Silent All These Years
By Tori Amos
Tab by clark

I have left out very few tones but many times Tori is playing three or four octaves of
the same tone. In those cases I play the ones that sound the best to me.

    Intro
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------1----|
D|--2-1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Rhythm
    1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&

Repeat intro twice

    Verse
e|--------0-------------------------------0----------------------------|
B|----------------4-------2---------0-------------4-------2---------0--|
G|--------1-------4-------2---------1-----1-------4-------2---------1--|
D|------2-------------------------------2------------------------------|
A|--2-----------6-------4-------2-----2---------6-------4-------2------|
E|------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
Rhythm
1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&

Cont.

    Verse
e|----------------0-----------0-------------|
B|--0---0-------0-------------0-------------|
G|--1---------2-------------1-----8---------|
D|----------2-------------2-------9---------|
A|------0---------------0-------------------|
E|--2-4*------------------------------------|
Rhythm
    1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-

* hammer on with pinkie

Repeat verse twice

    Chorus
e|------------------------------------------------------------------7---|
B|--5---------------7---------------9---------------10------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
Rhythm
----1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&


Cont.

    Chorus
e|--------------9---------------9---------------11--------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Rhythm
1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-

 Cont.

    Chorus
e|--4--444444--444XX2--222002---22XX------------0-------0-----------|
B|--5--555445--555XX3--333333---33XX------2---------4-------2---0---|
G|--6--666666--666XX2--222222---22XX4---2-----2---------------2-----|
D|--6--666666--666XX0--000000---00XX4-------3-------------2-------0-|
A|--4--444444--444XX--------------XX2-----------------0-------------|
E|----------------XX--------------XX--------------------------------|
Rhythm
----1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&

Repeat verse/chorus sequence and then go into vocal solo, for which I use chord strumming.

Solo
E B C#m B A B
Repeat four times
Repeat verse/chorus sequence

    Ending
e|----------0-----------0-----------0---------0---------0-----------0--|
B|----2-------------4-------2---0---0-------0-------4-------2---0---0--|
G|--2-----2-------------------2-----1-----2-------------------2-----1--|
D|------3-----------------2-------0-2---2-----------------2-------0-2--|
A|--------------------0-------------2-----------------0-------------2--|
E|----------------------------------0-------------------------------0--|
Rhythm
    1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&

Cont.

    Ending
e|------0-----------0-----0-----0--------------------------------------|
B|--4-------2---0---0-------------------0-----------2-------0-------0--|
G|------------2-----1-------8-------6-------1-------2-------2-------1--|
D|--------2-------0-2-------9-------7-------2-------2-------2-------2--|
A|----0-------------2-------------------------------0-------0-------2--|
E|------------------0---------------------------0-------0-------0------|
Rhythm
    1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&-2-&-1-&