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INTRO: Bb Gm Eb Bb F
VERSE ONE:
Bb Gm
Make sure nobody sees you leave
Gm Eb
Hood over your head, keep your eyes down
Eb Bb
Tell your friends you're out for a run
F Bb
You’ll be flushed when you return
Bb Gm
Take the road less traveled by
Gm Eb
Tell yourself you can always stop
Eb F
What started in beautiful rooms
F Bb
Ends with meetings in parking lots
CHORUS:
Bb/D Eb
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
F
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
Bb/D Eb
It's born from just one single glance
F
But it dies and it dies and it dies
Bb
A million little times
VERSE TWO:
Bb Gm
Leave the perfume on the shelf
Gm Eb
That you picked out just for him
Eb Bb/D
So you leave no trace behind
F Bb
Like you don’t even exist
Bb
Take the words for what they are
Gm Eb
A dwindling, mercurial high
Eb
A drug that only worked
F Bb/D
The first few hundred times
CHORUS:
Bb/D Eb
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
F
And clandestine meetings and stolen stares
Bb/D Eb
They show their truth one single time
F
But they lie and they lie and they lie
Bb
A million little times
VERSE THREE:
And you wanna scream
Bb
Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"
Gm
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
Eb F
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else
Bb
Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"
Gm
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
Eb F
You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else
Gm F Eb
And you know damn well
F
For you, I would ruin myself
Bb
A million little times
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Other versions of this song
- Illicit Affairs (Chords)
- Illicit Affairs (Ver2) (Chords)
- Illicit Affairs (Ver4) (Chords)
- Illicit Affairs (Ver5) (Chords)
- Illicit Affairs (Ver6) (Chords)
- Illicit Affairs (Tabs)
- Illicit Affairs (Ver2) (Tabs)
Song History
Last Updated: February 8, 2026