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