Illicit Affairs chords by Taylor Swift

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 5)

Intro: G+G E minor 7Em7 C9C9 Bm/ABm/A D MajorD

VERSE 1:

G+G              E minor 7Em7
 Make sure nobody sees you leave
                   C9C9
Hood over your head, keep your eyes down
                  Bm/ABm/A
Tell your friends you're out for a run
      D MajorD
You’ll be flushed when you return
G+G               E minor 7Em7
 Take the road less traveled by
                C9C9
Tell yourself you can always stop
              D MajorD
What started in beautiful rooms

Ends with meetings in parking lots

CHORUS:

B minorBm                C9C9
  And that's the thing about illicit affairs
   D MajorD
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
   B minorBm         C9C9
It's born from just one single glance
    D MajorD
But it dies and it dies and it dies
  G+G
A augmentedA million little times


VERSE 2:

G+G              E minor 7Em7
 Leave the perfume on the shelf
               C9C9
That you picked out just for him
             Bm/ABm/A
So you leave no trace behind
     D MajorD
Like you don’t even exist
G+G               E minor 7Em7
 Take the words for what they are
            C9C9
A augmentedA dwindling, mercurial high
          D MajorD
A augmentedA drug that only worked

The first few hundred times

CHORUS:

B minorBm                C9C9
  And that's the thing about illicit affairs
   D MajorD
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
    B minorBm         C9C9
They show their truth one single time
     D MajorD
But they lie and they lie and they lie
  G+G
A augmentedA million little times


BRIDGE:

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
 C9C9
You showed me colors you know
         D MajorD
I can't see 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
 C9C9
You taught me a secret language
          D MajorD
I can't speak with anyone else

     B minorBm Bm/ABm/A C9C9
And you know damn well
         D MajorD
For you, I would ruin myself
  G+G

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