Jack White – Please God Dont Tell Anyone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Jack White – Please God Dont Tell Anyone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G  C  G   C  G
                  C       G
Please God, don't tell anyone
                         D
What I do or what I have done

[Verse 1]
                          F
When my father gets to Heaven,
       C             G
please spare him the telling
       D              F
Of the ways I've been sinning
     C              G
ever since the beginning
   D          F
He won't understand and even
C          G          C
if he did, I'm still his son

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[Refrain]
       G          C       G   C  G
Please God, don't tell anyone
                  C       G
Please God, don't show anyone
All the idiot things
          D
that I've done

[Verse 2]
                          F
When my son gets to Heaven
        C            G
will hе be shown the yelling?
        D           F
All thе robbing and fighting?
        C                G
And the thunder and lightning?
   D                 F
He won't know that I did that just
   C           G          C
to feed my own daughter and son

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[Refrain]
       G          C       G
Please God, don't show anyone (Hey)

[Interlude]
C    G   C   D   D7
G  C  G   C  G

[Refrain]
          C           G
Oh, baby, what have I done?
                           D
Have I proven myself to no one?

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[Verse 3]
                      F
Will the things I did well
     C            G
even save me from Hell?
        D      F
I can't even recall
        C            G
all the sins I can't tell
       D             F
Will a thousand good deeds be
 C             G         D
erased then by just one bad one?

[Refrain]
    G     C           G
Oh, baby, what have I done? (Hey)

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[Interlude]
C    G    C  C7   D
G  C  G   C  G   C  G
C  G

[Refrain]
       G          C       G
Please God, don't tell anyone
I was providing,
                D
not just having fun

[Verse 4]
                     F
Well, my boy started screaming,
   C         G
so I started stealing
   D            F
My daughter was crying,
   C         G
so I started lying
   D        F
My baby was sobbing,
   C         G            D
so I started robbing with a gun

[Refrain]
       G          C       G   C  G
Please God, don't tell anyone
                  C       G
Please God, don't tell anyone

[Outro]
G   C  G

How to play Please God Dont Tell Anyone: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Please God Dont Tell Anyone by Jack White on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Please God Dont Tell Anyone by Jack White is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 6 chords in all: G, C, D, F, D7 and C7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G – D – F (IV – I – V – ♭VII in G major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes D, G, A, C, A7, G7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
D7 chord on guitar (xx0212)
D7D F♯ A C
C7 chord on guitar (x32310)
C7C E G B♭

Please God Dont Tell Anyone chords: questions

What key is Please God Dont Tell Anyone in?

Please God Dont Tell Anyone by Jack White is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in Please God Dont Tell Anyone?

Please God Dont Tell Anyone uses 6 chords: G, C, D, F, D7, C7.

What is the chord progression of Please God Dont Tell Anyone?

The main progression is C – G – D – F (IV – I – V – ♭VII).

Is Please God Dont Tell Anyone easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes D, G, A, C, A7, G7 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo).

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