She Moves In Secret Ways Tab

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                             SHE MOVES IN SECRET WAYS - POLLY PAULUSMA
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Tabbed by: AJR
Email: adam_rbts@yahoo.com
 
Notes: This tab is based on the live acoustic version. I'm sure it's not perfect
but it'll get you close enough.
I havent paid any attention to the rythym here, you'll have to grab it from the song itself.
I'm guessing if you've come this far you probably know the song pretty well anyhow.. :)
 
Tuning: C# A E F A E (Low to High)
 
CAPO at 5th fret
 
***Intro***
 
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***VERSE 1***
 
   On a river of sighs  A boat came towards me
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   A flimsy disguise  Covered the devil
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   Who sang from a songsheet Of how modern life's a...
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   ...bore
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   In his choirboys' attire  He sang me the life to which
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   Good girls aspire  Where men in white coats
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   Give us pills to tame the horses that stamp on our floors
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   And pills for when the horses have bolted out the door
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***CHORUS****
 
   It's hard to explain I don't like hanging on to reins in my hands all the time
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   I'm running out of trails Worn paths don't lead to where I need to get to every time
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   She moves in secret ways And there is grace and poised perfection when she takes the helm
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   She moves        in        sec-------ret....
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   ...ways
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***MIDDLE***
 
   Days gone by I thought I had it all       Filed in little boxes
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   Now I find I never had control       I just took little chances...
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***VERSE 2***
 
Now the house is on fire
The rats are all screaming
The horses are tired
They think they're still dreaming
Cause the barn doors are open
The crossbar is hanging in the wind
 
So the devils sings higher
"Oh just look at what you're doing!"
Yeah, he's joined by a choir
Of doctors and statesmen Who plan their sorry lives
To the last day's end
But look at all the happy things that happen by accident
 
***VERSE 3***
 
Now the devil's downstream
He's singing to someone
My horses are free.
They answer to no-one
Unbridled, untethered
They roam on the unmarked land
 
In my house there's a calm
A peace has descended
No need for alarm
It's as she intended
I'm through with trying to fight the things I don't understand
Accept my sweet surrender to the greater, better plan
 
 
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