American Secrets Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]When the sun set low in the blood red sky,
[G]yeah[Am][F][G]
[C]Every house called out as we passed them by,
[G]yeah[Am][F][C]
She would grab [Am]my hand as th[C]e trees leaned in,
[F]yeah[G][F][C]
Oh [Am]I'm still racing home from
[C]the place I've [F]been

[Verse 2]
It was [G]all I [Am]knew
I was wait[Em]ing for the big [F]one
And I [G]stayed forever

[Verse 3]
[Am]Oh, [F]oh,[C][G][Am]
[F]Americ[C]an [Am]secrets[F]
[C]I dre[G]amed it was[Am] ours
That [F]we just didn't [C]know yet

[Verse 4]
We would drive out through every lonely street,
[G]yeah[Am][F][C]
Smell the truth in hear hair, felt the world at my feet,
[G]yeah[C][F][G][C]
But we were [Am]just two kids,
[Em]in a[C] beat-[F]up car
car
Oh I'm still [C]driving [Dm]home
from [Am]the things [F]I've done

[Verse 5]
It was [G]all I [Am]knew
I was wait[Em]ing for the big [F]one
And I [G]stayed [Am]forever[F]
[C][G]

[Verse 6]
[Am]
[F]Oh, oh, American [C]secrets[Am][F][C]
I [G]dreamed it was ours
[Am]That we ju[F]st didn't know[C] yet

[Verse 7]
[Am]Oh, [F]oh,[C][G]
[Am]Amer[F]ican secre[C]ts[Am][F][C]
[G]I dreamed it [Am]was ours
That [F]was lost in the [C]regrets

[Interlude 1]
[C][Dm][F]

[Verse 8]
We [F]were caught on the inside
[C]Lef[Dm]t it [F]all on that bedside

[Verse 9]
[Am]Give me one [G]more minute
with those [C]baby [F]blues
We pulled up
[Am][G]

[Verse 10]
Oh, she look[C]s back in
[Dm]ways as I [Am]wait [C]too [F]long
I can pic[C]ture [Dm]her room as
the [C]lights [F]turn on
I'm still dan[C]cing [Dm]alone with the way
[Am]it w[F]as[G][Am][C]
I'm still dan[F]cing alone with [G]the way it
was
[Am][F][C][G][Am][F]

[Verse 11]
[C]
Give me [Am]one [G]more, give m[F]e one [C]more
Give [G]me one [Am]more minute with [F]my baby
[C](Oh, oh)
Give me [Am]one more, give m[F]e one more
[C]Give me [G]one more min[Am]ute with
[F]American [C]secrets
(Oh, oh)
Give [Am]me one more,
give [F]me [C]one more

[Verse 12]
Oh she [C]looks back [Dm]in ways
as she [Am]slips [C]in [F]side
Every hope [C]in [Dm]the world in
those [F]bright [C]blu[F]e eyes
I'm still dan[C]cing [Dm]alone
with the [Am]way i[C]t [F]was

[Interlude 2]
[F]

[Verse 13]
Got my mind made [F]up
And [Bb]I'm coming back for [F]you
I [Dm]can hear your voice calling [Bb]and I'll
be [F]there soon

[Verse 14]
[F]I can see you there
[Bb]In the bedroom by [F]the stairs
[C]Oh,[F] I've always been[Dm]
running [Bb]but I don't know where
[F]

[Verse 15]
And [Bb]oh, [F]and oh[Bb][F][C][F]
It took twenty-five [Dm]years
years [Bb]but I fi[F]nally see

[Verse 16]
[F]
Not the boy I was
[Bb]In the car that you [F]saw [C]leave
[F]But I'm sti[Dm]ll not the man
[Bb]that I thought [F]I'd be

[Verse 17]
[F]
But when those trumpets sound
[Bb]When the good Lord [F]calls my [C]name
Oh, I'm [Dm]gonna be with you,
oh I'm [Bb]gonna be with you
[F]

[Verse 18]
[Bb]
And [F]oh,
And [Bb]oh[F][C]
It took twenty-five [Dm]years
years [Bb]but I finally [F]see
And [Bb]oh, [F]and oh[Bb][F][C]
It took twenty-five [Dm]years
years [Bb]but I finally [F]see
[F]It took twenty-five yea[Dm]rs
years [Bb]but I finally see
It took twenty-five [Dm]years years [Bb]but I think I see