Code Of Silence chords by Billy Joel

Intro:
Am           G/B    C
Am           Bb2    G
Am           G/B    C
C            F(2)/A

Am           G/B    C
Am           Bb2    G
Am           G/B    C
C            F(2)/A

Verse 1:

     Cm
Everybody's got a million questions

     Abmaj7
Everybody wants to know the score

     Bb
What you went through

                             G7sus
It's something you should be over now

     Cm
Everybody wants to hear the secrets

         Abmaj7
That you never told a soul before

         Bb
And it's not that strange

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


        Cm
But you swore to yourself a long time ago

           Abmaj7
There were some things that people never needed to know

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

Verse 2:

    Cm
You don't want to lose a friendship

        Abmaj7
There's nothing that you have to hide

      Bb
And a little dirt

                     G7sus
Couldn't hurt no one anyway

        Cm
And you still have a rage inside you

         Abmaj7
That you carry with a certain pride

       Bb
In the only part of a broken heart

               G7sus      G/B
That you could ever save


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

    Abmaj7
You don't see the point of going through it again

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

    F
And neither's any other day

Chorus:

       G           Am
So 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
So 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(2)/A
When you've really got a lot to say

Bridge:

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

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

Eb                       F/Eb              Gm7
Some things unknown are best left alone forever

           Abmaj7
And if a vow is what it takes

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

Interlude:
Cm        Ab/C         B/C         G/C

Verse 3:

Cm
After the moment passes

        Abmaj7
And the impulse disappears

        Bb
You can still hold back

                            Gm7
'Cause you don't crack very easily


       Cm
It's a time-honored resolution

            Abmaj7
Because the danger is always near

     Bb
It's with you now

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


         Cm
And it's hard to believe after all these years

        Abmaj7
That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears

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

             F
You've got a memory

Chorus:

        G          Am
But 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
But 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(2)/A
When you've really got a lot to say

Repeat and fade:
Am           G/B    C
Am           Bb2    G
Am           G/B    C
C            F(2)/A