Em               D                    G
There's an old train track, goes back by the old mill
          Em             D                       G
Where the boys slip away everyday to the whiskey still
          Em                  D                G
They sell shine by the bottle for a five every Saturday
       Em               D                             G
Behind Old Red's Tavern but you didn't hear that from me

[Chorus]
             C     G                         D
'Cause we all, act like we don't know, where daddy got his money for a fishin' pole
  C                G                    D
A Zebco don't come cheap in this day in time
            C    G                     D
And we all, turn the other way, 'cause we've got bills that we can't pay
       C           G                  D
It's a small town, and we know how it goes
                  C    D
It's just another secret

That everybody knows

Em D G C

[Verse 2]
Em             D                            G
Old man Rainey spends his days at the local store
   Em                D                         G
He pays for a little but sometimes leaves with more
         Em                 D                          G
But he's always got a story 'bout his boys shipped overseas
       Em                   D                    G
And he hasn't been the same since, so we let him be

[Chorus]
          C     G                        D
And we all, act like we don't know, that he ain't got nowhere to go
       C                 G         D
'Cause he's too proud to beg for a handout
          C      G                     D
And we all, turn the other way, 'cause there ain't that much left to say
       C           G                  D
It's a small town, and we know how it goes
                  C    D
It's just another secret

That everybody knows

[Bridge]
          Em                   D          C
Well this simple life ain't as easy as it sounds
             Em                  D             C
'Cause we've all got things that we don't talk about

[Verse 3]
Em               D                          G
Jenny had a baby last Spring, now she's all alone
       Em               D                    G
'Cause old man Rainey's boy, he ain't coming home
            Em                   D                  G
And now she drinks from a bottle she got behind Old Red's
           Em                  D                         G
'Cause she can't get the sight of him leaving out of her head

[Chorus]
          C     G                        D
And we all, act like we don't know, when she comes into Sunday school
       C            G          D
With a smilin' baby boy in her arms
          C      G                   D
And we all, turn the other way, say "bless their hearts" and we just pray
       C           G                  D
It's a small town, and we know how it goes
                  C    D
It's just another secret
               Em      D      C
That everybody knows

[Tag]
                  C    D
It's just another secret