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[Verse]
                            Bb                        
I can keep a secret from my mama, I can keep a secret 
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from my pa
                     Bb                              
I keep myself out of trouble, stay one step ahead of 
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the law
                          Dm                           
And I can keep it from my neighbors & it ain't like
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 they even care
      Bb                           C                
But I can't keep a secret from the guy at the store 
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downstairs

[Verse]
                      Bb                               
It's the patronage of strangers that's keeping me from 
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being broke
                            Bb                        
But when they hand over the paycheck to me, they have 
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to wonder where it goes
                        Dm                         
Because I never seem to save it & I sure ain't 
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wasting it on clothes, nor soap
       Bb                           C                
It's a mystery to you but there's a guy at the store 
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that knows

[Chorus]
            Dm                         F
Because by eleven in the morning, I'll find him selling
 smokes
         Dm                             F
Laughing in another language but we all know a joke's a
 joke
        Bb                        C
Then by seven in the evening, I'm darkening the door
           Bb                              C           
Lord, it's so hard trying to keep a secret in that god 
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damn store

[Verse]
                            Bb                         
He's there to see me buying cigarettes & he's there
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 to see me buying beer
                          Bb                           
He's never seen me on the internet and five o'clock is 
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nowhere near
                         Dm                        
But every day can be the weekend if you can walk a 
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couple floors, take that three story tour
         Bb                            C               
And make sure yr talking money when yr rocking with the
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 boss at the store. I'm rocking with the boss!

[Bridge]
  Dm                           F
I can't keep a secret from the guy at the store
  Dm                              F
I can't keep a secret, I couldn't lie anymore
  Bb                           C
I can't keep a secret from the guy at the store. Why 
try like before?

[Verse]
                              Bb                       
Because you can lie with yr expression or lie with the 
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things you say
                          Bb                          
But you can't lie with yr dollars, nah, babe & yr 
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dollars, they give you away
                     Dm                              
And the faces on the paper, the faces from the paper 
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glare
             Bb                           C          
That's why I can't keep a secret from the guy at the 
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store downstairs

[Chorus]
                 Dm                             F
The money in the pocket, there's a fire burning there
             Bb                           C          
That's why I can't keep a secret from the guy at the 
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store downstairs
                              Bb                       
It's glaringly apparent why I can't keep a secret from 
    C                    F
the guy at the store downstairs
                                  Bb                  
So why should I attempt it when I can't keep a secret 
         C                    F
from the guy at the store downstairs?