Illicit Affairs chords by Taylor Swift

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb D MajorD FF

Verse 1:
Bb majorBb
 Make sure nobody sees you leave
G minorGm                  Eb MajorEb
 Hood over your head, keep your eyes down
                   D MajorD
Tell your friends you're out for a run
     FF
You’ll be flushed when you return
Bb majorBb
 Take the road less traveled by
G minorGm              Eb MajorEb
 Tell yourself you can always stop
                 D MajorD
What started in beautiful rooms
     FF
Ends with meetings in parking lots

Chorus:
D MajorD              Eb MajorEb
 And that's the thing about illicit affairs
  FF
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
   Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb
It's born from just one single glance
    FF
But it dies and it dies and it dies
  Bb majorBb
A augmentedA million little times


Verse 2:
Bb majorBb
 Leave the perfume on the shelf
G minorGm              Eb MajorEb
 That you picked out just for him
               D MajorD
So you leave no trace behind
     FF
Like you don’t even exist
Bb majorBb
 Take the words for what they are
G minorGm           Eb MajorEb
 A augmentedA dwindling, mercurial high
            D MajorD
A augmentedA drug that only worked
  FF
The first few hundred times

Chorus:
Bb majorBb              Eb MajorEb
 And that's the thing about illicit affairs
  FF
And clandestine meetings and stolen stares
   Bb majorBb          Eb MajorEb
They show their truth one single time
     FF
But they lie and they lie and they lie
  Bb majorBb
A augmentedA million little times


Verse 3:

And you wanna scream
Bb majorBb
 Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"
G minorGm
 Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
Eb MajorEb                       FF
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else
Bb majorBb
 Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"
G minorGm
 Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
Eb MajorEb                         FF
You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else
    G minorGm  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
And you know damn well
         FF   Bb majorBb
For you, I would ruin myself
  Bb majorBb
A augmentedA million little times

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