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The Reivers
"Secretariat" (from "Saturday")
John Croslin
Transcribed by Rafael Rodriguez


Chords used:

     E A D G B E

C#m9 X 0 2 4 4 0

A    X 0 2 2 2 0

B    2 2 4 4 4 2

C#m  4 4 6 6 5 4

E    0 2 2 1 0 0  (play muted  |xxxx\ |xxxx\ | )


Intro:

(Kim)  C#m9  A  C#m9  A  C#m9  A  C#m9  A
(John) A        B        C#       A


E
You ruined me for anybody else

E
Your living daylights precious self

     A
Your number being hard to find

E
Will be forever on my mind


E
The cool we danced and dreamed and wished

E
I breathe it in my muscles twitch

    A
The truth is all around us now

E
My secretariat



Chorus:
           A
But when I see you

       B
When I see you

       C#m
When I see you

C#m9     A    C#m9     A
Secretariat   Secretariat

  A
I know that sometimes love is blind

C#m9     A    C#m9     A
Secretariat   Secretariat



E
Your name is just unnamable

E
Your speed is unattainable

   A
We never stop to think

E
One fertile moment on the brink


(Chorus)

(Intro)


E
You know I know that love hit hard

E
Now you know I wasn't playin'

     A
Your bare feet in the stirrups

     E
Will be forever on my mind.