Childcatcher chords by Lush

SimplifiedEm · Am · D · G · C …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1

"Baby," he says, "You are like the

clean white page and I the pen.

The innocence I find between your girlish thighs is

like the fountain of youth to my old bones."

Verse 2
Bm 
Em 
And she replies,
C 
Bm 
Em 
C 
"Daddy's little girl's a precocious child
D 
Em 
I love to please,
C 
Bm 
Em 
I'll do anything that you ask of me
C 
Bm 
Eager to fulfill all of Daddy's

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 3

needs."

"Baby," he says,

"I can never love older girls like I love you.

You're easier to please and you

never give me grief

'Cause you accept everything

I say and do."

Verse 4
C 
Bm 
Em 
And she replies,
C 
Bm 
Em 
C 
"I'm in no position to make demands.
D 
Em 
I have no past,
C 
Bm 
Em 
no one else has done to me what you do.
C 
I've got no one else to com
Bm 
pare you to."
Em 

Verse 5
B 
Am 
Em 
"And as  you grow older,
B 
C 
Em 
B 
try to stay sixteen all your life,
Am 
G 
Old women grow bitter,
C 
D 
Em 
don't let that happen to you."

Interlude 1

F#m

Verse 6
F#m 
B 
C#m 
"And why   is it charming pretending
G# 
A 
C#m 
G#m 
I'm younger than my years?
A 
C#m 
C 
D 
Why can't I grow up with dignity,
Em 
C 
D 
Bm 
Em 
set me free?"
G 

Verse 7
Em 
"Baby," he says,
Am 
D 
Em 
G 
"Now that you're older I feel our love has died.
Am 
D 
Em 
G 
Once upon a time you
D 
C 
never criticised me.
Em 
G 
Oh, I much preferred
Am 
you as a child."
D 

Verse 8
C 
Bm 
Em 
And I   reply,
C 
Bm 
Em 
C 
"Everything you said to me was a lie.
D 
Em 
I know your kind,
C 
Bm 
Em 
you just want a daughter without a   wife.
C 
You don't need a girlfriend
Bm 
Em 
you need a life."