Illicit Affairs chords by Taylor Swift

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 6)

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
G+G E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D MajorD (with Thumb)


Verse 1:
G+G
Make sure nobody sees you leave
E minor 7Em7
Hood over your head, keep your eyes down
Cadd9Cadd9
Tell your friends you’re out for a run
G/BG/B       D MajorD
You’ll be flushed when you return
G+G
Take the road less traveled by
E minor 7Em7
Tell yourself you can always stop
Cadd9Cadd9
What started in beautiful rooms
G/BG/B     D MajorD
Ends with meetings in parking lots

Chorus:
G+G              Cadd9Cadd9
And that’s the thing about illicit affairs
     E minor 7Em7         D MajorD
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
E minor 7Em7            Cadd9Cadd9
It’s born from just one single glance
    D MajorD          D MajorD
But it dies and it dies and it dies
     G+G
A augmentedA million little times


Verse 2:
G+G
Leave the perfume on the shelf
E minor 7Em7
That you picked out just for him
Cadd9Cadd9
So you leave no trace behind
G/BG/B      D MajorD
Like you don’t even exist
G+G
Take the words for what they are
E minor 7Em7
A augmentedA dwindling, mercurial high
Cadd9Cadd9      G/BG/B
A augmentedA drug that only worked
D MajorD
The first few hundred times

Chorus:
G+G              Cadd9Cadd9
And that’s the thing about illicit affairs
     E minor 7Em7         D MajorD
And clandestine meetings and stolen stares
E minor 7Em7            Cadd9Cadd9
It’s born from just one single glance
    D MajorD          D MajorD
But it dies and it dies and it dies
     G+G
A augmentedA million little times


Bridge:
D MajorD
And you wanna scream
G+G
Don’t call me "kid," don’t call me "baby"
E minor 7Em7
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
Cadd9Cadd9
You showed me colors you know I can’t see
D MajorD
with anyone else
G+G
Don’t call me "kid," don’t call me "baby"
E minor 7Em7
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
Cadd9Cadd9
You taught me a secret language I can’t speak
D MajorD
with anyone else


Outro:
    Em* D* C*
And you know damn well
         Em7* G* C*
For you, I would ruin myself
   G+G
A augmentedA million little times

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