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  Love is a secret 
              A 
That everyone knows 
           E 
Love is a chime that rings 
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When the wind blows 
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Keep yourself honest 
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So it can grow 
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'Cause when you've lost it 
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Your heart turns cold 
             A 
Isn't it so? 
(let ring)     A 
I remember the first girl 
              A 
That I really loved 
           E 
However it hurt her 
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She loved me enough 
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I wanted to wander 
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She knew I would go 
                E 
She shed a tear knowin' 
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That I'd be alone 
          A 
Wasn't it so? 

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Painfully I was most aware how 
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Very unfair it was 
F#m 
Leavin' her suddenly just like that 
      E 
Goin' God knows where I was 
          A 
Chasing a rainbow 
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She understood 
          E 
She was a prophet 
              F#m    E 
She told me I should 
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Follow my heart 
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Like I'd been told 
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Seek out your vision 
               A   E 
Before you get old 
         A 
Isn't it so? 

(solo) A E F#m E 

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Now many years later 

I finally see 
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How much she did love me 
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She set me free 
             A 
Her last few dollars 
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Put gas in my car 
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She said "Promise to write me 
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Wherever you are" 
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From out on the highway 
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I think I wrote twice 
           E 
I always remembered 
             F#m D E 
Her simple advice 
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Love is a secret 
              A 
That everyone knows 
                E 
Try too hard to hide it 
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It never will show 
         D  A 
Isn't it so 

(solo) A E F#m E 

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How did she know?