Better Not Tell Her chords by Carly Simon
Guitar chords with lyrics
Key: F#m
F#m7add4 204200 D/E xx2232
C#7 x4342x Esus4 022200
F#m7 242222 Gsus4 330033
Intro:
F#m7add4 F#m7
Verse 1:
F#m7add4 C#7 F#m7add4
Better not tell her, that I was your lover
C#7 F#m7add4
Better not make her jealous of me
C#7 F#m7add4
Better convince her there was nothing between us
C#7 F#m7
I'm not those initials in your diary
Pre Chorus:
D D/E
But if you slip and my name comes up
D Esus4 E
Don't deny that you knew me
Chorus:
G Gsus4 G
Just leave out the white nights
D
The moon in your window
G Gsus4 G
The break in your whisper
D G Gsus4 G D
The promises after
Verse 2:
F#m7add4 C#7 F#m7add4
Better not tell her why you love Spanish dancing
C#7 F#m7add4
Don't bother to say that it's hot in the summer in Madrid
C#7 F#m7add4
Let it all go now
Like smoke from a candle
C#7 F#m7
Like the trace of a song that you hear in the wind
Pre Chorus:
D D/E
But if you slip and my name comes up
D Esus4 E
Don't deny that you knew me
Chorus:
G Gsus4 G
Just leave out the white nights
D
The moon in your window
G Gsus4 G
The break in your whisper
D G Gsus4 G D
The promises after
Bridge:
G Gsus4 G
Leave out the tears and the laughter
D
She won't need to know
G Gsus4 G
That I cried when you left
D G Gsus4 G
That I think of you still
Instrumental:
F#m7add4 C#7
F#m7add4 C#7
Pre Chorus:
D D/E
But if you slip and my name comes up
D Esus4 E
Don't deny that you knew me
Chorus:
G Gsus4 G
Just leave out the white nights
D
The moon in your window
G Gsus4 G
The break in your whisper
D G Gsus4
The promises after
Chorus:
G Gsus4 G
Leave out the tears and the laughter
D
She won't need to know
G Gsus4 G
That I'd die for your love
D N.C. G D
That I still love you
Outro:
G Gsus4 G
Just leave out the white nights
D
The moon in your window
G Gsus4 G
Leave out the white nights
D
The promises after
G Gsus4 G
Leave out the white nights
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