Rarely Spoken

Better Than Ezra

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              INTRO:  C   Em   C   D
REFRAIN:  C   G   D   Em   C   (x2)
 
C                          Em
Turn the phone booth down
C                  Em               D
Feel the candle burn the light that is still burning
C
Let it out
          Em
Let it in
           D 
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em                  D
Is that just how it ends this time
 
(REFRAIN)   C   G   D   Em   C (x2)
 
C                  Em
Turn the T.V. down
C             Em              D
Feel along the light the word is still burning
C
So breathe it out
              Em
Breathe it in
       D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em                  D
Is that just how it ends this time?
 
     C G D Em C
You  f - e - a - r  are you now
    C     G   D  Em  C
The lines are barely dry
     C G D Em C
And  w  h  e  r  e  are you now
        C      G
And the line
        D      Em
And the words
        C
And the thoughts are spoken now
 
(INTRO)  C   Em   C   D(x2)
 
C                         Em
Kick your cell-phone down
C              Em             D
Feel alone the light the word is still burning
C
So let it out
          Em
Let it in
       D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it on sometime
Em                  D
Is that just how it ends this time
 
     C G D Em C
You  f - e - a - r  are you now
    C     G   D  Em  C
The lines are barely dry
     C G D Em C
And  w  h  e  r  e  are you now
        C      G
And the line
        D      Em
And the words
        C
And the thoughts are spoken now
 
D    C    Em    Em    C   (x4)
 
(like intro but twice as long and a little different)
C                 Em
 
C
Long
         Em
Will you run...yeah
C
Sad road
       Em
To get you down
       D
To get you down
 
(refrain)  C   G   D   Em   C  (x1)
    C     G   D  Em  C
The lines are barely dry
     C G D Em C
And  w  h  e  r  e  are you now
        C      G
And the line
        D      Em
And the words
        C
And the thoughts are spoken now
 
C  G   D  Em   C
Rarely spoken
C  G   D  Em   C
Rarely spoken
 
    C        G       D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em  C
Woo-hoo-hoo
    C        G       D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em  C
Woo-hoo-hoo
(EX-TRO)  C  G  D  Em  Bm  C  D  C  Bm  Em

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Chord set

C · Em · D · G · Bm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.