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