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Secret O' Life - James Taylor
Intro:
    Aadd9(Bass walk)  A   B  E  
I
                      Aadd9                Esus4      Aadd9(Bass walk)  A   B  E  
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Aadd9Any fool can Esus4do it
Aadd9There ain't nothing Esus4to itE7  D/E  E  
Dmaj7Nobody knows how we C#m7got to
The top of the F#9hillF#m6  Daug/F#  
But siBm7nce we're on our way Bm7/EdownE/F#  
We mBm7ight as well enjoy the Caug/Eride
II
                        Aadd9          Esus4      Aadd9(Bass walk)  A   B  E  
The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's oAadd9kay to feel afraiEsus4d
But donAadd9't let that stand in yEsus4our waEyD/E  E  
Cause Dmaj7anyone knows that C#m7love is the only F#9roadF#m6  Daug/F#  
And Bm7since we're only here for a Bm7/EwhileE/F#  
We mBm7ight as well show somCaug/Ee style
C’mon, Aadd9give us a smileEsus4  
CHORUS
Isn't it a lovDmaj7ely ride
C#m7SlidiC#maj9ng down, Gliding dF#7own
Bm7Try not to try too hBm7/EardE/F#  
It's just a lovely Aadd9rideEsus4  
III
Now the Aadd9thing about time is that Esus4time
                 Aadd9(Bass walk)  A   B  E  
Isn't really real
It's jAadd9ust your point of Esus4view
How does Aadd9it feel for Esus4youE  D/E  E  
Dmaj7Einstein said he could C#m7never
understand it F#9allF#m6  Daug/F#  
Bm7Planets spinning through sBm7/EpaceE/F#  
The smiBm7le upon your Caug/Eface
Now welcoAadd9me to the human raceEsus4  
CHORUS II
Isn’t it a lovDmaj7ely ride
Oh, I'll C#m7be slC#maj9iding down, I'll be gliding down
Bm7Try not to try too Bm7/EhardE/F#  
It's just a lovely Aadd9rideEsus4  
CHORUS III
Some kind of lovely riDmaj7de
Oh yes tonight…I’ll be C#m7slidiC#maj9ng down
See me glidiF#7ng down
Bm7Try not to try too Bm7/EhardE/F#  
It's just a lovely Aadd9rideEsus4  
Now the secret Aadd9of life is enjoying the Esus4passage of Aadd9timeA  B  E  

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Secret Of Life

by James Taylor

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Aadd9

Esus4

D/E

Dmaj7

C#m7

F#9

F#m6

Daug/F#

Bm7

Bm7/E

E/F#

Caug/E

C#maj9

F#7

Secret O' Life - James Taylor

Intro:

Aadd9 A B E

(Bass walk)

Aadd9 Esus4 Aadd9 A B E

(Bass walk)

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time

Aadd9 Esus4

Any fool can do it

Aadd9 Esus4 E7 D/E E

There ain't nothing to it

Dmaj7 C#m7

Nobody knows how we got to

F#9 F#m6 Daug/F#

The top of the hill

Bm7 Bm7/E E/F#

But since we're on our way down

Bm7 Caug/E

We might as well enjoy the ride

Aadd9 Esus4 Aadd9 A B E

(Bass walk)

The secret of love is in opening up your heart

Aadd9 Esus4

It's okay to feel afraid

Aadd9 Esus4 E D/E E

But don't let that stand in your way

Dmaj7 C#m7 F#9 F#m6 Daug/F#

Cause anyone knows that love is the only road

Bm7 Bm7/E E/F#

And since we're only here for a while

Bm7 Caug/E

We might as well show some style

Aadd9 Esus4

C’mon, give us a smile

CHORUS

Dmaj7

Isn't it a lovely ride

C#m7 C#maj9 F#7

Sliding down, Gliding down

Bm7 Bm7/E E/F#

Try not to try too hard

Aadd9 Esus4

It's just a lovely ride

III

Aadd9 Esus4

Now the thing about time is that time

Aadd9 A B E

(Bass walk)

Isn't really real

Aadd9 Esus4

It's just your point of view

Aadd9 Esus4 E D/E E

How does it feel for you

Dmaj7 C#m7

Einstein said he could never

F#9 F#m6 Daug/F#

understand it all

Bm7 Bm7/E E/F#

Planets spinning through space

Bm7 Caug/E

The smile upon your face

Aadd9 Esus4

Now welcome to the human race

CHORUS II

Dmaj7

Isn’t it a lovely ride

C#m7 C#maj9

Oh, I'll be sliding down, I'll be gliding down

Bm7 Bm7/E E/F#

Try not to try too hard

Aadd9 Esus4

It's just a lovely ride

CHORUS III

Dmaj7

Some kind of lovely ride

C#m7 C#maj9

Oh yes tonight…I’ll be sliding down

F#7

See me gliding down

Bm7 Bm7/E E/F#

Try not to try too hard

Aadd9 Esus4

It's just a lovely ride

Aadd9 Esus4 Aadd9 A B E

Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time

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