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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
Bm
Always standing in your wake
D
With a secret of my own
Bm
Too afraid to share with you
Dm
So I come home alone
F G
Each night and draw the curtain, shut the
blind
F D#
How will you trust me with your secret when
I donโt trust you with -
Chorus 1:
D Am
If you knew
G D
Knew how Iโve been watching you
D Am
If you knew
G D
Knew how I see everything you do
D Am
If you knew
F Em
Could I still touch you?
D Am C D
Would you let me comfort you if you knew?
Verse 2:
Bm7 Bm
The room is hot, the air is thick
D
And I can barely breathe tonight
Bm
Open the window, trim the wick
Dm
Oh, this cannot be right
F G
For it seems to me a secretโs just a lie
F D#
And Lizzie, no-one knows the emptiness of
lying more than -
Chorus 2:
D Am
If you knew
G D
Knew that every night I dream of you
D Am
If you knew
G D
Knew that in my dream I come to you
D Am
If you knew
F Em
Would you still touch me?
D Am C D
Would you tell me everything if you knew?
Verse 3:
Bm
Together weโll be safe
The truth will make it so
Em
Just like my dream each night
G
For in my dream I know
E
That you are in my arms and everything is
Em
fine
G E
Oh, Lizzie, take me to your hiding-place and
Em
Iโll take you to -
Chorus 3:
D Em
If you knew
C D
Knew that in my heart I always knew
D Em
If you knew
C D
Knew that every word I spoke was true
Am
If you knew
F Em
I could protect you
D Am C
Would you let me hold you close if you knew?
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Last Updated: April 16, 2020