Tom: Em
Em D G
There's an old train track, goes back by the old mill
Em D G
Where the boys slip away everyday to the whiskey still
Em D G
They sell shine by the bottle for a five every Saturday
Em D G
Behind Old Red's Tavern but you didn't hear that from me
[Chorus]
C G D
'Cause we all, act like we don't know, where daddy got his money for a fishin' pole
C G D
A Zebco don't come cheap in this day in time
C G D
And we all, turn the other way, 'cause we've got bills that we can't pay
C G D
It's a small town, and we know how it goes
C D
It's just another secret
That everybody knows
Em D G C
[Verse 2]
Em D G
Old man Rainey spends his days at the local store
Em D G
He pays for a little but sometimes leaves with more
Em D G
But he's always got a story 'bout his boys shipped overseas
Em D G
And he hasn't been the same since, so we let him be
[Chorus]
C G D
And we all, act like we don't know, that he ain't got nowhere to go
C G D
'Cause he's too proud to beg for a handout
C G D
And we all, turn the other way, 'cause there ain't that much left to say
C G D
It's a small town, and we know how it goes
C D
It's just another secret
That everybody knows
[Bridge]
Em D C
Well this simple life ain't as easy as it sounds
Em D C
'Cause we've all got things that we don't talk about
[Verse 3]
Em D G
Jenny had a baby last Spring, now she's all alone
Em D G
'Cause old man Rainey's boy, he ain't coming home
Em D G
And now she drinks from a bottle she got behind Old Red's
Em D G
'Cause she can't get the sight of him leaving out of her head
[Chorus]
C G D
And we all, act like we don't know, when she comes into Sunday school
C G D
With a smilin' baby boy in her arms
C G D
And we all, turn the other way, say "bless their hearts" and we just pray
C G D
It's a small town, and we know how it goes
C D
It's just another secret
Em D C
That everybody knows
[Tag]
C D
It's just another secret
