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Tuning: Half-Step Down [E♭‐A♭‐D♭‐G♭‐B♭‐E♭] if you want to match the original recording
D E Bm
D E F#m E
D E Bm
D E F#m
BmI woke up Das I lay F#mthere, bleeding slow
BmThere was no Dway to make F#mall this blow Eover so
BmI started Dwriting the F#mending, I said too much
BmAnd you just Dkept on pretendF#ming for Eboth of us
DI could never Espeak in a Bmway
What you wanted to Dhear, I Ecouldn't F#mconvey
EWe were just Dsinking too Efast to Bmsay
The two of us Dwhispering Ehope awaF#my
BmAll the Ddays that I've F#mcounted, you'll never know
BmAll that I Dpromised you dF#moubted, I Etold you so
BmForget the Dwords that were spoF#mken and thoughts erased
BmLet's burn the Dpath that was F#mchosen witEhout a trace
DI could never Espeak in a Bmway
What you wanted to Dhear, I Ecouldn't F#mconvey
EWe were just Dsinking too Efast to Bmsay
The two of us Dwhispering Ehope awaF#my
Bm E
Bm E
D E Bm
D E F#m E
DI could never Espeak in a Bmway
What you wanted to Dhear, I Ecouldn't F#mconvey
EWe were just Dsinking too Efast to Bmsay
The two of us Dwhispering Ehope awaF#myE  
D E Bm
D E F#m E
D E Bm
D E F#m

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Secret

by The Birthday Massacre

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F#m

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Tuning: Half-Step Down [E♭‐A♭‐D♭‐G♭‐B♭‐E♭] if you want to match the original recording

D E Bm

D E F#m E

D E Bm

D E F#m

Bm D F#m

I woke up as I lay there, bleeding slow

Bm D F#m E

There was no way to make all this blow over so

Bm D F#m

I started writing the ending, I said too much

Bm D F#m E

And you just kept on pretending for both of us

D E Bm

I could never speak in a way

D E F#m

What you wanted to hear, I couldn't convey

E D E Bm

We were just sinking too fast to say

D E F#m

The two of us whispering hope away

Bm D F#m

All the days that I've counted, you'll never know

Bm D F#m E

All that I promised you doubted, I told you so

Bm D F#m

Forget the words that were spoken and thoughts erased

Bm D F#m E

Let's burn the path that was chosen without a trace

D E Bm

I could never speak in a way

D E F#m

What you wanted to hear, I couldn't convey

E D E Bm

We were just sinking too fast to say

D E F#m

The two of us whispering hope away

Bm E

D E Bm

D E F#m E

D E Bm

I could never speak in a way

D E F#m

What you wanted to hear, I couldn't convey

E D E Bm

We were just sinking too fast to say

D E F#m E

The two of us whispering hope away

D E Bm

D E F#m E

D E Bm

D E F#m

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