the EF#m sirens they come back D screaming Taking me A away I lost a piece of E/G#E myself And I forgot F#m to slow down and just breathe And DA it’s scaring me I’ve given all E/G# I can give E F#m(hold) So let me go