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