Dirty Little Secret by The All-American Rejects is about secrets and regrets. It was inspired by the reluctance to share personal secrets, and the idea that everyone has something they would prefer to keep to themselves.
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Introduction:
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Let me know that I've done wrong
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When I've known this all along
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E
F#m
I go around a time or two
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Just to waste my time with you
Bm
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Tell me all that you've thrown away
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Find out games you don't wanna play
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You are the only one that needs to know
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I'll keep you my dirty little secret (Dirty little secret)
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Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
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(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
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My dirty little secret Who has to know
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When we live such fragile lives
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It's the best way we survive
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I go around a time or two
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Just to waste my time with you
Bm
F#m
Tell me all that you've thrown away
D
Find out games you don't wanna play
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You are the only one that needs to know
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D
F#m
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I'll keep you my dirty little secret (Dirty little secret)
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D
F#m
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
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(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
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My dirty little secret Who has to know
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The way she feels inside (inside)
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Those thoughts I can't deny (deny)
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These sleeping dogs won't lie (won't lie) And now I'll try to lie
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It’s eating me apart
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Trace this life out
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I'll keep you my dirty little secret(Dirty little secret)
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D
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Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret(Just another regret)
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D
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I'll keep you my dirty little secret(Dirty little secret)
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D
F#m
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret