[Verse]
B C#
If it weren't for your maturity
A#m B
None of this would have happened
B C#
If you weren't so wise beyond your years
A#m B
I would have been able to control myself
B C#
If it weren't for my attention
A#m B
You wouldn't have been successful
B C#
And if, if it weren't for me
A#m B
You would never have amounted to very much
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# A#m B
We'll fast forward to a few years later
B C# A#m B
And no-one knows except the both of us
B C# A#m B
And I have honoured your request for silence
B C# A#m B
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Verse]
B C#
You're essentially an employee
A#m B
And I like you having to depend on me
B C#
You're a kind of protege
A#m B
And one day you'll say you learned all you know from me
B C#
I know you depend on me
A#m B
Like a young thing would go to a guardian
B C#
I know you sexualize me
A#m B
Like a young thing would and I think I like it
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# A#m B
We'll fast forward to a few years later
B C# A#m B
And no-one knows except the both of us
B C# A#m B
And I have honoured your request for silence
B C# A#m B
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Bridge]
D#m B F# C#
What part of our history is re-invented and under rug swept?
D#m B F# C#
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
What's with the distance it seems so obvious?
[Verse]
B C#
Just make sure you don't tell on me
A#m B
Especially to members of your family
B C#
We best keep this to ourselves
A#m B
And not tell any member of our inner posse
B C#
I wish I could tell the world
A#m B
Cos you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
B C#
I might want to marry you, one day
A#m B
If you'd watch that weight and keep your firm body
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# A#m B
We'll fast forward to a few years later
B C# A#m B
And no-one knows except the both of us
B C# A#m B
And I have honoured your request for silence
B C# A#m B
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# A#m B
We'll fast forward to a few years later
B C# A#m B
And no-one knows except the both of us
B C# A#m B
And I have honoured your request for silence
B C# A#m B
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Verse]
B C#
If it weren't for your maturity
A#m B
None of this would have happened
B If you weren't so
C#
wise beyond your years
A#m I would have been
B
able to control myself
B C#
If it weren't for my attention
A#m B
You wouldn't have been successful
B C#
And if, if it weren't for me
You would never have
A#m B
amounted to very much
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# We'll fast forward
A#m B
to a few years later
B C# And no-one knows
A#m B
except the both of us
B C# And I have honoured
A#m B
your request for silence
B C# And you've washed your
A#m B
hands clean of this
[Verse]
B C#
You're essentially an employee
A#m And I like you having
B
to depend on me
B C#
You're a kind of protege
A#m And one day you'll say you
B
learned all you know from me
B C#
I know you depend on me
A#m Like a young thing
B
would go to a guardian
B C#
I know you sexualize me
A#m Like a young thing would
B
and I think I like it
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# We'll fast forward
A#m B
to a few years later
B C# And no-one knows
A#m B
except the both of us
B C# And I have honoured
A#m B
your request for silence
B C# And you've washed your
A#m B
hands clean of this
[Bridge]
D#m B What part of our history is
F# C#
re-invented and under rug swept?
D#m B What part of your memory is
F# C#
selective and tends to forget?
What's with the distance it seems so obvious?
[Verse]
B Just make sure you
C#
don't tell on me
A#m Especially to members
B
of your family
B C#
We best keep this to ourselves
A#m And not tell any member
B
of our inner posse
B C#
I wish I could tell the world
A#m Cos you're such a pretty thing
B
when you're done up properly
B C#
I might want to marry you, one day
A#m If you'd watch that weight
B
and keep your firm body
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# We'll fast forward
A#m B
to a few years later
B C# And no-one knows
A#m B
except the both of us
B C# And I have honoured
A#m B
your request for silence
B C# And you've washed your
A#m B
hands clean of this
[Pre-Chorus]
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
B C# A#m B
But you don't seem to mind
B C# A#m B
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
B C# A#m B
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
B C# We'll fast forward
A#m B
to a few years later
B C# And no-one knows
A#m B
except the both of us
B C# And I have honoured
A#m B
your request for silence
B C# And you've washed your
A#m B
hands clean of this