Verse1 Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened___ Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself Cadd9 (drums) Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and if Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 If it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much
Chorus (Lead3) C5 D5 B5 C5 We'll fast forward to a few_ years_ la_ter__ C5 D5 B5 C5 And no one knows except the both_ of_ us___ C5 D5 B5 C5 And I have honored your request_ for_ silence__ C5 D5 B5 C5 And you__'ve washed_ your_ hands_ clean of this__
Verse Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me Cadd9 Dsus2 You're kind of my protégé D/B Cadd9 and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me and Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 I know you sexualize me like a young thing but I think I like
Pre-chorus (Lead1, Lead2) Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 Oo______ooh____ this could_ be_ mes__sy___ but Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 You_________ don't__ seem_ to_ mi_____ind Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 Ooh_________ don't go telling_ everybody__ and Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 /// O___ver_look__ this supposed crime___
Chorus (Lead3) C5 D5 B5 C5 We'll fast forward to a few_ years_ la_ter__ C5 D5 B5 C5 And no one knows except the both_ of_ us___ C5 D5 B5 C5 And more than I, I'm your request_ for_ silence__ C5 D5 B5 C5 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 Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family Cadd9 Dsus2 D/B Cadd9 We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse Cadd9 Dsus2 I wish I could tell the world cuz D/B Cadd9 you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly Cadd9 Dsus2 I might want to marry you one day D/B Cadd9 if you watch that weight and keep your firm body Repeat Pre-chorus Repeat Chorus