Silverstein – The Artist chords

Silverstein
The Artist feat. Brendan Murphy of The Counterparts
Rescue
2011
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C#m   x46654
A     x02220
E     022100
B     x24442
F#m   244222
G#    466544
D     xx0232
E     022100
G#m   466444


Intro:
C#m  (You! You! )


Verse 1:

Growl:
             C#m     AThe artist's palette falls
              F#m         G#The paint is spilled with blood
        C#m      ASomeone shot him down
             F#m   G#Left him without a soul

Sing:
           C#m     AHis body's laid to rest and 
     F#m           G#underground he'll stay
              C#m  AWith hopes to resurrect 
          F#mand live again 

Growl:
 G#another day


Chorus 1: 

Growl:
C#m    A      D   Now they decide 
    C#m                A Dwho lives and dies Now!


Verse 2:

Growl:
                C#m   AHis peers won't come around
               F#m       G#They're too disgraced to face
        C#m     AAnother soldier down
         F#m      G#His life work's a waste

Sing:
              C#m       AAnd now these walls are bare
          F#m      G#No one pretends to care
          C#m AA distant memory
          F#mHis masterpiece

Growl:
   G#In disrepair


Chorus 2:

Growl:
C#m    A      D   Now they decide 
    C#mwho lives and dies
    A         DNow they will hold you back


Breakdown:

Growl:
C#m A         D    E   C#m    They will hold you back
A         D    EThey will hold you


Bridge:

Growl:
C#m   We stand tall and illuminate
                        A   D EWe fight through and prevail
C#m   We don't stop where 
you'd be giving up
              A   D EWe won't ever fail


Verse 3:

Growl:
         C#m       AA martyr takes his hand
            F#m   G#To make him live again
             C#m       AWith savage sleight of hand
                F#m      G#He'll force his legs to stand


Sing:
           C#m     AA sick and gutless joke
      F#m    G#A serenading hoax
     C#m    AInterrupted peace
           F#mA waste of time
    G#mA pathetic excuse for hope


Chorus 3:

Growl:
c#m   The sleepless nights have no compassion

Sing:
B                                  A   And the dreams that come aren't true

Growl:
A charade of lies unconscious
C#m   And so much left to be proved

Sing:
                                BBut the sun will rise and fall again
                             AAnd the nights will start to shorten
The memories will fade 

Growl:
C#m   into darkness
You!!! can't let it go!!!


Outro:

Growl:
A                                 G#  But your world is turned upside down
                         F#mIt's a panic you can't release

Once you have it you just can't
E  Ever ignore it
A                              G#  That's when you realize your best
Days are behind you
    F#mAnd all you ever 
              Elive for Is regret
(hold)             C#m  You can't take it away (You! )
                              End in C#m(hold)
You can't take it away (You! )