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The Childcatcher by Lush
The Childcatcher
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
[Verse 1]
Em G Am D
"Baby," he says,
Em G Am D
"You are like the clean white page and I the pen
Em G Am D
The innocence I find in between your girlish thighs
Em G Am D
Is like the fountain of youth to my old bones"
[Chorus]
C D Em
And she replies
C D Em
"Daddy's little girl's a precocious child
C D Em C D Em
I love to please, I'll do anything that you ask of me,
C D Em
Eager to fulfill all of Daddy's needs"
[Verse 2]
Em G Am D
"Baby," he says
Em G Am D
"I can never love older girls like I love you
Em G Am D
You're easier to please and you never give me grief
Em G Am D
'Cause you accept everything I say and do"
[Chorus]
C D Em
And she replies
C D Em
"I'm in no position to make demands.
C D Em C D Em
I have no past, no one else has done to me what you do
C D Em
I've got no one else to compare you to"
[Bridge]
B A Em B C Em
"And as you grow older, try to act sixteen all your life
B A G Am D Em
Old women grow bitter don't let that happen to you"
(Rhythm Guitar during solo)
Em D B
A Em B A B Am F#m B7
Ab F#m C#m Ab F#m C#m
"And why is it charming pretending I'm younger than my years?"
Ab F#m C#m Am D Em Am D Em
Why can't I grow up with dignity? Set me free"
[Verse 3]
Em G Am D
"Baby," he says
Em G Am D
"Now that you're older, I feel our love has died"
Em G Am D
Once upon a time, you never criticised me
Em G Am D
Oh, I much preferred you as a child"
[Chorus]
C D Em
And I reply
C D Em
"Everything you said to me was a lie"
C D Em C D Em
I know your kind, you just want a daughter without a wife
C D Em
"You don't need a girlfriend, you need a life"
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