Code of Silence chords by
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper

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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Everybody's got a million questions
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Everybody wants to know the score
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What you went through
It's something you
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Should be over now
Verse 2
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Everybody wants to hear
the secrets
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That you never told a soul before
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And it's not that strange
Because it wouldn't change
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What happened anyhow
Verse 3
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But you swore to yourself
a long time ago
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There were some things that people
never needed to know
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Guess there's one that you keep
That you bury so deep
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No one can tear it out
Verse 4
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And you can't talk about it
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Because you're following
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a code of silence
You're never gonna to lose
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the an ger
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You just deal with it a different way
Verse 5
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And you can't talk about it
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And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code
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of silence
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When you've really got a lot to say
Verse 6
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You don't want to lose a friendship
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There's nothing that you have to hide
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And a little dirt
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Couldn't hurt no one anyway
Verse 7
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And you still have a rage inside you
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That you carry with a certain pride
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In the only part of the broken heart
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That you could ever save
Verse 8
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But you've been through it once
You know how it ends
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You don't see the point
Of going through it again
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And this ain't the place
And this ain't the time
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And neither's any other day
Verse 9
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So you can't talk about it
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Because you're following
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a code of silence
You're never gonna to
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lose the an ger
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You just deal with it a different way
Verse 10
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So you can't talk about it
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And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code
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of silence
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When you've really got a lot to say
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I
Verse 11
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know you well enough to tell
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you've got your reasons
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That's not the kind of code
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you're inclined to break
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Some things unknown are best
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left alone forever
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And if a vow is what it takes
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Haven't you paid for your mistakes
Interlude 1
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Csus4
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Verse 12
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After the moment passes
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And the impulse disappears
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You can still hold back
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Because you don't crack very easily
Verse 13
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It's a time honored resolution
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Because the danger is always near
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It's with you now
But that ain't how it
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was supposed to be
Verse 14
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And it's hard to believe
after all these years
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That it still gives you pain and it still
brings tears
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And you feel like a fool
Because it's part of your rules
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You've got a memory
Verse 15
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But you can't talk about it
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Because you're following
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a code of silence
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You're never gonna to lose the anger
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You just deal with it a different way
Verse 16
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But you can't talk about it
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And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code
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of silence
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When you've really got a lot to say
Outro 1
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