Secretly Chords
Secretly by Jimmie Rodgers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, Dm, G7, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Am Dm G7 C Am Dm G7
C Am Dm G7
Why must I meet you in a secret rendezvous?
C Am Dm G7
Why must we steal away to steal a kiss or two?
C Am Dm G7
Why must we wait to do the things we want to do?
C Am Dm G7
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh why?
C Am Dm G7 C
Wish we didn't have to meet secretly
C Am Dm G7 C
Wish we didn't have to kiss secretly
C Am Dm G7
Wish we didn't have to be afraid
C Am Dm G7
To show the world that we're in love
C Am Dm G7 C
Till we have the right to meet openly
C Am Dm G7 C
Till we have the right to kiss openly
C Am Dm F G G7 C
We'll just have to be content to be in love secretly
Inter: C Am Dm G7
C Am Dm G7
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh why?
C Am Dm G7 C
Wish we didn't have to meet secretly
C Am Dm G7 C
Wish we didn't have to kiss secretly
C Am Dm G7
Wish we didn't have to be afraid
C Am Dm G7
To show the world that we're in love
C Am Dm G7 C
Till we have the right to meet openly
C Am Dm G7 C
Till we have the right to kiss openly
C Am Dm F G G7 C
We'll just have to be content to be in love secretly
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