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