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[Intro][Verse]C DIf it weren't for your maturityBm CNone of this would have happenedC DIf you weren't so wise beyond your yearsBm CI would have been able to control myselfC DIf it weren't for my attentionBm CYou wouldn't have been successfulC DAnd if, if it weren't for meBm CYou would never have amounted to very much[Pre-Chorus]C D Bm COoo-ooh this could be messyC D Bm CBut you don't seem to mindC D Bm COoo-ooh don't go telling everybodyC D Bm CAnd overlook this supposed crime[Chorus]C D Bm CWe'll fast forward to a few years laterC D Bm CAnd no-one knows except the both of usC D Bm CAnd I have honoured your request for silenceC D Bm CAnd you've washed your hands clean of this[Verse]C DYou're essentially an employeeBm CAnd I like you having to depend on meC DYou're a kind of protegeBm CAnd one day you'll say you learned all you know from meC DI know you depend on meBm CLike a young thing would go to a guardianC DI know you sexualize meBm CLike a young thing would and I think I like it[Pre-Chorus]C D Bm COoo-ooh this could be messyC D Bm CBut you don't seem to mindC D Bm COoo-ooh don't go telling everybodyC D Bm CAnd overlook this supposed crime[Chorus]C D Bm CWe'll fast forward to a few years laterC D Bm CAnd no-one knows except the both of usC D Bm CAnd I have honoured your request for silenceC D Bm CAnd you've washed your hands clean of this[Bridge]Em C G DWhat part of our history is re-invented and under rug sweptEm C G DWhat part of your memory is selective and tends to forgetC G DWhat's with the distance it seems so obvious[Verse]C DJust make sure you don't tell on meBm CEspecially to members of your familyC DWe best keep this to ourselvesBm CAnd not tell any member of our inner posseC DI wish I could tell the worldBm CCos you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properlyC DI might want to marry you, one dayBm CIf you'd watch that weight and keep your firm body[Pre-Chorus]C D Bm COoo-ooh this could be messyC D Bm CBut you don't seem to mindC D Bm COoo-ooh don't go telling everybodyC D Bm CAnd overlook this supposed crime[Chorus]C D Bm CWe'll fast forward to a few years laterC D Bm CAnd no-one knows except the both of usC D Bm CAnd I have honoured your request for silenceC D Bm CAnd you've washed your hands clean of this[Pre-Chorus]C D Bm COoo-ooh this could be messyC D Bm CBut you don't seem to mindC D Bm COoo-ooh don't go telling everybodyC D Bm CAnd overlook this supposed crime[Chorus]C D Bm CWe'll fast forward to a few years laterC D Bm CAnd no-one knows except the both of usC D Bm CAnd I have honoured your request for silenceC D Bm CAnd you've washed your hands clean of this[Outro]C D Bm C
