Silverstein é uma banda canadense de post-hardcore formada em 1998 em Burlington, Ontário. O nome da banda foi retirado do famoso poeta americano, Shel Silverstein que além de poeta era, músico, compositor, cartunista, roteirista e autor de livros infantis. Por muito tempo Silverstein fez parte do casting da Victory Records, mas atualmente assinaram com a Hopeless Records nos EUA e com a Universal Music no Canadá.
Integrantes: Shane Told – lead vocals (2000–presente)
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Silverstein We Are Not The World A Shipwreck In The Sand 2009 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 A - x02220 E - 022100 C#m - x46654 Bm - x24432 E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: drumbeats
Chorus 1: F#m I've always been EF#m your favorite game And all the world's EF#m your spot lit stage E I'm just another extra DEF#m in your play the fool
Verse 1: DC#m (Turn on tune in) F#m I'm ready for your drama DC#m (Tape up, weigh in) F#m You're throwing D every hook tonight EC#mBm Your charismatic lies make F#m tears run down their cheeks (Run down their cheeks) DEC#mBm I've lost the only thing I F#m need Here's to the plaintiff BmE And now you've taken her away
(Repeat chorus 1)
Verse 2: DC#m (Pull out the pin) F#m I'm falling on the grenade now DC#m (Don't shoot, don't shoot) F#mD I'm just a kid like you EC#m We fight for billionaires BmF#m who bomb our city streets (Armed to the teeth) DEC#m Divide the youth for BmF#m corporate greed Here's to the propaganda BmE And now they take your life away
Chorus 2: F#m I've always been EF#m your favorite game And all the world's EF#m your spot lit stage E I'm just another extra DE in your play (Repeat)
Bridge: DEF#m And now that war has been declared C#mD How long until bombs burst in air? EA We've come too far Just to let E/G#F#mEDC#m this die to throw this away
(Repeat Chrous 2)
Outro: (We're not the world) DE In your play (We're not the world) DE In your play - the fool (We are not the world) DEF#mEF#m(hold) In your play - the fool (We are not the world)