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