Dm C Bb C 

[Verse 1]
Dm C Bb C 
I have a tale to tell
Dm C Bb C 
Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well
Dm C Bb C 
I was not ready for the fall
Dm C Bb C 
Too blind to see the writing on the wall

[Chorus 1]
Gm F Gm Am 
A man can tell a thousand lies, I've learned my lesson well
Dm Am C 
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned, 'till then
Dm C Bb 
It will burn inside of me

[Verse 2]
Dm C Bb C 
I know where beauty lives
Dm C Bb C 
I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives
Dm C Bb C 
The light that you could never see
Dm C Bb C 
It shines inside, you can't take that from me

[Chorus 1]
Gm F Gm Am 
A man can tell a thousand lies, I've learned my lesson well
Dm Am C 
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned, 'till then
Dm C Bb 
It will burn inside of me

[Chorus 2]
Gm Fm Gm Am
The truth is never far behind, you kept it hidden well
Dm Am C
If I live to tell the secret I knew then, will I
Dm C Bb
Ever have the chance again

[Bridge]
Dm C F Am
If I ran away, I'd never have the strength to go very far
Dm C Bb C
How could they hear the beating of my heart
Dm C F Am
Will it grow cold, the secret that I hide, will I grow old
Dm C Bb C
How would they hear, when would they learn, how would they know

[Chorus 1]
Gm F Gm Am 
A man can tell a thousand lies, I've learned my lesson well
Dm Am C 
Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned, 'till then
Dm C Bb 
It will burn inside of me

[Chorus 2]
Gm Fm Gm Am
The truth is never far behind, you kept it hidden well
Dm Am C
If I live to tell the secret I knew then, will I
Dm C Bb
Ever have the chance again