Illicit Affairs Chords
by Taylor Swift
Illicit Affairs by Taylor Swift is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Db with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Em7, C9, Bm, D, Bm/A, D/Gb and G/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro G Em7 C9 Bm D
G Em7
Make sure nobody sees you leave
C9
Hood over your head, keep your eyes down
Bm/A
Tell your friends you're out for a run
D
You’ll be flushed when you return
G Em7
Take the road less traveled by
C9
Tell yourself you can always stop
Bm/A
What started in beautiful rooms
D
Ends with meetings in parking lots
Bm C9
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
D D
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
Bm C9
It's born from just one single glance
D D/Gb
But it dies and it dies and it dies
G
A million little times
G Em7
Leave the perfume on the shelf
C9
That you picked out just for him
Bm/A
So you leave no trace behind
D
Like you don’t even exist
G Em7
Take the words for what they are
C9
A dwindling, mercurial high
Bm/A
A drug that only worked
D
The first few hundred times
Bm C9
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
D
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
Bm C9
They show their truth one single time
D D/Gb
But they lie and they lie and they lie
G
A million little times
G
And you wanna scream
G
Don't call me kid, don't call me baby
Em7
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
C9 G/B D
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else
G
Don't call me kid, don't call me baby
Em7
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
C9 G/B D
You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else
Bm Bm/A C9
And you know damn well
D
For you, I would ruin myself
G
A million little times