Key: C
Introduction: Dm7
Am7
A#
C
A#
Dm7
Am7
A#
C
Dm7
C
F
Gm7
F
C
I have a tale to tell.
Dm7
C
F
Gm7
Sometimes it gets so hard
F
C
Dm7
C
to hide it well.
F
Gm7
F
C
I was not ready for the fall
Dm7
C
F
Gm7
C
F
Too blind to see the writing on the wall.
Gm7
F
A man can tell a thousand lies
A#/F
Am7
I've learned my lesson well.
A#
F
Dm7
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
Dm7/E
Dm7
C
A#
C
Dm7
Am7
A#
C
A#
Am7
A#
C
Till then it will burn inside of me.
Dm7
C
F
Gm7
F
C
I know where beauty lives.
Dm7
C
I've seen it once
F
Gm7
F
C
Dm7
C
I know the one she gives.
F
Gm7
F
C
The light that you could never see.
Dm7
C
F
Gm7
F
C
It shines inside you can't take that from me.
Gm7
F
A man can tell a thousand lies
A#/F
Am7
I've learned my lesson well.
A#
F
Dm7
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
Dm7/E
Dm7
C
A#
C
Dm7
Till then it will burn inside of me.
Gm7
F
The truth is never far behind
A#/F
Am7
you kept it hidden well.
A#
F
Dm7
If I live to tell the secret I knew then
Dm7/E
Dm7
C
A#
C
Dm7
Will I ever have the chance again?
C
A#
C
Dm7
If I ran away I'd never have the strength
Am7
to go very far.
A#
How would they hear
C
Am7
A#
the beating of my heart?
Will it go cold (will it go cold?)
C
Dm7
Am7
the secret that I hide - will I grow old?
A#
How would they hear?
C
When will they learn.?
Dm7
C
F
Gm7
F
C
How would they know?
Gm7
F
A man can tell a thousand lies
A#/F
Am7
I've learned my lesson well.
A#
F
Dm7
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned
Dm7/E
Dm7
C
A#
C
Dm7
Till then it will burn inside of me.
Gm7
F
The truth is never far behind
A#/F
Am7
you kept it hidden well.
A#
F
Dm7
If I live to tell the secret I knew then
Dm7/E
Dm7
C
A#
C
Dm7
Will I ever have the chance again?