Chords for Kim Wilde & Steve Coogan "Short Term Affair"

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It's a short term affair. _ _ _ _
[C] You're my children's au pair. _ _ _ _
[D] But I just couldn't bear _ to _
_ [C] _ keep [D] my hands [G] off you. _ _ _ _
I was barely eighteen. _ _ _ _
[C] What you did was obscene. _ _ _
[D] But to me it felt clean. _ _ _
[C] What else [D] was I _ [G] to do? _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] The memory still [Bm] lingers.
You cook in the kids' fish [E] fingers.
And I earn a_
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_ [C] Each morning you'd come [Bm] down in your paisley dressing gown.
[A] Then [A] you'd sing [C] and this yearning [D]
started.
It was [G] a short term affair.
No intention to stray.
I [C] was caught in your snare.
But my wife was away.
You [D] were so debonair.
So I thought, what the hay.
[C] I _ _ _ [D] _ _
can't [G] resist. _ _ _ _ _
It was a short term affair.
You're the man, you're the boss.
[C] When I found you right there.
Like the father I lost.
[D] Cleaning our silverware. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] At once. _ _
_ [G] Weakening. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] You took me to the [Bm] kitchen.
Your hands kind of started twitching.
[E] I felt so shy.
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_ [C] Nothing could stop what followed.
[Bm] Lucky for me you swallowed.
[D] _ Every lie.
[C] But it all [D] goes.
That's why we had [A] this short term affair. _ _ _ _
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[A] It was a short term affair. _ _ _ _
[D] Like a red camembert. _ _ _ _
[E] There's a smell in the air. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] That it's over now. _
_ [D] Try [B] to be [E] strong somehow. _
[D] I'll start [Bm] a [E] brand new life.
_ [D] Please, [Bm] please [E] don't tell my wife. _
[D] But I won't [Bm] _ [E] stop loving you. _
[D] Please, _ [Bm] please [E] don't tell my wife. _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] Child [E] of Peterson. _
[D] We must [Bm] never meet [E] again.
_ [A] Short term affair.
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