Secret Keepers
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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G Bm AG Bm AD G Bm A D GD G Bm A D G [Verse 1]D G Bm Give it up or go down with itA D G A secret's a boat tossed on a waveD G All these years you've beenBm living with itA D G And it's fucked you up every which way [Chorus]Em Bm A Secret keepers are lost and foundEm Bm Spare a little kindness when youA D meet someoneG Bm You never really know what they'reA G carrying aroundA D G Every day is a battle that's never won [Verse 2]D G Bm It's not safe to keep it hiddenContinues after the adA D G And it's not safe to let it outD G Bm You just learn to do its biddingA D G As it blows you up from the inside out [Chorus]Em Bm A Secret keepers are lost and foundEm Bm Spare a little kindness when youA D meet someoneG Bm You never really know what they'reA G carrying aroundA D G Is it a live grenade or a loaded gun? [Bridge]E G Out of sight, out of questionsD With your truest friend: depressionF#m Whispering "me too," true confessionA No relief and no redemption [Solo]D G Bm A D GD G Bm A D G [Chorus]Em Bm A Secret keepers, we're all the sameEm Bm Looking for some kindness when weA D meet someoneG Bm We get years of practiceA G camouflaging shameA D G But the armor we're wearing weighs a ton [Chorus]Em Bm A Secret keepers are lost and foundEm Bm Spare a little kindness when youA D meet someoneG Bm You never really know what they'reA G carrying around [Solo]D G Bm A D GD G Bm A D G