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