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