Secret Keepers chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
G 
Bm 
Give it up or go down with it
A 
D 
G 
A secret's a boat tossed on a wave
D 
G 
All these years you've
Bm 
been living with it
A 
D 
And it's fucked you up
G 
every which way

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Verse 2

Secret keepers are lost and found

Verse 3
Em 
Bm 
Spare a little kindness when
A 
D 
you meet someone
G 
Bm 
You never really know what
A 
G 
they're carrying around
A 
Every day is a battle

Verse 4

that's never won

It's not safe

Verse 5
G 
Bm 
to keep it hidden
A 
D 
G 
and it's not safe to let it out
D 
G 
Bm 
You just learn to do its bidding
A 
D 
as it blows you up from
G 
the inside out
Em 
Secret keep

Verse 6

ers are lost and found

Spare a little kind

Verse 7

ness when

you meet someone

You never really know

Verse 8

what

they're carrying around

Verse 9

Is it a live grenade or a loaded gun

Out of sight, out of questions

With your truest friend depression

F#m

whispering me too true confession

Verse 10

No relief and no redemption

Interlude 1

Verse 11
G 
A 
Secret keepers we're all the same
Em 
Bm 
Looking for some kindness
A 
D 
when we meet someone
G 
Bm 
We get years of practice
A 
G 
camouflaging shame
A 
But the armor we're
D 
G 
wearing weighs a ton
Em 
Bm 
A 
Secret keepers are lost and found
Em 
Bm 
A 
Spare a little kindness when
D 
you meet someone
G 
Bm 
A 
You never really know what they're carrying
G 
around