Mary Chapin Carpenter – Secret Keepers (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] G Bm A G Bm A D G Bm A D G D G Bm A D G [Verse 1]
D               G       Bm
  Give it up or go down with it

  A          D           G
A secret's a boat tossed on a wave

D                             G      Bm
  All these years you've been living with it

         A            D        G
And it's   fucked you up every which way
[Chorus]
Em     Bm          A
Secret keepers are lost and found

Em             Bm                A        D
Spare a little kindness when you meet someone

    G            Bm                A         G
You never really know what they're carrying around

      A        D             G
Every day is a battle that's   never won
[Verse 2]
D                  G       Bm
  It's not safe to keep it hidden

    A        D       G
And it's not safe to let it out

D                   G      Bm
  You just learn to do its bidding

      A           D           G
As it   blows you up from the inside out
[Chorus]
Em     Bm          A
Secret keepers are lost and found

Em             Bm                A        D
Spare a little kindness when you meet someone

    G            Bm                A         G
You never really know what they're carrying around

        A        D         G
Is it a  live grenade or a loaded gun?
[Bridge]
E                      G
  Out of sight, out of questions

                           D
With your truest friend: depression

                             F#m
Whispering "me too," true confession

     A
No relief and no redemption
[Solo] D G Bm A D G D G Bm A D G [Chorus]
Em     Bm             A
Secret keepers, we're all the same

Em               Bm               A        D
Looking for some kindness when we meet someone

       G        Bm       A            G
We get years of practice camouflaging shame

        A           D       G
But the armor we're wearing weighs a ton
[Chorus]
Em     Bm          A
Secret keepers are lost and found

Em             Bm                A        D
Spare a little kindness when you meet someone

    G            Bm                A         G
You never really know what they're carrying around
[Solo] D G Bm A D G D G Bm A D G [Outro] G