Suffer In Silence Susan Ashton vamp: E2 F#m/E E2 F#m/E E2 F#m/E E2 [ / / / / ][ / / / / ][ / / / / ][ / / / / ] E2 F#m/E B7sus E2 F#m/E B7sus Heart in a bottle, high on a shelf, fragile but just out of reach E2 F#m/E B7sus 'Cause you build a fortress with the distance you keep A2 E2 But when your heart aches, doesn't it cut deep? Chorus: A2 E2 Well, you don't have to suffer, suffer in silence A2 E2 You don't have to suffer, suffer in silence B Don't you know that your heart can feel like an anchor A2 B2 A/C# When you keep it all inside B/D# A/E F#m7 A2 E2 No don't, don't suffer in silence VAMP Withered with sadness, hurting inside But feeling afraid to impose So you're an island, but you don't have to be 'Cause if you're inclined you can talk to me But, you don't have to suffer, suffer in silence You don't have to suffer, suffer in silence Oh, I know that the pain can seem like an ocean but I'm just a word away No don't, don't suffer in silence A2 E2 A2 E2 [ / / / / ][ / / / / ][ / / / / ][ / / / / ] B2 A2 B A/C# B/D# A/E F#m7 A2 E2 [ / / / / ][ / / / / ][ / / / / ][ / / / / ] I'll be your shelter, I'll be your retreat I'll be your shield against the wind So, if you need a shoulder for the tears that you keep Let it come down, let it rain on me 'Cause, you don't have to suffer, suffer in silence You should never have to suffer, suffer in silence Oh, I will hear when you're calling like a voice above the storm No don't, don't suffer in silence CHORUS VAMP Words and music by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Billy Sprague © 1991 Emily Boothe, Inc. (BMI)/Skin Horse Inc. (ASCAP)