Secret Agent Man

Words & Music:

P. F. Sloan and S. Barry

 

Intro & transition riff [can sub open E string for 5th fret on B string]:

E |-----------------|----------------------

B |-----5-----5---5-|-----5----5----5------

G |-4/5----5----5---|-5/6----5----5--------

D |-----------------|----------------------

A |-----------------|----------------------

E |-----------------|----------------------

 

 

Em                Am              Em

There's a man who leads a life of danger.

   Em                 B7

To everyone he meets, he stays a stranger.

     Em                    Am

With every move he makes another chance he takes.

Em                Am            Em

Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow.

 

CHORUS:

       Bm    Em           Bm    Em

Secret agent man!  Secret agent man!

        C           B7                         Em

They've given you a number and taken away your name.

 

Beware of pretty faces that you find.

A pretty face can hide an evil mind.

Oh, be careful what you say or you'll give yourself away.

Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow.

 

CHORUS:

 

Swingin' on the Riviera one day.

Then layin' in a Bombay alley next day.

Oh, don't you let the wrong word slip while kissing persuasive lips.

Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow.

 

CHORUS:

 




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