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