I Told You Things X Sign Of The Times X Illicit Affairs

F
I told you things that I never said
Dm
You're the golden boy and my worst regret
C                              F
So I cut the cost and I limit feeling
F
You were all at once 'til the fade to black
Dm
Took your cigarettes and poems back
C                                      F
You were in my hands, now you're on my ceiling

    F
But how's the city been? You get recognized?
Dm
At the local bar By the drunken guys
C                                    F
And the starlet girls, they claw for pieces
F
Do you give a few? Do you like that?
Dm
Do you freak out or get sad?
C                       F
Do you go home, or am I reaching?

[Ponte]

F
Hey, wait, guess what?
Dm                                C
Yesterday I stopped and played it safe
                   A#
Instead of walking straight to you to say
F                Dm
Stay, nevermind, okay
                           C
Don't mean it, plus you've changed
                   A#
Not much, but just enough to throw away
F                  Dm
 Fake fantasies and games
                       C
I've lost a year, it's strange
                   A#
Composed a hundred ways to tell you
F                        Dm
Hey, what if I took your call
                    C
As more than just a call?
                  A#
As writing on the walls?
               F
You built this cage

(Sign of the times)

F
We don't talk enough (Lost color in my face)
Dm
We should open up (you’re fair and I’m insane)
C                      Bb
Before it's all too much (Hallucination, shame
Guilt, pain, more pain)

(Illicit Affairs)

And you wanna scream
F
Don't call me kid, don't call me baby
Dm
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
A#
You showed me colors you know
                 C
I can't see with anyone else
F
Don't call me kid, don't call me baby
Dm
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
A#
You taught me a secret language
                   C
I can't speak with anyone else

        Am   Am/G A#
And you know damn well
                C
For you I would ruin myself
  F
A million little times