Quietly Making Noise
Written by Jimmy Buffett & Michael Tschudin
Recorded by Jimmy Buffett

(No Capo)

Intro.:  | Percussion x 8 bars |
         |(Dm) |(A/C#) |(F/C) |(G/B) | x 4 times

(Dm)Oscar Wilde (A/C#)died in bed, (F/C) several floors a-(G/B)bove my head
(Dm) Living well be-(A/C#)yond his means (F/C) in that crazy (G/B)Paris scene
(Dm) Rain falls down in (A/C#)sheets so clear, (F/C) and no one ever (G/B)calls me here
(Dm) Traveling by my-(A/C#)self these days, I'm (F/C)into jazz and (G/B)felt berets

(A)Far from the that old eastern (Dm)shore
(A)Searching for strange meta-(D)phors

Solo:  / / / |(D) |(G) |(A) |(D) |(D) |(G) |(A) |

(D)I don't want (D/F#) to (G)be another (A)victim of (D)fashion (D/F#) (G) (A)
No, (D)I don't want (D/F#) to see my (G)name in the (A)paper each day (D) (D/F#) (G) (A)
Hey, you can (D)leave that to the (D/F#)young Turks, (G) they're more (A)handsome and (D)dashing (D/F#) (G) (A)
(D)Posing for (D/F#)papa-(G)razzi's down La-(A)guna way

Solo:  |(D) |(D) |(G) |(A)

Now (D)down in the (D/F#)metro, I (G) feel the world (A)start to (D)multiply (D/F#) (G) (A)
Bastille, (D)rubber (D/F#)wheels, spiked heels, (G) subter-(A)ranean (D)lullaby (D/F#) (G) (A)
Met an (D)African (D/F#)prancer, a (G)hemisphere (A)dancer, spied the (D)ghost of (D/F#)Brassens (G) (A)
We (D)smiled at the (D/F#)secret we (G)shared, and I (A)hid it like (D)contraband ---

Quietly (G)making noise, (Quietly making noise) (D)starts with kindergarten toys
(G)Not too soft not too loud, (D)just enough to draw a crowd
(A)Quietly, quietly, quietly making (D)noise

Solo:  / / / |(D) |(G) |(A) |(D) |(D) |(G) |(A) |

(D)Followed the (D/F#)beat, hey, I (G)found my-(A)self in this (D)patois (D/F#)spot (G) (A)
(D)Outside a (D/F#)blizzard was (G)blowing but (A)inside the (D)joint was (D/F#)hot (G) (A)
Zouk songs, (D) rubber thongs, (D/F#) sing-a-longs, (G) the (A)words flew right (D)by my face (D/F#) (G) (A)
You know (D)rhythm and (D/F#)motions, a (G)blamma jamma (A)potion you can-(D)not erase ---

Quietly (G)making noise, (Quietlt making noise) (D)pissin' off the old killjoys
(G)Glass packs on a hot Mustang, a (D)Telecaster with a twang
(A) Quietly, quietly, quietly making (D)noise, yes

Solo:  |(Dm) |(A/C#) |(F/C) |(G/B) | x 4 times

(D)Singers and (D/F#)writers and (G)poets, have (A)flocked here for (D)centu-(D/F#)ries (G) (A)
The (D)city of (D/F#)light is (G)built upon (A)mountains of (D)memo-(D/F#)ries (G) (A)
Baritone (D)saxophone, (D/F#) monotones, (G) (A)speak of the voice (D) I've (D/F#)heard be-(G)fore (A)
It's a (D)lasting im-(D/F#)pression, a (G)Gypsy ex-(A)pression you (D)cannot ignore ---

We're quietly (G)making noise, (quietly making noise) (D)starts with kindergarten toys
(G)Not too soft, not too loud, (D)just enough to draw a crowd 
(A)Quietly, quietly, quietly making (D)noise

Yeah, we're quietly (G)making noise, (Quietly) making noise, (D)pissin' off the old kill-joys
(G)Not too soft, not too loud, (D)just enough to draw a crowd
We're (A)quietly, quietly, quietly, quietly, quietly, quietly 
Quietly, quietly, quietly making (D)noise, that's right, oh yeah
(G) A (A)whole lot of beautiful noise (D)

(Spoken)
Oh, come on (G) children, play those, play those (A) kindergarten toys (D)
Everybody's a drummer tonight, (G) (A) all right, (D) let it ring now, let it ring (G) (A) (D) -----