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Illicit Affairs Tab by Taylor Swift

Illicit Affairs tab by Taylor Swift

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

A:
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F#m:
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Verse 1:

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   A
       Make sure nobody sees you leave


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  F#m
    Hood over your head, keep your eyes down


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   D
    Tell your friends you're out for a run

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   C#m             E
      You’ll be flushed when you return


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   A
         Take the road less traveled by


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  F#m
         Tell yourself you can always stop


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   D
     What started in beautiful rooms


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  C#m              E
      Ends with meetings in parking lots



Chorus:

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A|-4---------------------------------------|
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   C#m                     D
And that's the thing about illicit affairs


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    E                        A
And clandestine meetings and longing stares


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D|-------------------------0---------------|
A|-4---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
     C#m                  D
It's born from just one   single glance


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       E
But it dies and it dies and it dies


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  A
A million little times


Verse 2:

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A
    Leave the perfume on the shelf


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  F#m
       That you picked out just for him


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   D
         So you leave no trace behind


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   C#m             E
         Like you don’t even exist


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   A
     Take the words for what they are

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  F#m
         A dwindling, mercurial high


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   D
              A drug that only worked


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   C#m             E
            The first few hundred times


Chorus:


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A|-4---------------------------------------|
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C#m                        D
And that's the thing about illicit affairs


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    E                        A
And clandestine meetings and longing stares


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G|---2---2---2---2-----------2---2---2---2-|
D|-------------------------0---------------|
A|-4---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
     C#m                  D
It's born from just one   single glance


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G|-------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-----2--------------------------------|
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       E
But it dies and it dies and it dies


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A|-0---------------0----------------|
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  A
A million little times



Verse 3:

And you wanna scream


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   A
Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"


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   F#m
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me


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    D                    C#m
You showed me colors you know I can't see with


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       E
      anyone else


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   A
Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"


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  F#m
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me


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   D                     C#m
You taught me a secret language I can't speak with


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      E
    anyone else


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E|-------2---------------------------|
        F#m   E    D
And you know damn well


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                 E
For you, I would ruin myself


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D|-----------------------------------2--|
A|-0---------------0-----------------0--|
E|-----------------------------------0--|
A
A million little times

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