The Secret chords by Andy Gullahorn

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Back  (D major) when Charlie was a boy
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Somebody  (B minor) handed a secret  (D major) down
With a long list of unwritten rules
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So  (A major) he  (B minor) died before he let  (D major) it out
He carried it like a silver dollar
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In  (B minor) the pocket of  (G major) his  (D major) heart
He cried out for some room to breathe
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But  (A major)  (D major) his pride  (B minor) just kept it in  (D major) the dark
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And the dark (A major) ness was like a rainfall
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to a flower  (G major) that needed it to  (D major) grow
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But the root (A major) s kept digging deeper
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until they  (G major) wrapped their wretched arms
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around his  (B minor) soul  (E major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
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That  (G major) boy  (D major) soon became a man
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We thought  (B minor) he was too
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strong  (G major) to  (D major) lose
Surrounded by a wife and friends
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Who knew everything  (B minor) about him
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ex (G major) cept the  (D major) truth
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Cause the truth  (A major) was like a
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double -edged sword  (G major) 
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In someone else's  (D major) hands
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He knew  (A major) his friends would listen
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But he nev (G major) er thought that they could
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 (D major) un derstand  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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The way the secret  (D major) can
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In  (A major) the  (B minor) middle of the side (A major) walk
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Is a single  (G major) blade  (D major) of grass
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It  (A major) kept pushing  (B minor) up from un (F sharp major) der
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Till it fi (A major) nally made a crack (E major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (G major) When that  (D major) crack became a canyon wide
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It was  (B minor) past the point of  (D major) covering  (A major)  (D major) 
So with no familiar place to hide,
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Charlie  (B minor) set the  (G major) secret free  (D major) 
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And his  (A major) freedom was a hammer
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to a dark  (G major) room wall that let
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the light  (D major) shine through
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Cause he  (A major) knew carrying secrets
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to the grave  (G major) was impossible
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 (D major) to do  (B minor)  (E major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (G major) Secrets carry  (D major) you  (A major)  (D major) 
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