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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 3Position: 5

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e|Dadd9--5--|Eadd9--7--|C#add9--4--|
B|--5--|--7--|--4--|
G|--7--|--9--|--6--|
D|--7--|--9--|--6--|
A|--5--|--7--|--4--|
E|--x--|--x--|--x--|
Intro:  A   F#m   C#m   E(2x)
Verse:
  DTake your Atime and tell me Dwhere you lAie
  DI reaF#mlise that we’ve been Bmfound out this tEime
  DWe should sAtay together Dif we cAan
DBut what you’ve pF#mlanned means there’s a Bmdifference betwEeen
Chorus:
What you’re gonna Asay in pF#mrivate
You sC#mtill want my love we’re in this Etogether
And what you’re gonna Ado in pF#mublic
Say you were nC#mever in love that you can reEmember
Verse:
So discreet I never tried to meet
Your friends or interfere I took a back seat between
Chorus
Bridge:
What you gonnDadd9a say, Eadd9ay
When you C#add9run back to your F#mwife? 
I Bmguess it’s just the story of my lEife
What you gonna sAay? 
F#m C#m E
Chorus

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In Private

by Sahara Hotnights

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dadd9

Eadd9

C#add9

F#m

C#m

Dadd9 Eadd9 C#add9

e|--5--|--7--|--4--|

B|--5--|--7--|--4--|

G|--7--|--9--|--6--|

D|--7--|--9--|--6--|

A|--5--|--7--|--4--|

E|--x--|--x--|--x--|

A F#m C#m E

Intro: (2x)

Verse:

D A D A

Take your time and tell me where you lie

D F#m Bm E

I realise that we’ve been found out this time

D A D A

We should stay together if we can

D F#m Bm E

But what you’ve planned means there’s a difference between

Chorus:

A F#m

What you’re gonna say in private

C#m E

You still want my love we’re in this together

A F#m

And what you’re gonna do in public

C#m E

Say you were never in love that you can remember

Verse:

So discreet I never tried to meet

Your friends or interfere I took a back seat between

Chorus

Bridge:

Dadd9 Eadd9

What you gonna say, ay

C#add9 F#m

When you run back to your wife?

Bm E

I guess it’s just the story of my life

What you gonna say?

F#m C#m E

Chorus

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