Newsboys
God is Not a Secret
Transcribed by Jay Mallison
Tab additions and corrections by Jed Carson jclgreat@juno.com
members.xoom.com/jclg/jed.html
(c) Copyright 1996 Star Song Communications
Written by the Newsboys

                                 	1,2 		3

Intro: 	                         ________    ______________
                                    |       3x  |
E---||--------------------------------------||--------------------
B---||--------------------------------------||--------------------
G---||*------------------------------------*||---x-x-x-x-x-x------
D---||*-----5h7--7--7p5--5-----5----0-0-4-5*||---x-x-x-x-x-x------
A---||--------------------------------------||--------------------
E---||--------------------------------------||--------------------

then  (now with dist, throughout)

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----9--9--9--7--7--7--------------------------------------------
D----7--7--7--5--5--5--------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------




Riff A:
	   E                       C5             3x
E---||----------------------------------------||-----------------
B---||----------------------------------------||-----------------
G---||*--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\----5-----5--5--*||-----------------
D---||*--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\----5-----5--5--*||-----------------
A---||---7--7--7--7--7--7--7\----3-----3--3---||-----------------
E---||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------||-----------------

then

                                        2x
E---||----------------------------------||-----------------------
B---||----------------------------------||-----------------------
G---||*-----------------------7--7-----*||-----------------------
D---||*--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7--7-----*||-----------------------
A---||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--5--5------||-----------------------
E---||---7--7--7--7--7--7--7------------||-----------------------

Intro:

Riff A:

Verse 1:
E5        G5   C5
You don't understand this is not what you think it is.
E5        G5  C5
You don't get it man you want to boilit down to show biz.
Your in-depth research shows:
drop the God, emphasize the beat
I've heard that positive pop you dig--
I'd rather be buried in wet concrete

Chorus: with Riff A

E5              C5        E5          C5
Take back your free advice I don't accept
   E5        C5
I will not play those games
B5                      D5
God is not a secret to be kept
B5                      D5
God is not a secret to be kept

Verse 2: same as first
You don't understand
I'm not talking multiple choice
You don't get it, man
if the cross offends you, find another voice
I am not running for office here
I won't keep it purposefully vague
I've heard New Age Life-force trip
I'd rather be dipped in bubonic plague

Chorus 2: with Riff A
Take back your free advice
I don't accept
I will not play those games
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept
If we keep silent
If we mass defect
These very rocks will scream
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept

Interlude:
E5 G5 F#5 D5

Bridge:
E5                     G5  F#5   D5
And would I wash my hands again?
E5                    G5  A5  D5
And would I wash my hands again?
E5
And would I wash my hands again?
F#5
Would I deny my savior when
G5
he hung inside the public square?
A5
Did not my silence put him there?

Chorus: with Riff A

Take back your free advice
I don't accept
I will not play those games
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept
If we keep silent
If we mass defect
These very rocks will scream
God is not a secret to be kept
God is not a secret to be kept
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Order:
Intro 1x
Riff A 1x
Verse 1
Chorus-Riff A 1x
Verse 2
Chorus-Riff A 2x
Interlude 2x
Bridge 1x
Outro-Chorus-Riff A 2x