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