Intro
C F Am (4x)
[Pre-Chorus]
C
She laughed when he told her
F Am
Wishes he was older
C
Cried on his shoulder
F Am
Wouldn't let him hold her
[Chorus]
C
Clementine
G Am
Baby, now is not the time
C
Clementine
G Am
It's a sex crime
[Verse 1]
F
Stop
C G F
Aren't you forgetting there's a rule set in place
C
To manage your feelings
G F
For you don't look at his face
C G
You noticed his hair is getting longer
F C G
But it doesn't make up for the deficiency in years
[Verse 2]
F C G F
And though his eyes may look just like his older brother's
C G F
Who says he won't tell their mother
C G F
He really has to get home soon
C G
His parents check his room
[Pre-Chorus]
C
She laughed when he told her
F Am
Wishes he was older
C
Cried on his shoulder
F Am
Wouldn't let him hold her
[Chorus]
C
Clementine
G Am
Baby, now is not the time
C
Clementine
G Am
It's a sex crime
[Instrumental]
C F Am (2x)
[Verse 3]
F
Hey
C G F
You can't regret impulses you don't bring to life
C
It's all for the best
G F
Although it cuts you like a knife
C G
To see him believe he's playing saviour
F C G
When he still gets a talking to for out of line behaviour
F C G F C G F
And he means it when he says he wants to learn those things you talk about with all your friends
C G F C G
To prove to you he doesn't need his cousin's fake ID
[Pre-Chorus]
C
She laughed when he told her
F Am
Wishes he was older
C
Cried on his shoulder
F Am
Wouldn't let him hold her
[Chorus]
C
Clementine
G Am
Baby, now is not the time
C
Clementine
G Am
It's a sex crime
C F Am
C
Clementine
F Am
It's a sex crime
[Instrumental]
C F (3x)
C F
Clementine
[Pre-Chorus]
C
She laughed when he told her
F Am
Wishes he was older
C
Cried on his shoulder
F Am
Wouldn't let him hold her
[Chorus]
C
Clementine
G Am
Baby, now is not the time
C
Clementine
G Am
It's a sex crime
C F Am
Clementine
C
Clementine
F Am
It's a sex crime
[Outro]
C F D