Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: G Em7 Cadd9 G/B D (with Thumb) Verse 1: G Make sure nobody sees you leave Em7 Hood over your head, keep your eyes down Cadd9 Tell your friends you’re out for a run G/B D You’ll be flushed when you return G
Take the road less traveled by Em7 Tell yourself you can always stop Cadd9 What started in beautiful rooms G/B D Ends with meetings in parking lots Chorus: G Cadd9 And that’s the thing about illicit affairs Em7 D And clandestine meetings and longing stares Em7 Cadd9 It’s born from just one single glance D D But it dies and it dies and it dies G A million little times Verse 2: G Leave the perfume on the shelf Em7 That you picked out just for him Cadd9 So you leave no trace behind G/B D Like you don’t even exist G Take the words for what they are Em7 A dwindling, mercurial high Cadd9 G/B A drug that only worked D The first few hundred times Chorus: G Cadd9 And that’s the thing about illicit affairs Em7 D And clandestine meetings and stolen stares Em7 Cadd9 It’s born from just one single glance D D But it dies and it dies and it dies G A million little times Bridge: D And you wanna scream G Don’t call me "kid," don’t call me "baby" Em7 Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me Cadd9 You showed me colors you know I can’t see D with anyone else G Don’t call me "kid," don’t call me "baby" Em7 Look at this idiotic fool that you made me Cadd9 You taught me a secret language I can’t speak D with anyone else Outro: Em* D* C* And you know damn well Em7* G* C* For you, I would ruin myself G A million little times
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Illicit Affairs by Taylor Swift