The Secret's In The Telling

Dashboard Confessional

Tom: C#


      C#    Bb   F#   Ab   F
E|-x----x----x----x----x------------|
B|-x----x----x----x----x------------|
G|-6----x----x----x----x------------|
D|-6----8----4----6----3------------|
A|-4----8----4----6----3------------|
E|-x----6----2----4----1------------|


(intro 2x) C# Bb F# F# Ab F# F# Ab

(verse 1)
Ab
The signal is subtle
F            F#
We pass just close enough to touch
Ab
No questions, no answers
F          F#
We know by now to say enough
Ab
With only simple words
F         F#
With only subtle turns
Ab
The things we feel alone for one another
           Bb
There is a secret that we keep
        C#
I won't sleep if you won't sleep
          F#               Bb                   Ab
Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
           F#       Bb      C#
We are compelled to do what we must do
          F#                Bb              Ab
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden
   F               F#
So I won't sleep if you won't sleep tonight

(verse 2)
Ab
Our act of defiance
F            F#
We keep this secret in our blood
Ab
No paper or letters
F            F#
We pass just close enough to touch
Ab
We love in secret names
F           F#
We hide within our veins
Ab
The things that keep us bound to one another
           Bb
There is a secret that we keep
        C#
I won't sleep if you won't sleep
          F#               Bb                   Ab
Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
           F#       Bb      C#
We are compelled to do what we must do
          F#                Bb              Ab
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

(bridge)
          Bb
Until the last resilient hope
           F#
Has frozen deep inside my bones
         C#
And this broken fate has claimed me
       F#
And my memories for its own
             Bb
Your name is pounding through my veins
          F#
Can't you hear how it is sung?
          C#
And I can taste you in my mouth
           Ab
Before the words escape my lungs
          C#
And I'll whisper only once...
           Bb
There is a secret that we keep
        C#
I won't sleep if you won't sleep
          F#               Bb                   Ab
Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
           F#       Bb      C#
We are compelled to do what we must do
          F#                Bb              Ab
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

(ending)
                F#     Bb    C#
'Cause you will be somebody's girl
             F#        Bb    Ab
And you will keep each other warm
      F#         C#      Bb   Ab   F#
But tonight I am feeling cold