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