Intro: C5 A5 D5 G5   C5 A5 D5 G5 
 
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Why must I meet you in a secret rendezvous? 
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Why must we steal away to steal a kiss or two? 
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Why must we wait to do the things we want to do? 
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Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh why? 
 

C5          A5                   D5     G5 C5 
Wish we didn't have to meet secretly 
C5          A5                   D5     G5 C5 
Wish we didn't have to kiss secretly 
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Wish we didn't have to be afraid 
       C5              A5           D5     G5 
To show the world that we're in love 
 

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Till we have the right to meet openly 
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Till we have the right to kiss openly 
C5               A5                 D5       F5      G5          G5 C5 
We'll just have to be content to be in love secretly 
 
Inter:  
C5 A5 D5 G5 
 
C5                  A5                D5               G5 
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh why? 
 

C5          A5                   D5     G5 C5 
Wish we didn't have to meet secretly 
C5          A5                   D5     G5 C5 
Wish we didn't have to kiss secretly 
C5          A5                D5     G5 
Wish we didn't have to be afraid 
       C5              A5           D5     G5 
To show the world that we're in love 
 

C5          A5                   D5     G5 C5 
Till we have the right to meet openly 
C5          A5                   D5     G5 C5 
Till we have the right to kiss openly 
C5               A5                    D5    F5      G5         G5   C5 
We'll just have to be content to be in love secretly