Childcatcher Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]"Baby," he [Am]says, [D]"You are like [Em]the
clean white [G]page and [Am]I the pen[D].
The in[Em]nocence I [G]find [D]between your [Am]girlish [C]thighs is
like the [Em]fountain of [G]youth [Am]to my [D]old [C]bones."

[Verse 2]
And [Bm]she [Em]replies,
"Daddy's little [C]girl's a pre[Bm]cocious [Em]child[C]
I [D]love to [Em]please,
I'll do [C]anything that [Bm]you ask of m[Em]e
Eager to ful[C]fill all of [Bm]Daddy's

[Verse 3]
needs."
[Em]"Baby," [G]he [Em]says,
[Am]"I c[D]an never love [Em]older girl[G]s like I lov[Am]e you.[D]
[Em]You're easier to [G]please and you
[D]never give me [C]grief
'Cause you ac[Em]cept everything
[G]I s[Am]ay and do."
[D]

[Verse 4]
[C]
And [Bm]she [Em]replies,
"I'm in no pos[C]ition [Bm]to make de[Em]mands.[C]
I [D]have no [Em]past,
no one else has [C]done to me [Bm]what [Em]you do.
I've got no one [C]else to com
[Bm]pare you to."
[Em]

[Verse 5]
[B]
"And [Am]as you grow o[Em]lder,
try to [B]stay sixteen [C]all your [Em]life,[B]
[Am]Old [G]women grow bitter,
[C]don't let that [D]happen [Em]to you."

[Interlude 1]
[Em][D][B][Am][Em]
[B][C][B][Am][F#m][G#]

[Verse 6]
"And [F#m]why is[B] it ch[C#m]arming pretending
I'm [G#]younger [A]than my [C#m]years?[G#m]
Why [A]can't [C#m]I grow up with dignit[C]y,[D]
[Em]set [C]me f[D]ree?[Bm]"[Em]
[G]

[Verse 7]
[Em]"Baby," he says,
[Am]"Now that [D]you'[Em]re older I feel ou[G]r love has died.
[Am]Once upon [D]a ti[Em]me you[G]
[D]never criti[C]cised me.
Oh, I [Em]much [G]preferred
you [Am]as a child."
[D]

[Verse 8]
[C]
And [Bm]I re[Em]ply,
"Everything [C]you said to me [Bm]was a[Em] lie.[C]
[D]I know your k[Em]ind,
you just want a [C]daughter [Bm]without [Em]a wife.
You don't need a [C]girlfriend
you [Bm]need [Em]a life."