Above The Bodega(Chords)

	        
Intro: F 

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


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

            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                F 
Lord, it's so hard trying to keep a secret in that god damn store 



Verse 
                            Bb                                       F 
He's there to see me buying cigarettes & he's there to see me buying beer 
                          Bb                                   F 
He's never seen me on the internet and five o'clock is nowhere near 
                         Dm                               F 
But every day can be the weekend if you can walk a couple floors, take that three story tour 
         Bb                            C                            F 
And make sure yr talking money when yr rocking with the 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                                  F 
Because you can lie with yr expression or lie with the things you say 
                          Bb                                              F 
But you can't lie with yr dollars, nah, babe & yr dollars, they give you away 
                     Dm                              F 
And the faces on the paper, the faces from the paper glare 
             Bb                           C                    F 
That's why I can't keep a secret from the guy at the store downstairs 
 
                 Dm                             F 
The money in the pocket, there's a fire burning there 
             Bb                           C                    F 
That's why I can't keep a secret from the guy at the store downstairs 
                              Bb                           C                    F 
It's glaringly apparent why I can't keep a secret from the guy at the store downstairs 
                                  Bb                           C                    F 
So why should I attempt it when I can't keep a secret from the guy at the store downstairs?