Tonalidad: Db major
Verse 1
C
F
C
F
G
Em
Am
She
C
talks about the sidewalk sale,
F
and what she's planned for supper.
Dm
He reads the Times
F
C
and rails against the news of the day.
G
C
G
And they talk of home improvements
F
and lads playing at the movies.
Dm
And the more they talk,
Bb
Gsus4
the more they hear the things
C
Gsus4
G
they never say.
C
F
She doesn't say,
C
why don't you love me like you used to?
He doesn't ask,
Em
D
G
why can't you be the one I need?
F
They stay away from talk
Em
of emptiness and longing.
Am
Bb
Long ago, it seems,
F
G
Gsus4
they tacitly agreed to a code
C
F
C
F
G
Em
Am
of silence.
C
She sits there with her herbal tea
F
and he sips his cup of java
Dm
When they talk of friends
Bb
F
and fashion trends
C
in a Seinfeld episode
Gsus4
C
And they steer through conversations
F
like soldiers in a minefield
Dm
Knowing one false turn or
Bb
one true word,
C
Gsus4
the whole thing might explode
C
F
He doesn't say,
Gsus4
when did you turn into my jailer?
C
Em
She doesn't ask,
D
G
when did you turn into a ghost?
F
We all must pay for our
Em
security and comfort
Am
Bb
But they wonder if the thing
Gsus4
that costs the most
C
F
C
F
Is this code of silence
G
Em
Am
It's a code of silence,
Dm
strict as any mafia omerta.
F
Bb
Protect the family's secrets
F
Am
and pretend it's unawares.
Em
A code of silence,
F
Em
strong as any LAPD station.
Dm
C
Stonewall all investigation
F
Bb
F
Am
into internal af fairs
Dm
Keep away from those internal
Bb
G
affairs
Gsus4
C
So, she's got her golfing girlfriends
F
An d he's got his depressions
Dm
And there's always lots
Bb
to talk about
F
G
C
There's always something new
Gsus4
C
And she bottles up her anger,
F
and he swallows his confessions
Dm
And again the evening passes,
F
C
and again they've
Gsus4
made it through
C
She hasn't said,
F
C
why can't you love me like you used to?
Em
He hasn't asked,
D
G
why is this life a heavy load?
Am
F
Turn down the bed
for one more night
Em
of separate dreaming
Am
Bb
Knowing well they won't
Dm
discuss it down the road
Bb
For they may break their hearts,
but they'll never break
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
their code
G
C
F
C
F
G
Em
Am
Of si lence
You
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