The Childcatcher

Em G       Am  D
"Baby," he says,
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"You are like the clean white page and I the pen
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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
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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
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"I can never love older girls like I love you
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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
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Old women grow bitter don't let that happen to you"


(Rhythm Guitar during solo)
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A Em   B A B Am F#m B7


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"And why is it charming pretending I'm younger than my years?"
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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"
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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"