D       XX0232
G       320003
Em      022000
A       X02220
Bm      X24432
F#m     244322


Capo 3


INTRO:(Single struck chords and end-of line flourishes)
D                                  G                      D Em
Something's happenin' but I'm just gonna turn a blind eye,
   D                                                     Em A
If I see no evil, I ask no questions and I hear no lies.


VERSE 1:
Bm                           F#m      Bm
Can't communicate with minds that are small,
                           Em             Bm   Em D
With some people it's like talkin' to the wall.
      Em         F#m   Em
And a fellow who walks away,
D               Em      F#m Em D
Lives to battle another day.
D                   G
And I've really got no appetite,
F#m          Em          A D
For a fight, not tonight.

     
BRIDGE 1:
D               Em    F#m  Em
All I want is a quiet life,
         D     Em    F#m  Em
Anything for a quiet life.
D              G
No ambition to rock the boat,
F#m             Em   A
When I can just stay afloat.


CHORUS 1:
D          Bm     Em         A
Be content with a quiet life,
D     Bm        Em         A
All I want is a quiet life.
D        Bm    Em         A
Anything for a quiet life.


BRIDGE 2:(Slow Arpeggios, Piano over)
D             D            D
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil at all.
D
Confidentially, between these walls,
D                    F#m Bm
I'm on top of it all.


VERSE 2:
Bm                            F#m             Bm
I'd rather have 'em think I'm deaf, dumb, and blind,
                        Em       Bm      Em     D
Than aggravation, every time I - speak - my - mind,
Bm                      F#m        Em
Keep stumm and have a quiet life.
D        Em    F#m        Em        
Anything for a quiet life.


INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE 1:(Picked Banjo, over)
|D  Em  |F#m  G  |


BRIDGE 3:
D              G
I could easily blow my top.
F#m
Start a row,
Em            A 
But why start now?


CHORUS 2:
D         Bm      Em         A
Give your daddy a quiet life,
D         Bm      Em         A      
Give your momma a quiet life.
D        Bm    Em         A
Anything for a quiet life.


INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE 2:
|D  G   |F#m  Em A  |(Trumpets, over)
|D  Bm  |Em A       |(Clarinet, over)
|D  Bm  |Em A       |
|D  Bm  |Em A       |
|D  G   |F#m  Em A  |(Trumpets, over)


CHORUS 3:(Forte Trumpets, over - to fade at last line)
D         Bm      Em         A
Give your daddy a quiet life,
D         Bm      Em         A 
Give your momma a quiet life.
D        Bm    Em         A
Anything for a quiet life.


CODA & BRIDGE 4:
D                                
Confidentially, between these walls,(Fade)
(D                    F#m Bm)
I'm on top of it all. (Fade out)