Secret Gig Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays476

Secret Gig by Half Man Half Biscuit is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			A          E   A          E 
Psst, Sssh     Psst, Sssh 
A          E   A     E 
Psst, Sssh     Sssh. 


        A 
They’re gonna be unveiling some new material 
    D                  A 
Some new material, some new material 

And the drummer’s got a song that he’d like to try out 
    D                   A 
In a live environment, a live environment        
E                               D                 A 
Tell it down the mines, there’s gonna be a secret gig 
             E                        D                    A 
You’ve gotta knock three times if you want to see a secret gig. 


A          E    A          E 
Psst, Sssh      Psst, Sssh 
A          E    A     E 
Psst, Sssh      Sssh. 
   

    A 
The information needed can found in anagram 
  D                   A 
Upon the internet the day before 

I’ve got a cousin in Tredegar but he’s unreliable 
    D           A 
And undeniably a rank buffoon 
          E                             D                   A 
But I can tolerate his crimes ’cos he’s never done a secret gig 
           E                       D                     A 
He’s gotta knock three times if he wants to see a secret gig. 


(no chord) 
Ten past nine, the Borderline 

A mole sold a leak to the new fanzine 

The ’zine flipped, tongue slipped 
                                          A    (nc)  A 
And we all headed off to the nearest tube.     Sssh. 
A 
MI5 Plus One, CIA Plus Two 

MFI Plus Three, Sir Roger Casement Plus Four 

Bob from the basement and friends 

Evan Dando Plus Ten, and his sister Suzanne 
                                 (nc) 
Who lives by the river.          Sssh. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante