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Song: Enjoy The Silence
Artists: Depeche Mode
Album: Violator (Remastered) 1990
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zxx3_wOCoU
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1
INTRO:
[Keyboard swells, rolling Bass notes, then Drum accents,
followed by Lead Guitar]
Riff #1: (on 3rd Bar)
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B||βββββββββββββ-βββββββββ-βββββ|βββββββββββββ-βββββ-βββββββ-|
G||ββββββββ-βββββββββββββββββ-ββ|βββββββββββββββββββ-ββ-ββ-ββ|
D||βββ-10-10^10-12-13β-β10^10-8β|β-β10-10^10-12-13β-β10^10-8β|
A||ββ10βββββββββββββββ10ββββββββ|β10βββββββββββββββ10βββββ-ββ|
E||βββββββββββββ-βββββββββββββ-β|ββββββββββββββββββββ-ββββ-β-|
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B||βββββββββββββ-βββββββββ-βββββ|βββββββββββββ-βββββ-βββββββ-|
G||βββββββββββββ-βββββββββ-βββββ|βββββββββββββ-βββββ-βββββββ-|
D||βββ6β6^6-5ββ-8-8^8-6βββββββββ|βββ6β6^6-5ββ-8-8^8-6ββββββββ|
A||ββ6βββββββββ8ββ-βββββββββ-βββ|ββ6βββββββββ8ββββ-ββββ-ββββ-|
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|Bm D | x6
VERSE 1:
Bm
Words like violence,
Dm
Break the silence.
G
Come crashing in,
G
Into my little world.
Bm
Painful to me,
Dm
Pierce right through me.
G
Can't you understand,
Oh my little girl.
CHORUS 1:
Em
All I ever wanted,
G
All I ever needed.
Bm D/A
Is here in my arms,
Em G
Words are very unnecessary,
Bm Bb
They can only do harm.
INSTRUMENTAL 1:
Keyboards, Drum Snares, followed by Lead Guitar:
:: Riff #1 ::
|Bm D | x4
VERSE 2:
Bm
Vows are spoken,
Dm
To be broken.
Bm
Feelings are intense,
Dm
Words are trivial.
Bm
Pleasures remain,
Dm
So does the pain.
G
Words are meaningless,
And forgettable.
CHORUS 2:
Em
All I ever wanted,
G
All I ever needed.
Bm D/A
Is here in my arms,
Em G
Words are very unnecessary,
Bm Bb
They can only do harm.
INSTRUMENTAL 2:
Keyboards, Drum Snares, followed by Lead Guitar:
:: Riff #1 :: x3
|Bm D | x12
CHORUS 3:
Em
All I ever wanted,
G
All I ever needed.
Bm D/A
Is here in my arms,
Em G
Words are very unnecessary,
Bm Bb
They can only do harm.
CHORUS 4:
Em
All I ever wanted,
G
All I ever needed.
Bm D/A
Is here in my arms,
Em G
Words are very unnecessary,
Bm Bb
They can only do harm.
CODA:
Lead Guitar:
:: Riff #1 :: x3
|Bm D | x12
:: Riff #1 :: x3 Keyboard Horns, over:
|Bm D | x12
End:
NOTES.
1. Depeche Mode play this live in Cm. This interpretation is a simplification of the chords it
includes a capo on 1 and the repetitive riff.
2. ββ¦In 1990, a promotional video for "Enjoy the Silence" was shot by French TV (for the TV Show
"Champs-ΓlysΓ©es" with Michel Drucker) featuring Depeche Mode lip-synching the song while standing atop
the World Trade Center at the WTC rooftop World observatory, south Tower #2. β¦β
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjoy_the_Silence
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Enjoy The Silence (Tabs)
- Enjoy The Silence (Chords)
- Enjoy The Silence (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025