Secret chords by Josef Salvat

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
C 
 (E minor) How many  (C major) times
Do I have to blow you off
Before you start to realize
I can't face you anymore
D 
I go  (D major) out late at night
B 
C 
 (B major) And don't come  (C major) home until
you've gone
You've left me breakfast on the counter
So relentless in your lies
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
Em 
C 
And it's  (E minor) tearing us apart  (C major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
Em 
C 
And it's  (E minor) tearing us  (C major) apart
D 
B 
 (D major) Thought I could face it  (B major) 
C 
But I  (C major) don't know where to start
Em 
C 
 (E minor) Everyone is  (C major) saying that I
should come clean
Em 
C 
But I  (E minor) just don't  (C major) have the
Em 
C 
Em 
C 
heart  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
C 
To  (E minor) atone for  (C major) one's crimes
Is easier said than done
Em 
If you could  (E minor) read between
C 
 (C major) the lines
Em 
D 
B 
You wouldn't still  (E minor) think we're in  (D major) love  (B major) 
C 
But since we  (C major) are
Em 
The ball is in my court  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
C 
 (C major) But I still find my (E minor) self a few balls  (C major) short
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
Em 
C 
And it's  (E minor) tearing us apart  (C major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
Em 
C 
And  (E minor) it's tearing us  (C major) apart
D 
B 
 (D major) Thought I could face it  (B major) 
C 
But I  (C major) don't know where to start
Em 
 (E minor) Everyone is saying that I
C 
 (C major) should come clean
Em 
C 
But I  (E minor) just don't have the  (C major) heart
Em 
 (E minor) Everyone is saying that I
C 
 (C major) should come clean
Em 
C 
But I  (E minor) just don't have the  (C major) heart
Em 
C 
D 
B 
C 
Am 
B 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B major)  (C major)  (A minor)  (B major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
C 
 (C major) In a perfect world
B 
 (B major) I would have control
Em 
Am 
It's not that I don't care  (E minor)  (A minor) 
Em 
C 
D 
I  (E minor) just can't say no  (C major)  (D major) 
B 
Em 
 (B major) No, I can't say  (E minor) no
Ooh can't say no
C 
D 
B 
Em 
No,  (C major)  (D major)  (B major) I can't say  (E minor) no
C 
D 
B 
Em 
C 
D 
B 
 (C major)  (D major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
D 
B 
And it's  (D major) tearing us apart  (B major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
D 
B 
And it's  (D major) tearing us apart  (B major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
D 
B 
And  (D major) it's tearing us apart  (B major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) I've got a secret  (C major) 
D 
B 
Em 
And it's  (D major) tearing us apart  (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
D 
B 
Em 
No, I  (C major) can't  (D major)  (B major)  (E minor) say no
C 
D 
 (C major) Ooh can't  (D major) say no
B 
Em 
Mhmm no I can't  (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
D 
Bm 
Em 
say no  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
C 
D 
Mhmm  (C major) mhmm  (D major) mhmm
Bm 
B 
 (B minor)  (B major) 