The Childcatcher

Em G       Am  D
"Baby," he says,
                  Em          G   
"You are like the clean white page
     Am    D
 and I the pen
    Em          G       Am       
The innocence I find in between 
            D
your girlish thighs
            Em          G        
Is like the fountain of youth to 
Am     D
my old bones"


[Chorus]
C   D     Em
And she replies
                C           D     
"Daddy's little girl's a 
  Em
precocious child
C D       Em                 C 
I love to please, I'll do 
             D      Em
anything that you ask of me,
         C              D       
Eager to fulfill all of Daddy's 
Em
needs"


[Verse 2]
Em G       Am  D
"Baby," he says
             Em         G          
"I can never love older girls like 
Am     D
I love you
       Em        G              
You're easier to please and you 
Am            D
never give me grief
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           Em          G       Am
'Cause you accept everything I 
      D
say and do"


[Chorus]
C   D     Em
And she replies
             C         D      Em
"I'm in no position to make demands.
C D       Em                    
I have no past, no one else has 
C          D        Em
done to me what you do
                C          D      
I've got no one else to compare 
  Em
you to"


[Bridge]
B    A           Em              
"And as you grow older, try to 
  B       C        Em
act sixteen all your life
B   A    G            Am       
Old women grow bitter don't let
      D         Em
 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              
"And why is it charming 
       Ab      F#m     C#m
pretending I'm younger than my 
years?"
Ab  F#m     C#m          Am D 
Why can't I grow up with 
Em  Am  D  Em
dignity? Set me free"


[Verse 3]
Em G       Am  D
"Baby," he says
                 Em       G        
"Now that you're older, I feel our 
Am       D
love has died"
Em          G         Am
Once upon a time, you never 
         D
criticised me
      Em      G          Am   D
Oh, I much preferred you as a child"


[Chorus]
C   D   Em
And I reply
                C          D     
"Everything you said to me was a 
Em
lie"
C D         Em                   
I know your kind, you just want a
 C        D         Em
 daughter without a wife
                  C               
"You don't need a girlfriend, you 
D      Em
need a life"