Intro: C Am F G C Am Make sure nobody sees you leave F Hood over your head, keep your eyes down C Tell your friends youʼre 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 G What started in beautiful rooms Ends with meetings in parking lots Chorus: C F And thatʼs the thing about illicit affairs G And clandestine meetings and longing stares C F Itʼs born from just one single glance G But it dies and it dies and it dies C A million little times C Am Leave the perfume on the shelf F That you picked out just for him C 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 G A drug that only worked The first few hundred times Chorus: C F And thatʼs the thing about illicit affairs G And clandestine meetings and stolen stares C F They show their truth one single time G But they lie and they lie and they lie C A million little times Bridge: And you wanna scream C Donʼt call me «kid», donʼt call me «baby» Am Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me F G You showed me colors you know I canʼt see with anyone else C Donʼt call me «kid», donʼt call me «baby» Am Look at this idiotic fool that you made me F G You taught me a secret language I canʼt speak with anyone else Outro: Am G F And you know damn well G For you, I would ruin myself C A million little times
