Strictly Confidential chords by Roxy Music

Chords with lyrics

♫ Intro:

Dm*  A* Bb*  C* Dm*  A* Bb*  C*


♫ Verse 1:

DmDm               Bb majorBb
 Before I die I'll write this letter
DmDm               Bb majorBb
 Here are the secrets you must know
DmDm              Bb majorBb
 Until the cloak of evening shadow
DmDm             Bb majorBb
 Changes to mantle of the dawn
DmDm              Bb majorBb
 Will it be sunny then I wonder

♫ Bridge:

Eb MajorEb     AbAb
Rolling and turning
Eb MajorEb    AbAb
How can I sleep?
DbDb      GbGb
Hold on till morning
DbDb    A augmentedA
What if I fall?

♫ Verse 2:

DmDm              Bb majorBb
 Over the hills and down the valleys
DmDm            Bb majorBb
 Soaring aloft and far below
DmDm             Bb majorBb
 Lying on stony ground the fragments
DmDm               Bb majorBb
 Truth is the seed we tried to sow
DmDm               Bb majorBb
 Marking the time spent on our journey
DmDm              Bb majorBb
 There isn't much we have to show
DmDm              Bb majorBb
 Counting the cost in money only
DmDm               Bb majorBb
 Strikes me as funny don't you know
DmDm                Bb majorBb
 Tongue tied the thread of conversation
DmDm                Bb majorBb
 Weighing the words one tries to use
DmDm          Bb majorBb
 Nevertheless communication
DmDm               Bb majorBb
 This is the gift you must not lose
DmDm             Bb majorBb
 Hauling me always are the voices (tell us are you ready now)
DmDm               Bb majorBb
 Sometimes I wonder if they're real (we're ready to receive you now)
DmDm           Bb majorBb
 Or is it my own imagination (have you any more to say)
DmDm                Bb majorBb
 Guilt is a wound that's hard to heal (it's a cross you have to bear)
DmDm              Bb majorBb
 Could it be evil thoughts become me (tell us what you're thinking now)
DmDm               Bb majorBb
 Some things are better left unsaid

♫ Outro:

Eb MajorEb   AbAb
Magical moment
  Eb MajorEb     AbAb
The spell it is breaking
DbDb     GbGb
There is no light here
DbDb     A*
Is there no key?


* always strum once