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

F#m             E    A
Painfully I was most aware how
E
Very unfair it was
F#m
Leavin' her suddenly just like that
      E
Goin' God knows where I was
          A
Chasing a rainbow
         A
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
              E
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
                 E
How much she did love me
          F#m  E
She set me free
             A
Her last few dollars
              A
Put gas in my car
                     E
She said "Promise to write me
             D F#m E
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
          A
Love is a secret
              A
That everyone knows
                E
Try too hard to hide it
              F#m  E
It never will show
         D  A
Isn't it so

[Solo]
A E F#m E

            A
How did she know?