Intro: Am  Dm7 Dm Am   Dm7 Dm  Am 
  
                Dm7         Dm   Am     Dm7 Dm Am 
She tests every word like a fine wine 
                Dm7              Dm   Am     Dm7 Dm C 
She holds every thought like her last dime 
                 G             Dm     Am   C 
You could hear a pin drop from miles away 
                 G              Bm       E 
You could hear a heart stop, as plain as day 
  
  
Chorus: 
   F         C          G          Dm 
We live in a land where silence is king 
F             C        G 
Whispers have all disappeared 
F          C         G            Dm7 
Cry for an echo, you won't hear a thing 
F          Dm7         Am 
Silence is king around here 
F          Dm7         Am   Dm7 Dm Am   Dm7 Dm  Am 
Silence is king around here 
  
  
              Dm7            Dm Am    Dm7 Dm Am 
Where are the dreams we were after? 
             Dm7         Dm   Am     Dm7 Dm C 
Where is the joy and the laughter? 
               G               Dm        Am   C 
Were they only habits, we were doomed to lose 
      G           Bm      E 
Or is destiny not ours to choose? 
  
  
Chorus: 
   F         C          G          Dm 
We live in a land where silence is king 
F             C        G 
Whispers have all disappeared 
F          C         G            Dm7 
Cry for an echo, you won't hear a thing 
F          Dm7         Am 
Silence is king around here 
F          Dm7         Am   G-C 
Silence is king around here 
  
  
Bridge: 
          G                 Dm         Am    Am-G-C 
Desperate measures come from desperate times 
          G                Am     G-C 
I don't regret what I have done 
      G               Dm          Am    
If my actions make you speak your mind 
Bb                          D 
Angry words are better than none 
  
  
Chorus:   (## 1ST three lines sung a Capella ##) 
   F         C           G          Dm 
We live in a world where silence is king 
F             C        G 
Whispers have all disappeared 
F          C         G            Dm7 
Cry for an echo, you won't hear a thing 
F          Dm7         Am 
Silence is king around here 
  
  
Chorus: 
   F         C          G          Dm 
We live in a land where silence is king 
F             C        G 
Whispers have all disappeared 
F          C         G            Dm7 
Cry for an echo, you won't hear a thing 
F          Dm7         Am 
Silence is king around here 
F          Dm7         Am    
Silence is king around here 
F          Dm7         Am    
Silence is king around here 
  
  
Chorus: 
   F         C          G          Dm 
We live in a land where silence is king 
F             C        G 
Whispers have all disappeared 
F          C         G            Dm7 
Cry for an echo, you won't hear a thing 
F          Dm7         Am 
Silence is king around here 
F          Dm7         Am    
Silence is king around here 
F          Dm7         Am    
Silence is king around here