10,000 Maniacs - Don't Talk

      Intro: 
D     Dmaj7   D     Dmaj7   D     Dmaj7   D     Dmaj7   x 4 then roll straight into

D         Dmaj7     D           Dmaj7
Don't    talk,         I   will listen
D         Dmaj7            D             Dmaj7
don't talk,           you keep your distance
G                                  D               
I'd rather hear some truth tonight
Em                              D

Than entertain your lies
Em                        A
So take you poison silently
Em                       A

Let me be, let me close my eyes



D     Dmaj7       D             Dmaj7  D
Don't talk,         I'll believe it
D     Dmaj7     D               Dmaj7  D

Don't talk,      listen to me instead
G                            D 
I know that if you think of it
Em                         D

Both long enough and hard
Em                                            A

The drink you drown your troubles in
Em                               A
Is the trouble you're in now
Em          D              A  
Talk, talk, talk about it
Em          D              A  

If you talk as if you care
Em          D              A  

But when your talk is over
D                  G  

Tilt that bottle in the air
   D          G   
Tossing back
Em          D     A

More than your share
D     Dmaj7 /  D     Dmaj7 / D
Don't talk, I can guess it
D     Dmaj7 /  D     Dmaj7 / D

Don't talk, well, now you're restless
And you need somewhere to put the blame

For how you feel inside

You'll look for a close and easy mark

And you'll see me as fair game
Em          D     A             
Talk, talk, talk about it
Em      D      A
You talk as if you care
Em        D        A            
D                  G  

But when your talk is over
D                  G
Tilt that bottle in the air
   A
Tossing back
D          G                     A

More than your share


You talk, talk, talk about it

You talk as if you care

I'm marking every word

And can tell this time for sure
Your talk is the finest

I have heard
So don't talk, I'm sleeping

Don't talk, let me go on dreaming
How your eyes they glow so fiercely

I can tell that you're inspired

By the name that you just chose for me

Now what was it?   Oh, never mind it
We will talk, talk, talk about this

When your head is clear

I'll discuss this in the morning

But until that you may talk but I won't hear