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