Billy Strings - Secrets

Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro]
G A C G

[Verse 1]
G A
It’s something cold like what I stuck around to fight through
C G
And it gets feeling tougher every day
G A
I feel like everybody likes to run their mouth but
C D
Can’t decide on what it is they’re tryin’ to say
D G
There’s nothing wrong with hearing voices
Em D C C#dim
Even when they’re in your dreams
G F C G
And if you’d listen in tomorrow could be better than it seems

[Verse 2]
G A
I used to think I couldn’t even count my blessings
C G
But now I know they’re few and far between
G A
And when I look at my reflection in the mirror
C D
I can see some man I’ve never even seen
D G
The wasted life I left behind me
Em D C C#dim
Was just a war I couldn’t win
G F C G
I’m the devil’s guest of honor that’s the best it’s ever been

[Chorus]
C G
Little said is soonest mended
Em D C
Without a wing a word could fly a 1.000 miles
Am Em
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
F D G
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

[Instrumental]
G A C G
G A C D
D G Em D C C#dim
G F C G

[Verse 3]
G A
I know a man whose pain is heavy like an anchor
C G
And it drags him to the bottom of the sea
G A
His cloudy eyes are often lost behind a daydream
C D
Or frozen in some broken memory
D G
But I’ve never heard him speak about what happened
Em D C C#dim
He’ll never say what laid him low
G F C G
There are secrets that we carry that are ours to bare alone

[Verse 4]
G A
You said a love that’s kept in secret dies in darkness
C G
And a soul needs to confess to be set free
G A
So I’m lifting back the cover of my heart, dear
C D
And hoping that you’ll do the same for me
D G
It’s not too pretty, but it’s open
Em D C C#dim
It’s the only way I know to tell you true
G F C G
I’d walk the world alone before I’d ever walk away from you

[Chorus]
C G
Little said is soonest mended
Em D C
Without a wing a word could fly a 1.000 miles
Am Em
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
F D G
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

[Instrumental]
G A C G
G A C D
D G Em D C C#dim
G F C G

[Verse 5]
G A
If you can link your value to your wallet or a key chain
C G
Or a locked wrought iron fence around your yard
G A
Living check to check, a skinny tie around your neck
C D
On stolen time and borrowed numbers off a card
D G
You blink and life is left behind you
Em D C C#dim
There’s no escape, that’s just a fact
G F C G
We’re all a dollar short and every one of us is running out of track

[Chorus]
C G
Little said is soonest mended
Em D C
Without a wing a word could fly a 1.000 miles
Am Em
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
F D G G7
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind
C G
Little said is soonest mended
Em D C
Without a wing a word could fly a 1.000 miles
Am Em
I’d rather be abandoned or alone
F D G
Just so I could lend my secrets to the wind

[Outro]
G A C G