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Words Can Kill

Gino Vannelli
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Why must we  fight
 Must we shatter  sweet dreams
 The way we hurt each other night  after night
-5
  It's almost obscene
-9+5
  Must we tear at our hearts
 
 Even now while we're alone in the dark
 Em11 /
 Lay your sor row on my sadness.
  -5 +9+5 -9+5
 (Come and hold me
  (maj9) /
 Hold me close now stop this madness
 Love be silent  ( love be silent  )
  +5/
 love be still (love be sti -ill)
  +5/ +5/
 Now hush my darl ing words can kill
 Woman don't speak
 Seems like a year since  we've kissed
 Just close your eyes
 and bring your lips  next to mine
  / -5
 Ohhhhh Ohhhhh Let me know I ex ist
-9+5
  My love will not wait
 
 Take me in your arms before its to late
 Em11 /
 Lay your sor row on my sadness.
  -5 +9+5 -9+5
 (Come and hold me
  (maj9) /
 Hold me close now stop this madness
 Love be silent  ( love be silent  ) ohh ohh
  +5/
 love be still (love be sti -ill)
  +5/ +5/
 Now hush my darl ing words can
  kill
 |  |  | /  | -5|
-9+5
  My love will not wait
  -5
 Take me in your arms be fore its too late
+5/  Fm11 [A7]/[E] [Eb7-9] [A/D]
 Lay your sor row on my sadness.
  -5 +9+5 -9+5
 (Come and hold me
  (maj9) /
 Hold me close now stop this madness
 Love be silent  ( love be silent  ) ohh ohh
  / +5/
 love be still (love be sti -ill)
  +5/ +5/
 Now hush my darl ing words can
kill  Words can kill(hush  hush  my darlin)
 Words can kill  (hush hush  my darlin)
 Words can kill(hush  hush  my darlin)
 Words can kill  (hush hush  my darlin)
 repeat and fade
 transcription and chart:

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Readable chord sheet for Words Can Kill by Gino Vannelli

[F#m7]   Why must [E]we f[B]ight    [E]       [B]            [E]              [B]

[F#m7]   Must we [E]shatter sweet [B]dreams  [E]    [B]         [Abm]

[F#m7]   The way we hurt each other [B]night after nig[E/G]ht   [G]      [F#m7]

[E]                 [B]       [E]  [B]  [F#m]  [Fm7]-5
   It's almost obscene

[G/C]                    [D/E]     [E7]-9+5
   Must we tear at our hearts

     [G/C]              [Ab-5]  [F/G]    [E/F#]
Even now while we're alone  in the dark

[G/C]          Em11      [G7]/[D]      [C#7-9]   [G/C]
Lay    your  sor row        on   my      sadness.

 [F#7sus4] [Am7]-5  [B7]+9+5  [D7]-9+5
(Come    and    hold    me

        [Em](maj9)  [Em7]   [C/D]       [C#7-9]  [G/C]       [Eb]/[C#]
Hold me close     now        stop this   madness

Love be [G/D]silent ( love be [Cm]sil[D]ent )

        [G/D]              [B/C#]    [B]+5/[C#]
love be still   (love be sti    -ill)

            [D/C]   [Bm7]   [Eb]+5/[A]  [B]+5/[F]  [F#m7]
Now hush my darl  ing   words   can    kill

Woman don't [B]speak     [E6]

[F#m7]     Seems like a [E]year [B]since we've kissed  [E]      [B]

[B]  [B]  [A]
[B6]     [F#m7]     Just  close your eyes

and bring your [B]lips next to mine [A/G]      [G]         [F#m7]

        [E6]              [Abm]/[Eb]   [E]    [B]      [F#m]   [Fm7]-5
Ohhhhh  Ohhhhh   Let me know I   ex  ist

[G/C]                  [D/E]    [E7]-9+5
    My love will not wait

        [G/C]            [Ab-5] [F/G]     [E/F#]
Take me in your arms before its to late

[G/C]          Em11      [G7]/[D]      [C#7-9]   [G/C]
Lay    your  sor row        on   my      sadness.

 [F#7sus4] [Am7]-5  [B7]+9+5  [D7]-9+5
(Come    and    hold    me

        [Em](maj9)  [Em7]    [C/D]      [C#7-9]  [G/C]       [Eb]/[C#]
Hold me close     now        stop this   madness

Love be [G/D]silent ( love be [Cm]sil[D]ent )  ohh ohh

        [G/D]              [B/C#]    [B]+5/[C#]
love be still   (love be sti    -ill)

            [D/C]   [Bm7]   [Eb]+5/[A]  [B]+5/[F]  [F#m7]
Now hush my darl  ing   words   can

 [F#m7]kill        [B]                [F#m7]                              [B]

|[F#m7]       |[B]      |[F#m7]   [F#m7]/[E] |[B/D#]   [E] [B]   [F#m] [Fm7]-5|

[G/C]                  [D/E]    [E7]-9+5
    My love will not wait

        [Ebmaj9]          [Ebmaj7]-5     [F/G]  [E/F#]
Take me in your arms be fore     its too  late

[F]+5/[G]  [E/F#]  F
Lay    your  sor row        on   my      sadness.

 [Ab7sus4] [Bm7]-5  [A7]+9+5  [E7]-9+5
(Come    and    hold    me

        [F#m](maj9) [F#m7]    [D/E]     [Eb7-9]  [A/D]       [F]/[Eb]
Hold me close     now        stop this   madness

Love be [A/E]silent ( love be [Dm]sil[E]ent )  ohh ohh

        [A/E]              [C#]/[Eb]   [C#]+5/[Eb]
love be still   (love be sti    -ill)

            [E/D]   [C#m7]  [F]+5/[B]   [C#]+5/[G]
Now hush my darl  ing   words   can

[F#m]kill      [B]        Words [E]can [F#m]kill(hush hush[B]   my darlin)

Words [E]can [F#m]kill  (hush hush[B]   my darlin)

Words [E]can [F#m]kill(hush hush [B/D#]  my darlin) [B]

Words [E]can [F#m]kill  (hush hush[B]   my darlin)

repeat and fade

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