Introd: Dm7 Am7 A# C A# (3x)
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 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?