Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Bb Gm Eb D F Verse 1: Bb Make sure nobody sees you leave Gm Eb Hood over your head, keep your eyes down D Tell your friends you're out for a run F You’ll be flushed when you return Bb Take the road less traveled by Gm Eb Tell yourself you can always stop D What started in beautiful rooms F Ends with meetings in parking lots
Chorus: D Eb And that's the thing about illicit affairs F And clandestine meetings and longing stares Bb Eb It's born from just one single glance F But it dies and it dies and it dies Bb A million little times Verse 2: Bb Leave the perfume on the shelf Gm Eb That you picked out just for him D So you leave no trace behind F Like you don’t even exist Bb Take the words for what they are Gm Eb A dwindling, mercurial high D A drug that only worked F The first few hundred times Chorus: Bb Eb And that's the thing about illicit affairs F And clandestine meetings and stolen stares Bb Eb They show their truth one single time F But they lie and they lie and they lie Bb A million little times Verse 3: And you wanna scream Bb Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby" Gm Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me Eb F You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else Bb Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby" Gm Look at this idiotic fool that you made me Eb F You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else Gm Eb Bb And you know damn well F Bb For you, I would ruin myself Bb A million little times
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