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The Secret O' Life James Taylor Intro: Aadd2 (Bass walk) A B E I Aadd2 Esus4 Aadd2 (Bass walk) A B E The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Aadd2Any fool can Esus4do it Aadd2There ain't nothingEsus4 to itE7 D/E E Dmaj7Nobody knows how weC#m7 got to The top of theF#9 hill F#m6 Daug/F# But siBm7nce we're on our wayBm7/E down E/F# We mBm7ight as well enjoy the Caug/Eride
II Aadd2 Esus4 Aadd2 (Bass walk) A B E The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's oAadd2kay to feel afraiEsus4d But donAadd2't let that stand in yEsus4our waEy D/E E Cause Dmaj7anyone knows that C#m7love is the only F#9road F#m6 Daug/F# And Bm7since we're only here for aBm7/E while E/F# We mBm7ight as well show somCaug/Ee style C’mon, Aadd2give us a smileEsus4
CHORUS
Isn't it a lovDmaj7ely ride C#m7SlidiC#maj9ng down, Gliding dF#7own Bm7Try not to try too hBm7/Eard E/F# It's just a lovely Aadd2ride Esus4
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Now the Aadd2thing about time is thatEsus4 time Aadd2 (Bass walk) A B E Isn't really real It's jAadd2ust your point of Esus4view How does Aadd2it feel for Esus4you E D/E E Dmaj7Einstein said he could C#m7never understand it F#9all F#m6 Daug/F# Bm7Planets spinning through sBm7/Epace E/F# The smiBm7le upon your Caug/Eface Now welcoAadd2me to the human raceEsus4
CHORUS II
Isn’t it a lovDmaj7ely ride Oh, I'll C#m7be slC#maj9iding down, I'll be gliding down Bm7Try not to try tooBm7/E hard E/F# It's just a lovely Aadd2ride Esus4
CHORUS III
Some kind of lovely riDmaj7de Oh yes tonight…I’ll be C#m7slidiC#maj9ng down See me glidiF#7ng down Bm7Try not to try tooBm7/E hard E/F# It's just a lovely Aadd2ride Esus4
Now the secret Aadd2of life is enjoying theEsus4 passage ofAadd2 time A B E