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Dixie Chicks - Silent House tab

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== Silent House == 

This is a wonderful song by the Dixie Chicks.

The song is built up from the following chords sequences. By listening
to the song it will be pretty easy to figure out when to play what.
At the bottom of this transcription you will find all the chords together
with the lyrics.

Good luck! / Gustaf Friberg

Intro + Verse + Between verses + Solo chords + Outro
C C Bb F/A
C C Eb F*
Cm F Eb Dm

Before prechorus
         s
C5 C5 Bb5-C5 C5

Prechorus
G Eb F* G* (high chords) 

Chorus
C C Gm Gm Bb Bb F F (x2)

(After last chorus)
C C Bb F/A
C C Eb F*
C C Bb F/A Eb F*

The chords in order of appearance
(they are easiest played using mainly barre chords):

    C   Bb F/A  Eb  F*  Cm  F   Dm  C5 Bb5  G   G*  Gm
e|-(3)-(1)--1--(6)-(8)--3---1---5-----------3-(10)--3--
B|--5---3---1---8--10---4---1---6-----------3--12---3--
G|--5---3---2---8--10---5---2---7---5---3---4--12---3--
D|--5---3---3---8--10---5---3---7---5---3---5--12---5--
A|--3---1---0---6---8---3---3---5---3---1---5--10---5--
E|--------------------------1---------------3-------3--

Chords wih lyrics:

Intro
C C Bb F/A
C C Eb F*
Cm F Eb Dm

C     Bb F/A  C    Eb F*
These walls   have eyes
C              F
Rows of photographs
     Eb    Dm
And faces like mine
C   Bb F/A  C     Eb F*
Who do      we become
Cm                 F
Without knowing where
Eb        Dm
We started from

C C Bb F/A
C C Eb F*

C     Bb F/A  C           Eb F*
It's  true    I'm missing you
Cm           F   Eb      Dm
As I stand alone in your room

         s
C5 C5 Bb5-C5 C5 x2

G                   Eb         F* G*
Everyday that will pass you by
G                   Eb         F* G*
Every name that you won't recall
G                   Eb         F* G*
Everything that you made by hand
G                   Eb         F*
Everything that you know by heart
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/dixie-chicks/80063.html ]
C                     Gm
And I will try to connect
                    Bb
All the pieces you left
                F
I will carry it on
                C
And let you forget
                       Gm
And I'll remember the years
                     Bb
When your mind was clear
                      F
How the laughter and life
                C     Bb F/A   C Eb F* Cm F Eb Dm (same as intro and verse)
Filled up this silent house

C     Bb F/A
One room
C          Eb F*
Two single beds
Cm             F
In the closet hangs
Eb          Dm
Your favorite dress
C   Bb F/A   C        Eb F*
The books   that you read
Cm                F
Are in scattered piles
    Eb     Dm
Of paper shreds

         s
C5 C5 Bb5-C5 C5 x2

G                   Eb         F* G*
Everything that you made by hand
G                   Eb         F*
Everything that you know by heart

C                Gm
I will try to connect
                    Bb
All the pieces you left
                F
I will carry it on
                C
And let you forget
                       Gm
And I'll remember the years
                     Bb
When your mind was clear
                      F
How the laughter and life
                C     Bb F/A   C C Eb F*
Filled up this silent house
 C     Bb F/A  Eb F*
Silent house

Solo chords:
C C Bb F/A
C C Eb F*
Cm F Eb Dm

C       Bb F/A  C               Eb F*
In the garden   off the living room
Cm                F
A chill fills the air
     Eb          Dm
And the lilies bloom


C                     Gm
And I will try to connect
                    Bb
All the pieces you left
                F
I will carry it on
                C
And let you forget
                       Gm
And I'll remember the years
                     Bb
When your mind was clear
                      F
How the laughter and life

Filled up this

C                     Gm
And I will try to connect
                    Bb
All the pieces you left
                F
I will carry it on
                C
And let you forget
                       Gm
And I'll remember the years
                     Bb
When your mind was clear
                      F
How the laughter and life
                C     Bb F/A   C C Eb F*
Filled up this silent house
 C     Bb F/A  Eb F*
Silent house

Outro (same as intro and verse)
C C Bb F/A
C C Eb F*
Cm F Eb Dm
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