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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

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Verse 1:

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       Make sure nobody sees you leave


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


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    Tell your friends you're out for a run

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      You’ll be flushed when you return


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         Take the road less traveled by


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  F#m                              
         Tell yourself you can always stop


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     What started in beautiful rooms


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      Ends with meetings in parking lots



Chorus: 

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   C#m                     D
And that's the thing about illicit affairs


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And clandestine meetings and longing stares


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It's born from just one   single glance


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But it dies and it dies and it dies


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A million little times


Verse 2: 

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    Leave the perfume on the shelf


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  F#m                          
       That you picked out just for him


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         So you leave no trace behind


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   C#m             E
         Like you don’t even exist


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     Take the words for what they are

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         A dwindling, mercurial high


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              A drug that only worked


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            The first few hundred times


Chorus:


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C#m                        D
And that's the thing about illicit affairs


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And clandestine meetings and longing stares


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     C#m                  D
It's born from just one   single glance


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But it dies and it dies and it dies


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A million little times



Verse 3:
                    
And you wanna scream


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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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You showed me colors you know I can't see with 


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      anyone else


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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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You taught me a secret language I can't speak with 


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    anyone else


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And you know damn well


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For you, I would ruin myself


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A million little times

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Last Updated: February 8, 2026