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Can't Make a Sound

Figure 8
as played live October 14, 1999 Portland, OR @ Satyricon

tune down a full step (studio version is in standard tuning)


riff
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Em/G  3x2003  B7/F# 221000
C#dim 3x2023  C/G   332010
Am    x02210  G*    x4542x
D     xx0232  A     x02220
B7*   xx7877  G     320003
Em    022000  B7    x24242
E     022100

Em/G                   C#dim
I have become a silent movie
    Am              D
the hero killed the clown
             Em                  B7/F#               C/G
can't make a sound, can't make a sound, can't make a sound
Em/G                   C#dim
nobody knows what he's doing
Am              D   (slide)B7*
still hangin' around
             Em                  B7/F#               C/G
can't make a sound, can't make a sound, can't make a sound
             G*
can't make a sound
    D    A      C/G      riff
the slow motion moves me
    G               B7
the monologue means nothing to me

Em/G  C#dim  Am  D  Am  B7

Em/G                     C#dim
bored in the role but he can't stop
Am                      D
standing up to sit back down
Am                     B7
and lose the one thing found
Em/G                      C#dim
spinning the world like a toy top
Am                            D   (slide)B7*
till there's a ghost in every town
             Em                  B7/F#               C/G
can't make a sound, can't make a sound, can't make a sound
             G*
can't make a sound
D    A          C/G    riff
eyes locked and shining
G                 B7
can't you tell me what's happening?

C/G  G  A  E  Am  B7

C/G            G        A   E               Am             B7
why should you want any other when you're a world within a world? [X4]

C/G  G  A  E  Am  B7  B7*  C/G