--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Silent Treatment - The Everly Brothers
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Hoffman/Manning
Recorded in 1960 but left unissued.. First released on the 1977 “New Album”.
Now a bonus track on: “It’s Everly Time / A Date with the Everly Brothers”
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb/D#
For original chords transpose +1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| D | % |
[Verse]
D Bm Em A D Dmaj7
If I called you once I must have called you a thousand times
D6 A D
You’re never home, never, never, never home
D Bm Em A D Dmaj7
Every time I call your mother gives me the same old line
E7 A
It’s plain to see, you’re ducking me
[Chorus]
A
Am I gettin’ the silent treatment
D A
Silent treatment, silent treatment
D A
From you, gee, I hate this cold and silent treatment
D A
Silent treatment, silent treatment
D
From you, oo, say it ain’t true
[Interlude]
| D Bm | Em A | D Bm | Em A |
[Verse]
D Bm Em A Dmaj7
We used to be as close as pages in a book
A D
Baby what’s the score; don’t you love me anymore
D Bm Em A D
We’ve been apart so long I’ve forgotten how you look
E7 A
I miss you so, please let me know
[Chorus] + coda
A
Am I gettin’ the silent treatment
D A
Silent treatment, silent treatment
D A
From you, gee, I hate this cold and silent treatment
D A
Silent treatment, silent treatment
D D
From you, oo, say it ain’t true