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Secret Messages
(Please use this submission for Chords)

Composed by Jeff Lynne ELO

Chords by Ray Costello "The Gribleys"

Chord Positions:
G played at 3rd fret
Gm played at 3rd fret
F played at 1st fret
Cm7 played at 3rd fret
C played at root
Dm7 played at 5th fret
Em played at route
Em7 played at root
Bm played at 2nd fret
Bm7 played at 2nd fret

Intro:
Gm F Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7
Gm F Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7

Verse 1:
Gm F Cm7
A moving stream of information
Dm7 Cm7 Dm7
That is floating on the wind
Cm7 Dm7
The secrets never end
Gm F Cm7
And now they call, they sing, they play
Dm7 Cm7 Dm7
They dance for you, from out of the blue,
Cm7 Dm7
What can you do?


Chorus:
G Em Bm C
The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
Bm C
They call to me across the air
G Em Bm
The messages across the atmosphere
C Bm C Bm7 G
They whisper in your ear, they're calling every - where

Verse 3:
Gm F Cm7 Dm7
Where words cascade like rainbows tumbling from the sky
Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7
Then I'll be there Oh Oh Oh Oh I'll be there Oh Oh Oh Oh
Gm F Cm7 Dm7
When messages will call to you their secrets all around
Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7
Without a sound they're all around Oh Oh Oh Oh

Chorus:
G Em Bm C
The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
Bm C
They call to me across the air
G Em Bm
The messages across the atmosphere
C Bm C Bm7 G
They whisper in your ear, they're calling every - where



G Em Bm C Bm C Bm7 G
they're calling every - where

Verse 4:
Gm F Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7
Those secret messages that spill into the air from far away Oh Oh Oh Oh
Cm7 Dm7
So far away Oh Oh Oh Oh
Gm F Cm7 Dm7
A flowing river of illusion running with confusion
Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 Dm7
Never gone Oh Oh Oh Oh it goes on and on Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh


Chorus:
G Em Bm C
The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
Bm C
They call to me across the air
G Em Bm
The messages across the atmosphere
C Bm C G Cm7
They whisper in your ear, they're calling everywhere

Em7 Cm7
G Cm7 Em7 Cm7
Sec - ret mess - ages
G Cm7 Em7
Messages across the atmosphere
Cm7
They whisper in your ear
G Cm7 Em7 Cm7
Sec - ret mess - ages Fade out > > > > > >

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Bea
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#1 by Bea k at Aug 14, 2001 at 6:08 AM EST
The title of this song (and its album, also called "Secret Messages") refer to the fact that, in the early 1980s, several parent groups were concerned about rock bands allegdly using "backwards masking" to insert Satanic messages in their songs. One such group was pushing to have parental warning labels placed on albums that they determined had these backwards messages. One of the targeted albums was ELO's "Face the Music;" on the song "Fire on High," the band had placed a very obvious (but clearly non-Satanic) backwards verse. (The backwards words? "The music is reversible, but time is not. Turn back...turn back...turn back..") In keeping with this theme, the "Secret Messages" album contains numerous backwards-tracked snippets. One line in "Danger Ahead" is played backwards, and there are also little messages sprinkled between some of the tracks (saying such sinister things as "Welcome to the show" and "Thank you for listening").