Our Secret chords by Beat Happening

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)


The whole song is actually just this measure played over and over:

eb|--0--0----------------0--|
Bb majorBb|--3--3--1--0----1--0--3--|
GbGb|--0--0----------------0--|
DbDb|-------------------------|
AbAb|-------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-------------------------|

But if you want to play and sing, these chords would be "better" to play:

G: 3-2-0-0-3-3
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0

VERSE 1:

G+G E minorEm G+G C majorC x2

   G+G       E minorEm
I was walking in our town

   G+G          C majorC
I was walking through the store

 G+G      E minorEm    G+G       C majorC
I saw a pretty girl, she held open the door

G+G    E minorEm      G+G          C majorC
I said I like you, she said that she liked me

  G+G      C majorC
And we could be friends

    G+G       E minorEm    G+G    C majorC
In our special secret way

G+G E minorEm G+G C majorC


VERSE 2:

G+G   E minorEm   G+G     C majorC
I went to the Smithfield Cafe

G+G       E minorEm  G+G     C majorC
There she was again so I said hey

G+G      E minorEm     G+G    C majorC
We should go swimming in Capitol Lake

  G+G      E minorEm   G+G        C majorC
We had a lot of fun but then it got real late

G+G        C majorC
So I walked her home

    G+G        E minorEm    G+G   C majorC
And had dinner with her family

G+G E minorEm G+G C majorC

CHORUS:

G+G   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
That's why we're running away

G+G   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
That's why we're running away

G+G   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
That's why we're running away

G+G   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
That's why we're running away

G+G   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
That's why we're running away

G+G   C majorC
That's why

   G+G        E minorEm    G+G   C majorC
I had dinner with her family


VERSE 3:

G+G E minorEm G+G C majorC x2

  G+G      E minorEm
We went to her friend's house

  G+G       C majorC
To have a cup of tea

  G+G        E minorEm
She said that it was true

  G+G        C majorC
She was in love with me

G+G      E minorEm   G+G     C majorC
I knew right then we had to be alone

    G+G       C majorC
'Cause no one in this whole world

   G+G  E minorEm     G+G   C majorC
Could ever understand

G+G E minorEm G+G C majorC

CHORUS:

G+G   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
That's why we're running away

G+G   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
That's why we're running away

G+G
That's why

I had dinner with her family