here are the names of the piano chords in the original key of Bbm
verses and chorus: Bbm7 Ebm9 Ab Gb Ab/Gb bass
Bridge: Db6 Eb Ab Db
Semisonic plays the song live in the key of Am, mainly because
Dan only uses the standard tuning of EADGBE for his guitars.
or you can play the guitar part capo'ed up one fret, using these
transposed chords (as though the capo first fret were now called
the 0th fret or open string.) There is a pattern of two notes
alternating within each chord, open G and A. So each chord has
three voicings, the first with a G in it, second with A, third with G again.
Am7 Am Am7
E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E
x02010 x02210 x02010
Nobody knows it, but
Dm11 Dm Dm11
E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E
xx0031 xx0231 xx0231
You've got a se- cret
G G9 G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x0033 3x0233 3x0033
smile and you use it
F F9 F
https://www.coveralia.com/acordes/secret-smile-semisonic.php
E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E
x33011 x33211 x33011
Only for me
The bridge is four chords repeated:
C6 (piano plays the 6th) D9, G C
E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E
332010 554030 3x0033 332010
Secret Smile
Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me
Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me
So use it and prove it
Remove this whirling sadness
I'm losing, I'm bluesing
But you can save me from madness
Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me
Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me
So save me I'm waiting
I'm needing, hear me pleading
And soothe me, improve me
I'm grieving, I'm barely believing now, now
When you are flying around and around the world
And I'm lying alonely
I know there's something sacred and free reserved
And received by me only
