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