Intro [Band]
| D | D | D | D |
Verse 1
| D | D |Faking the dream, the true American grit | G | D |I'll admit, I’m a bit of a mess | G | D |'Cause I'm fragile and tired, wounded and weak | Em7 | A |And my words are a useless defense | D | D |You put your palm out and spit like a proud idiot | G | D |Gave a speech and then charmed me to bed | G | D |If only I could exist without it leaving my lips | Em7 | A |And my touch was enough to confess
Hook
| G | D A | G | D A | All the ways I say it in a secret language| G | D A | Em7 | G | Did you hear what my words couldn’t tell? I keep it all to myself
Verse 2
| D | D |Well, the anthem is dead so I send you a song | G | D |To believe with a hand on my chеst | G | D |But I don't think it's funny, no honey I'm truly sincere| Em7 | A | and I'm trying my bеst| D | D |Arms over armor, you're going in deep | G | D |Fell asleep with our bodies undressed | G | D |It's so hard to let go, it's so hard to let in | Em7 | A |But you seduce what I always suppress
Hook 2
| G | D A | G | D A | All the ways I say it in a secret language| G | D A | Em7 | G | Did you hear what my words couldn’t tell? | G | D A | G | D A | I love you, I say it in a secret language| G | D A/C# | Em7 | G | Did you hear what my words couldn’t tell? I keep it all to myself
Instruments
| G | Em7 | [x3]| Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
Hook 2
| G | D A | G | D A | All the ways I say it in a secret language| G | D A | Em7 | G | Did you hear what my words couldn’t tell? | G | D A | G | D A | I love you, I say it in a secret language| G | D A/C# | Em7 | G | Did you hear what my words couldn’t tell? I keep it all to myself
