Intro
Intro (Riff):
1 - A# (8 beats)
2 - A# - Gm - Cm (2x)
A# Gm Cm
In a simple skirt, you caused a ricochet
A# Gm Cm
Of courting boys who watched you walk away
A# Dm D#
But I don't live my life like you do
A# Dm D# D#
No, I don't live my life like you do
[chorus]
A# Gm Cm
So, hold me down and never let me go
A# Gm Cm
A# schoolboy grin that only goes to show
A# F Gm
That I could never have such control
Cm D#
Every time you leave, every time you leave I wanna go
[repeat 2nd part of Riff]
A# Gm Cm
Rip me up and bully me in jest
A# Gm Cm
About the afternoons you spent sleeping on my chest
A# Dm D#
But I don't live my life like you do
A# Dm D# D#
No, I don't live my life like you do
A# Gm Cm
So, hold me down and never let me go
A# Gm Cm
A# schoolboy grin that only goes to show
A# F Gm
That I could never have such control
Cm D#
Every time you leave, every time you leave I wanna go
[2nd riff] (4 beats each chord)
Cm - Dm - Gm - Cm - Cm - Dm - Gm - D#
A# Gm Cm
So, hold me down and never let me go
A# Gm Cm
A# schoolboy grin that only goes to show
A# F Gm
That I could never have such control
Cm D# A#
Every time you leave, every time you leave I wanna go