Tom: G
Riff1 (Intro / verse)
C D2
D C
Intro: (Riff1)
C D2
D C
[Verse1]
C D2
D C
If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened___
C D2
D C
If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself
C (drums) D2
D C
If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and if
C D2
D C
If it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much
Lead1 (clean guitar)
Lead2 (distortion guitar)
[Pre-chorus] (Lead1, Lead2)
C D2
D C
Oo______ooh____ this could_ be_ mes__sy___ but
C D2
D C
You_________ don't__ seem_ to_ mi_____ind
C D2
D C
Ooh_________ don't go telling_ everybody__ and
C D2
D C ///
O___ver_look__ this supposed crime___
Lead3 (Chorus)
[Chorus] (Lead3)
C D B C
We'll fast forward to a few_ years_ la_ter__
C D B C
And no one knows except the both_ of_ us___
C D B C
And I have honored your request_ for_ silence__
C D B C
And you__'ve washed_ your_ hands_ clean of this__
[Verse]
C D2
D C
You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me
C D2
You're kind of my protégé
D C
and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me and
C D2
D C
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian
C D2
D C
I know you sexualize me like a young thing but I think I like
[Pre-chorus] (Lead1, Lead2)
C D2
D C
Oo______ooh____ this could_ be_ mes__sy___ but
C D2
D C
You_________ don't__ seem_ to_ mi_____ind
C D2
D C
Ooh_________ don't go telling_ everybody__ and
C D2
D C ///
O___ver_look__ this supposed crime___
[Chorus] (Lead3)
C D B C
We'll fast forward to a few_ years_ la_ter__
C D B C
And no one knows except the both_ of_ us___
C D B C
And I have honored your request_ for_ silence__
C D B C
And you__'ve washed_ your_ hands_ clean of this__
[Bridge]
Em C G D
What part_ of our history's_ reinvented_ and under rug swept_?
Em C G D
What part_ of your memory_ is selective_ and tends to forget_?
D
what with this distance it seems so obvious?
[Verse]
C D2
D C
Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family
C D2
D C
We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse
C D2
I wish I could tell the world cuz
D C
you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
C D2
I might want to marry you one day
D C
if you watch that weight and keep your firm body
[Repeat Pre-chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Outro] (Lead3, little bit piano)
C D B C
C D B C
C D B C
C D B C