• 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]

      Bb5       Ab5
      It's no secret
      Bb5             Ab5
      How strong my love is for you
      Bb5       Ab5
      It's no secret
      Bb5                        Ab5
      When I tell you what I'm gonna do
                                Bb5
      'Cause I love you, yes I love you
      Eb5       Db5
      It's no secret
      Eb5              Db5
      Everybody knows how I feel


      Bb5       Ab5
      It's no secret
      Bb5             Ab5
      When I say my love is real
                                Bb5
      'Cause I love you, yes I love you
      Eb5       Db5
      It's no secret
      Eb5               Db5
      When you got me jumpin' up and down


      Bb5       Ab5
      It's no secret
      Bb5                  Ab5
      'Cause my heart is chained and bound
                         Bb5
      I love you, yes I love you, yeah
      Eb5       Db5
      It's no secret
      Eb5              Db5
      Everybody knows how I feel

Guitar solo:
      Bb5       Ab5       Bb5       Ab5                Bb5
      / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /


      Eb5                [ F*]                 [ Eb5 ]
      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]


      Ab5       Gb5
      It's no secret, no
      Ab5               Gb5
      When you got me jumpin' up and down


      Eb5       Db5
      It's no secret
      Eb5                  Db5
      'Cause my heart is chained and bound
                         Eb5
      I love you, yes I love you


      Eb5       Db5
      It's no secret, no
      Eb5              Db5
      Everybody knows how I feel, yeah
      Eb5       Db5
      It's no secret, no
      Eb5              Db5
      Everybody knows how I feel
      Eb5       Db5    Ab5  
      It's no secret
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