Above The Bodega

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[Verse]
                            Bb     
I can keep a secret from my mama, I
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 can keep a secret from my pa
                     Bb            
I keep myself out of trouble, stay 
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one step ahead of the law
                          Dm       
And I can keep it from my neighbors
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 & it ain't like they even care
      Bb                           
But I can't keep a secret from the 
C                    F
guy at the store downstairs


[Verse]
                      Bb       
It's the patronage of strangers 
                              F
that's keeping me from being broke
                            Bb     
But when they hand over the 
paycheck to me, they have to wonder 
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where it goes
                        Dm         
Because I never seem to save it & I
                          F
 sure ain't wasting it on clothes, 
nor soap
       Bb                          
It's a mystery to you but there's a
 C                     F
 guy at the store that knows


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            Dm                   
Because by eleven in the morning, 
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I'll find him selling smokes
         Dm                        
Laughing in another language but we
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 all know a joke's a joke
        Bb                        
Then by seven in the evening, I'm 
C
darkening the door
           Bb                      
Lord, it's so hard trying to keep a
        C                F
 secret in that god damn store


[Verse]
He's there to see me buying 
Bb                                
cigarettes & he's there to see me 
       F
buying beer
                          Bb       
He's never seen me on the internet 
                            F
and five o'clock is nowhere near
                         Dm        
But every day can be the weekend if
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 you can walk a couple floors, take 
that three story tour
         Bb                        
And make sure yr talking money when
    C                           
 yr rocking with the boss at the 
 F
store. I'm rocking with the boss!


[Bridge]
  Dm                           F
I can't keep a secret from the guy 
at the store
  Dm                              
I can't keep a secret, I couldn't 
F
lie anymore
  Bb                           C
I can't keep a secret from the guy 
at the store. Why try like before?


[Verse]
Because you can lie with yr 
  Bb                             
expression or lie with the things 
     F
you say
                          Bb       
But you can't lie with yr dollars, 
nah, babe & yr dollars, they give 
     F
you away
                     Dm        
And the faces on the paper, the 
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faces from the paper glare
             Bb                 
That's why I can't keep a secret 
          C                    F
from the guy at the store downstairs


[Chorus]
                 Dm                
The money in the pocket, there's a 
             F
fire burning there
             Bb                 
That's why I can't keep a secret 
          C                    F
from the guy at the store downstairs
                              Bb   
It's glaringly apparent why I can't
                        C          
 keep a secret from the guy at the 
          F
store downstairs
So why should I attempt it when I 
Bb                           C   
can't keep a secret from the guy 
                 F
at the store downstairs?