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Secret Meeting by The National
Secret Meeting
Intro Bm D
Bm D Bm
I think this place is full of spies
D
I think they're onto me
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room
Bm D
Bm D Bm D------->
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
D-------------->
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
D-------------->
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...
D A
brain
Bm G D A
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
Bm G D
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
A
And now I'm sorry I missed you
Bm G Bm D
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
Bm D
Bm D Bm
I think this place is full of spies
D------------->
I think I'm ruined
D----------->
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
D----------->
Didn't anybody tell you, this river's full of lost sharks
Bm D
Bm D Bm D
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...
D A
brain
Bm G D A
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
Bm G D
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
A
And now I'm sorry I missed you
Bm G D
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
A
And now I'm sorry I missed you
Bm G D A
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
Bm G D
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
If you want to add a more colourful sense of harmony to the song (though I wouldn't
overusing it with just an acoustic),
instead of playing |D - A - Bm - G
try
|D/A - A - Bm - G/B
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version 2
Capo 2
Intro Am C
Am C Am
I think this place is full of spies
C
I think they're onto me
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room
Am C
Am C Am C------->
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
C-------------->
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
C-------------->
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...
C G
brain
Am F C G
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
Am F C
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
G
And now I'm sorry I missed you
Am F Am C
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
Am C
Am C Am
I think this place is full of spies
C------------->
I think I'm ruined
C----------->
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
C----------->
Didn't anybody tell you, this river's full of lost sharks
Am C
Am C Am C
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...
C G
brain
Am F C G
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
Am F C
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
G
And now I'm sorry I missed you
Am F C
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
G
And now I'm sorry I missed you
Am F C G
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
Am F C
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
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version 3
Intro (strum through)
Bm A
|-----7----------5----------|
|-----7-(10)-----5--7-------|
|-----7----------6----------|
|-----9----------7----------|
|-----9----------7----------|
|---7----------5------------|
Verse, they basically just play simplified chords
Bm A
|-----7----------5------------|
|-------------------7---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
Bm A Bm
I think this place is full of spies
A
I think they're onto me
N.C.
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room
Chorus:
D10 A D12 D/A12
|----------------------------------|
|----10----10--------15-----15-----|
|----11-----9--------14-----14-----|
|----12-----x--------12-----12-----|
|----x------0---------------12-----|
|----10----------------------------|
D10 A D12 D/A12
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
D10 A D12 D/A12
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
D12 D/A12
And now I'm sorry I missed you
D10 A
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
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