• Song:

    It's No Secret

  • Artist:

    Jefferson Airplane

Intro [bass line and chords shown]:

                               Ab  Bb        [2X]
       v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
      ----------------- | -3-----1--------- | 
      -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- | ----------------- | 
      ----------------- | ----------------- | 
      ----------------- | ----------------- | 

             Ab  Bb        Bb  Ab
       v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
      -5-----3--------- | -7-----5--------- | 
      ----------------- | ----------------- | 
      ----------------- | ----------------- | 
      ----------------- | ----------------- | 

[Note: no strict verse/chorus structure]

      Bb       Ab
      It's no secret
      Bb             Ab
      How strong my love is for you
      Bb       Ab
      It's no secret
      Bb                        Ab
      When I tell you what I'm gonna do
                                Bb
      'Cause I love you, yes I love you
      Eb       Db
      It's no secret
      Eb              Db
      Everybody knows how I feel


      Bb       Ab
      It's no secret
      Bb             Ab
      When I say my love is real
                                Bb
      'Cause I love you, yes I love you
      Eb       Db
      It's no secret
      Eb               Db
      When you got me jumpin' up and down


      Bb       Ab
      It's no secret
      Bb                  Ab
      'Cause my heart is chained and bound
                         Bb
      I love you, yes I love you, yeah
      Eb       Db
      It's no secret
      Eb              Db
      Everybody knows how I feel

Guitar solo:
      Bb       Ab       Bb       Ab                Bb
      / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /


      Eb                [ Fm/Eb*]                 [ Eb ]
      As I get older the years they get heavy for you **

      (Whoa) Is it any wonder I feel that my whole life is through **

      (Yeah) When I start feelin' how strong my love is for you **

      (Whoa) Knowin' I'll be empty wantin' your love like I do **

      * chords implied by vocal harmonies

      ** 12-string, capo I:

                        [4th time only]
      --0-0-0----0-0-0------0-2-3-----
      --3-5-5----3-5-5----------------
      --2-4-5----2-4-5----------------
      --------------------------------
      --------------------------------
      --------------------------------

      [song is in Eb from this point on]


      Ab       Gb
      It's no secret, no
      Ab               Gb
      When you got me jumpin' up and down


      Eb       Db
      It's no secret
      Eb                  Db
      'Cause my heart is chained and bound
                         Eb
      I love you, yes I love you


      Eb       Db
      It's no secret, no
      Eb              Db
      Everybody knows how I feel, yeah
      Eb       Db
      It's no secret, no
      Eb              Db
      Everybody knows how I feel
      Eb       Db    Ab5/Eb  
      It's no secret
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