Don't You Speak chords by Patricia Kelly

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em

Verse 1:
Em                                                     D
I’m walking down the street and I see an old lady, she says
Em                                                      D
Cut your breast out, girl, cut it out, cut it out right now
Em                                                D
Suspicions and illusions of shadows abroad, Machiavelli’s game
    Em                                  D
The will to live, faith and love got me out of hell

Chorus:
          Em
Don’t you speak, don’t you speak
          D
Don’t you say what you're gonna say
          Em
Don’t you open your mouth, girl, open your mouth
            D
And say the things you're about to say

Instrumental:
Em D Em D


Verse 2:
    Em                                                   D
I’m walking down the streets and I meet a little boy, he says
Em                               D
Got no roof, got no bread, got nowhere to go
    Em                                                  D
I’m walking down the street and I see a poor man on the floor
 Em                                        D
People walk by and don’t even care if he's dead


Chorus:
          Em
Don’t you speak, don’t you speak
          D
Don’t you say what you're gonna say
          Em
Don’t you open your mouth, girl, open your mouth
            D
And say the things you're about to say

          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          D
Don’t you say what you're gonna say
          Em
Don’t you open your mouth, girl, open your mouth
            D
And say the things you're about to say

Instrumental:
Em D Em D Em D


Bridge:
          Em
This body chains me, this body tortures me
               D
It’s a torture chamber, a torture chamber
          Em
This body chains me, this body tortures me
               D
It’s a torture chamber, a torture chamber

          Em
This body chains me, chains, chains me
          D
This body tortures me, it’s torture chamber
          Em
This body chains me, chains, chains me
               D
It’s a torture chamber, a torture chamber


Chorus:
          Em
Don’t you speak, don’t you speak
          D
Don’t you say what you're gonna say
          Em
Don’t you open your mouth, girl, open your mouth
            D
And say the things you're about to say

          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          D
Don’t you say what you're about to say
          Em
Don’t you open your mouth, girl, open your mouth
            D
And say the things you're about to say


Outro:
          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          Em
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak
          Em                   D
Don’t you speak, speak, speak, speak