Billy Joel - Code of Silence: Guitar Chords

     Cm
Everybody's got a million questions
     G#maj7
Everybody wants to know the score
     A#
What you went through
                             G7sus4
It's something you should be over now
     Cm
Everybody wants to hear the secrets
         G#maj7
That you never told a soul before
         A#
And it's not that strange
                                       G7sus4 G/B
'Cause it wouldn't change what happens anyhow
        Cm
But you swore to yourself a long time ago
           G#maj7
There were some things that people never
needed to know
        A#
This is one that you keep, that you bury so deep
            F
No one can tear it out

Chorus:
         G           Am
And you can't talk about it
               F                   G
'Cause you're following a code of silence
                            Am
You're never gonna lose the anger
          F                           G
You just deal with it in a different way
              G/B        C C/E
And you can't talk about it
    F                     G
And isn't that a kind of madness
                  G/B      C
To be living by a code of silence
             F                   F/A
When you've really got a lot to say

You don't wanna lose a friendship
There's nothing that you have to hide
And a little dirt
Couldn't hurt no one anyway
And you still have a rage inside you
That you carry with a certain pride
In the only part of the broken heart
That you could ever save
But you've been through it once,
you know how it ends
You don't see the point of going through it again
And this ain't the place and this ain't the time
And neither's any other day

Chorus:
So you can't talk about it
'Cause you're following a code of silence
You're never gonna lose the anger
You just deal with it in a different way
So you can't talk about it (No, you can't talk)
And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you've really got a lot to say

D#              F/D#
I know you well enough to tell You've got your
 A#/D
reasons
D#                     F/D#
That's not the kind of code you're inclined to
A#/D
break
D#                       F/D#              Gm7
Some things unknown are best left alone forever
           G#maj7
And if a vow is what it takes
             F
Haven't you paid for your mistakes?

After the moment passes
And the impulse disappears
You can still hold back
'Cause you don't crack very easily
It's a time-honored resolution
'Cause the danger is always near
It's with you now
But that ain't how it was supposed to be
(No, no, no)
And it's hard to believe after all these years
That it still gives you pain and it still
brings tears
And you feel like a fool,
'cause in spite all your rules
You've got a memory

Chorus:
But you can't talk about it
'Cause you're following a code of silence
You're never gonna lose the anger
You just deal with it in a different way
But you can't talk about it (No, you can't talk)
And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you've really got a lot to say

'Cause you can't, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah now, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Woo, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah


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