Key: G major
Verse 1
C
D
G
C
C
D
If it weren't for your maturity,
G
C
none of this would have happened
G
C
I would've been able to control myself
G
C
you wouldn't have been successful and if
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C
never have amounted to very much
Pre-chorus 1
C
D
G
C
Ooh, this could be messy, but
D
G
C
But you don't seem to mind, and
D
G
C
Ooh, don't go telling everybody, and
D
G
C
And overlook this supposed crime
Chorus 1
C
D
We'll flash forward
G
C
to a few years later
D
G
C
And no one knows except the both of us
D
G
C
And I have honored your request for silence
D
G
C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
Verse 2
C
D
You're essentially my employee
G
C
and I like you having to depend on me
D
G
You're kind of my protege and one day
G
C
like a young thing would to a guardian
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C
like a young thing would and I think I like it
Pre-chorus 2
C
D
G
C
Ooh, this could be messy, but
D
G
C
But you don't seem to mind, and
D
G
C
Ooh, don't go telling everybody
D
G
C
Overlooks this supposed crime
Chorus 2
C
D
We'll flash forward
G
C
to a few years later
D
G
C
And no one knows except the both of us
G
C
your request for silence
D
G
C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
Bridge 1
Em
C
G
What part of our history's reinvented
Em
C
G
What part of your memory is selective
and tends to forget?
Verse 3
C
D
Just make sure you don't tell on me,
G
C
especially to members of your family
G
C
and not tell any members of our inner posse
Pre-chorus 3
C
D
G
C
Ooh, this could be messy, but
D
G
C
But you don't seem to mind, and
D
G
C
Ooh, don't go telling everybody
D
G
C
Overlooks this supposed crime
Chorus 3
C
D
We'll flash forward
G
C
to a few years later
D
G
C
And no one knows except the both of us
D
G
C
And I have honored your request for silence
D
G
C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
Pre-chorus 4
C
D
G
C
Ooh, this could be messy, but
D
G
C
But you don't seem to mind, and
D
G
C
Ooh, don't go telling everybody
D
G
C
Overlook this supposed crime
Chorus 4
C
D
We'll flash forward
G
C
to a few years later
D
G
C
And no one knows except the both of us
D
G
C
And I have honored your request for silence
D
G
C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
Outro 1
C
D
G
C
C
D
G
C
C
D
G
C
C
D
G
C
[Fade out]
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC D G Em
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