In standard tuning, lob a capo on the 6th fret. Ben is a half step down, so he'd
have his capo on 7th. All chords relative to capo.
Intro: G C (a few times with nice variants), then strum the G a bit going into the verse
Em C G
Well, as a child I mostly spoke inside my head
Em C G
I had conversations with the clouds, the dogs, the dead
Em C G
And they thought my broken, that my tongue was coated lead
D C Em
But I just couldn't make my words make sense to them
D C G
If you only listen with your ears... I can't get in
Em C G
And I spent my evenings pullin' stars out of the sky
Em C G
And I'd arrange them on the lawn where I would lie
Em C G
And in the wind I'd taste the dreams of distant lives
D C Em
And I would dress myself up in them through the night
D C G
While my folks would sleep in separate beds... and wonder why
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radical_face/the_mute_crd.html ]
Em C G x3
D C Em
D C D
G
Em C G
And through them days I was a ghost atop my chair
Em C G
My dad considered me a cross he had to bear
Em C G
And in my head I'd sing apologies and stare
D C Em
As my mom would hang the clothes across the line
D C G
And she would try to keep the empty... from her eyes
Em C G
So, then one afternoon I dressed myself alone
Em C G
I packed my pillowcase with everything I owned
Em C G
And in my head I said "goodbye," then I was gone
D C Em
And I set out on the heels of the unknown
D C Em
So my folks could have a new life of their own
D C
So that maybe I could find someone
D C G
Who could hear the only words that I'd known
Em C G x7
D C Em
D C
D
The song ends on that very contemplative D.
Tabbed by magicalzebra
