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{title: Enjoy the silence} {artist: Depeche Mode} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 112} {key: Cm} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Cm] words like violence [Ebm] break the silence [Ab] come crashing in, into my little world [Cm] painful to me [Ebm] pierce right through me [Ab] can't you understand, oh my little girl? {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [Fm] all I ever wanted, [Ab] all I ever needed is [Cm]here in my [Bb]arms [Fm] words are very [Ab]unnecessary, [Cm]they can only do [B]harm [B] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Cm] vows are spoken [Ebm] to be broken [Ab] feelings are intense, words are trivial [Cm] pleasures remain, [Ebm] so does the pain [Ab] words are meaningless and forgettable {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Link} [Fm] [Ab] [Cm] [Bb] [Fm] [Ab] [Cm] [Bb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] [Cm] [Eb] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus x2} {start_of_part: Outtro, repeat} [Fm] [Ab] [Cm] [Bb] [Fm] [Ab] [Cm] [Bb] {end_of_part}