Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
F
C
F
G
Em
Am
She
F
C
and rails against the news of the day.
G
C
G
And they talk of home improvements
Bb
Gsus4
the more they hear the things
C
Gsus4
G
they never say.
C
F
She doesn't say,
He doesn't ask,
Em
D
G
why can't you be the one I need?
Am
Bb
Long ago, it seems,
F
G
Gsus4
they tacitly agreed to a code
C
F
C
F
G
Em
Am
of silence.
Bb
F
and fashion trends
Gsus4
C
And they steer through conversations
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?
Am
Bb
But they wonder if the thing
C
F
C
F
Is this code of silence
G
Em
Am
It's a code of silence,
F
Bb
Protect the family's secrets
F
Am
and pretend it's unawares.
F
Em
strong as any LAPD station.
Dm
C
Stonewall all investigation
F
Bb
F
Am
into internal af fairs
Bb
G
affairs
Gsus4
C
So, she's got her golfing girlfriends
Bb
to talk about
F
G
C
There's always something new
Gsus4
C
And she bottles up her anger,
F
C
and again they've
Gsus4
made it through
F
C
why can't you love me like you used to?
D
G
why is this life a heavy load?
Am
F
Turn down the bed
for one more night
Am
Bb
Knowing well they won't
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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