What's The Secret Chords
by Brett Dennen
What's The Secret by Brett Dennen is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, C#m7, A, F#m, E, D and C#/D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bm C#m7 A (2x)
Verse
Bm C#m7 A
Whenever I got nothing going on
Bm C#m7 A
I call my old friend jealousy up on the phone
Bm C#m7
Unpack my little blue bags oh
A C#m7 F#m
Throw them on the lawn
Bm E
wait for her to come strolling along
Bm
Here she comes
C#m7 A
she's getting high on the little white light
Bm C#m7 A
and you know me man I have never been one not to try
Bm C#m7 A C#m7 F#m
I lost my candle, didn't mean to make anybody cry
Bm E
it's too late to apologize
A C#m7
What's the secret?
D C#/D Bm E
I don't know I'm wasted.
A C#m7
What's the secret?
D C#/D Bm C#m7 A
I don't know I'm wasted.
Bm C#m7 A
Disappointment casts a spell
Bm C#m7 A
I empty my pockets and wish him well
Bm C#m7 A C#m7 F#m
We pray to mercury, believe in miracles
Bm E
don't believe in ourselves
A C#m7
What's the secret?
D C#/D Bm E
I don't know I'm wasted.
A C#m7
What's the secret?
D C#/D Bm C#m7 A
I don't know I'm wasted.
Bm C#m7 A
Whatever you will feel
Bm C#m7 A
it's real yeah Yeah
Bm C#m7
it's real
A Bm
nothing else is true
C#m7
no-one else is you
Interlude
e|------------5-5-------10--9--7--5--7--5--7--5----|
B|-7--5-------7-5-5-5------------------------------|
G|------7--6------7-6---11--9--7--6--7--6--7--6----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
A C#m7
What's the secret?
D C#/D Bm E
I don't know I'm wasted.
A C#m7
What's the secret?
D C#/D Bm C#m7 A
I don't know I'm wasted.
Bm C#m7 A
Whatever you will feel
Bm C#m7 A
it's real yeah yeah
Bm C#m7
it's real
A Bm
nothing else is true
C#m7 A
no-one else is you
e|-----------|
B|-7--5------|
G|------7--6-| E A (open)
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|