Code Of Silence chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A minorAm      G/BG/B  C majorC
A minorAm      Bb2  G+G
A minorAm      G/BG/B  C majorC
C      F(2)/A

A minorAm      G/BG/B  C majorC
A minorAm      Bb2  G+G
A minorAm      G/BG/B  C majorC
C      F(2)/A

Verse 1:

   C minorCm
Everybody's got a million questions

   Abmaj7Abmaj7
Everybody wants to know the score

   Bb majorBb
What you went through

               G7sus
It's something you should be over now

   C minorCm
Everybody wants to hear the secrets

     Abmaj7Abmaj7
That you never told a soul before

     Bb majorBb
And it's not that strange

                    G7sus  G/BG/B
'Cause it wouldn't change what happens anyhow


    C minorCm
But you swore to yourself a long time ago

      Abmaj7Abmaj7
There were some things that people never needed to know

    Bb majorBb
This is one that you keep, that you bury so deep

      FF
No one can tear it out

Chorus:

    G+G      A minorAm
And you can't talk about it

       FF           G+G
'Cause you're following a code of silence

               A minorAm
You're never gonna lose the anger

     FF              G+G
You just deal with it in a different way

       G/BG/B    C majorC  C/EC/E
And you can't talk about it

  FF            G+G
And isn't that a kind of madness

         G/BG/B    C majorC
To be living by a code of silence

      FF          F(2)/A
When you've really got a lot to say

Verse 2:

  C minorCm
You don't want to lose a friendship

    Abmaj7Abmaj7
There's nothing that you have to hide

   Bb majorBb
And a little dirt

           G7sus
Couldn't hurt no one anyway

    C minorCm
And you still have a rage inside you

     Abmaj7Abmaj7
That you carry with a certain pride

    Bb majorBb
In the only part of a broken heart

        G7sus   G/BG/B
That you could ever save


  C minorCm
But you've been through it once, you know how it ends

  Abmaj7Abmaj7
You don't see the point of going through it again

  Bb majorBb
And this ain't the place and this ain't the time

  FF
And neither's any other day

Chorus:

    G+G      A minorAm
So you can't talk about it

       FF           G+G
'Cause you're following a code of silence

               A minorAm
You're never gonna lose the anger

     FF              G+G
You just deal with it in a different way


       G/BG/B  C majorC    C/EC/E
So you can't talk about it

  FF            G+G
And isn't that a kind of madness

         G/BG/B    C majorC
To be living by a code of silence

      FF          F(2)/A
When you've really got a lot to say

Bridge:

Eb MajorEb       F/Eb              Bb/DBb/D
I know you well enough to tell You've got your reasons

Eb MajorEb           F/Eb          Bb/DBb/D
That's not the kind of code you're inclined to break

Eb MajorEb            F/Eb       Gm7Gm7
Some things unknown are best left alone forever

      Abmaj7Abmaj7
And if a vow is what it takes

       F(2)
Haven't you paid for your mistakes?

Interlude:
C minorCm    Ab/C     B/C     G/C

Verse 3:

C minorCm
After the moment passes

    Abmaj7Abmaj7
And the impulse disappears

    Bb majorBb
You can still hold back

              Gm7Gm7
'Cause you don't crack very easily


    C minorCm
It's a time-honored resolution

      Abmaj7Abmaj7
Because the danger is always near

   Bb majorBb
It's with you now

               G7sus     G/BG/B
But that ain't how it was supposed to be


     C minorCm
And it's hard to believe after all these years

    Abmaj7Abmaj7
That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears

    Bb majorBb
And you feel like a fool, 'cause in spite all your rules

       FF
You've got a memory

Chorus:

    G+G     A minorAm
But you can't talk about it

       FF           G+G
'Cause you're following a code of silence

               A minorAm
You're never gonna lose the anger

     FF              G+G
You just deal with it in a different way


    G/BG/B     C majorC    C/EC/E
But you can't talk about it

  FF            G+G
And isn't that a kind of madness

         G/BG/B    C majorC
To be living by a code of silence

      FF          F(2)/A
When you've really got a lot to say

Repeat and fade:
A minorAm      G/BG/B  C majorC
A minorAm      Bb2  G+G
A minorAm      G/BG/B  C majorC
C      F(2)/A