Keep It A Secret

Words & Music by Jessie Mae Robinson
Recorded by Jo Stafford, 1953


G   C         Am           Dm    Am   Dm  F
If you see my darling with som - bod - y new,

 Dm  Am Dm G     Dm   Fdim   C    Am F    C
Keep it a  se - cret, what - ev - er you do.

F              Dm7 Dm7-5 Fdim   C   G/B Am7  Gdim
Why should you tell  me  and  break my poor heart,

 D7  Am7    D9   D7    D7/9  D7  Dm6   G Cdim  G
Then fool - ish pride would just drive us a - part. 

 
G   C         Am            Dm   Am    Dm     F
If you see my dar - ling in some ren - dez - vous,

Dm       Am Dm   G    Dm  Fdim   C   Am  F    C
Paint - ing the town with   a   girl he once knew,

F           Dm7  Dm7-5 Fdim  C   G/B Am7 Gdim
Pay no at - ten - tion and  just let it   be,

A7   F     Fdim G    G6   G/B   C
But keep it  a  se - cret from me. 




 
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