Better Not Tell Her chords by Carly Simon

Chords with lyrics

Key: F# minorF#m

F#m7add4  204200   D/ED/E   xx2232
C#7C#7     x4342x   Esus4Esus4  022200
F#m7F#m7    242222   Gsus4Gsus4  330033



  Intro:
F#m7add4    F#m7F#m7


  Verse 1:
F#m7add4       C#7C#7       F#m7add4
Better not tell her, that I was your lover
          C#7C#7    F#m7add4
Better not make her jealous of me
          C#7C#7            F#m7add4
Better convince her there was nothing between us
                C#7C#7  F#m7F#m7
I'm not those initials in your diary

  Pre Chorus:
    D MajorD          D/ED/E
But if you slip and my name comes up
   D MajorD       Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Don't deny that you knew me


  Chorus:
   G+G             Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Just leave out the white nights
  D MajorD
The moon in your window
  G+G          Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
The break in your whisper
  D MajorD      G+G  Gsus4Gsus4  G+G  D MajorD
The promises after


  Verse 2:
F#m7add4      C#7C#7         F#m7add4
Better not tell her why you love Spanish dancing
             C#7C#7            F#m7add4
Don't bother to say that it's hot in the summer in Madrid
          C#7C#7        F#m7add4
Let it all go now
Like smoke from a candle
             C#7C#7         F#m7F#m7
Like the trace of a song that you hear in the wind

  Pre Chorus:
    D MajorD          D/ED/E
But if you slip and my name comes up
   D MajorD       Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Don't deny that you knew me


  Chorus:
   G+G             Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Just leave out the white nights
  D MajorD
The moon in your window
  G+G          Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
The break in your whisper
  D MajorD      G+G  Gsus4Gsus4  G+G  D MajorD
The promises after


  Bridge:
G+G                  Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Leave out the tears and the laughter
  D MajorD
She won't need to know
   G+G          Gsus4Gsus4  G+G
That I cried when you left
   D MajorD        G+G  Gsus4Gsus4  G+G
That I think of you still


  Instrumental:
F#m7add4   C#7C#7
F#m7add4   C#7C#7


  Pre Chorus:
    D MajorD          D/ED/E
But if you slip and my name comes up
   D MajorD       Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Don't deny that you knew me


  Chorus:
   G+G             Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Just leave out the white nights
  D MajorD
The moon in your window
  G+G          Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
The break in your whisper
  D MajorD      G+G  Gsus4Gsus4
The promises after


  Chorus:
G+G                  Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Leave out the tears and the laughter
  D MajorD
She won't need to know
   G+G          Gsus4Gsus4  G+G
That I'd die for your love
   D MajorD N.C.         G+G  D MajorD
That I still love you


  Outro:
   G+G             Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Just leave out the white nights
  D MajorD
The moon in your window
G+G             Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Leave out the white nights
  D MajorD
The promises after
G+G             Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Leave out the white nights


Mark W