Blank Space chords by Father John Misty

Standard Tuning EADGBe



In the style of the Velvet Underground.


(Note: the G F# F E walkdown is one strum each)


Intro: D   F#   G   G F# F   E


Verse 1:

D                 F#              G                 G F# F     E
Nice to meet you, where you been? I could show you incredible things
D             F#         G                 G F# F                E
Magic madness heaven sin saw ya there and thought OMG look at that face you look like my next mistake
D        F#   G   G F# F   E
Love?s a game, want to play?
D          F#             G                       G F# F           E
New money, suit and tie, I can read you like a magazine, ain't it funny how rumors fly
D                                F#               G           G F# F           E
And I know you heard about me so let's be friends I'm dying to see how this one ends
D                  F#            G              G F# F            E
Grab your passport and my hand I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

Pre-Chorus 1:

     D          F#             G     G F# F     E
It's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
    D                 F#          G      G F# F      E
You tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain
           D               F#                 G   G F# F   E
I've got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane


Chorus 1:

           D               G               D               G
Cause you know I love the players, oh you know I love the players
D             G                                 D
Oh I love the players, whooo, and you love the game


Pre-Chorus 2:

            D               F#                 G         G F# F   E
Cause we're young and we're reckless and we'll take this way too far
              D                   F#                G     G F# F   E
It'll leave you, it'll leave you breathless baby or with a nasty scar
        D            F#                    G     G F# F   E
I got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane


Chorus 2:

               D           G                   D                 G
But I've got a blank space baby, oh I got a, I got a blank space baby, whooo
        D           G                         D
I got a blank space baby and I'll write your name


Verse 2:

D            F#            G       G F# F         E
Cherry lips, crystal skies I could show you incredible things
D              F#                      G            G F# F        E
Stolen kisses, pretty lies, you're the king baby and I'm your queen, whoo
         D                     F#                      G               G F# F   E
Find out what you want be that girl for a month but the worst is yet to come, oh no
      D                   F#                     G               G F# F   E
I'm Screaming, baby I'm crying perfect storm I could make all the tables turn
D            F#                 G                                G F# F   E
Rose gardens filled with thorns Keep you second guessing like "Oh my God, who is she?"
D             F#                      G                           G F# F   E
Get drunk on jealousy but you'll come back each time you leave cause darling I'm a nighmare dressed like a daydream


Pre-Chorus 3:

        D          F#             G     G F# F     E
So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
    D                 F#          G      G F# F      E
You tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain
           D               F#                 G   G F# F   E
I've got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane


Chorus 3:

           D               G               D               G
Cause you know I love the players, oh you know I love the players
D             G                                D
Oh I love the players, whooo, and you love the game


Pre-Chorus 4:

            D               F#                 G         G F# F   E
Cause we're young and we're reckless and we'll take this way too far
              D                   F#                G     G F# F   E
It'll leave you, it'll leave you breathless baby or with a nasty scar
        D            F#                    G     G F# F   E
I got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane


Chorus 4:

               D           G                   D                 G
But I've got a blank space baby, oh I got a, I got a blank space baby, whooo
        D           G                         D
I got a blank space baby and I'll write your name


Bridge:

D                           F#                          G     G F# F     E
Boys only want you if it's torture, don't say I didn't say I didn't warn you
D                           F#                          G          G F# F     E
Boys only want love if it's torture, don't say I didn't say I didn't warn you, whoo

Pre-Chorus 5:

       D          F#             G     G F# F     E
So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames
    D                 F#          G      G F# F      E
You tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain
           D               F#                 G   G F# F   E
I've got a long list of ex-lovers and they'll tell you I'm insane


Chorus 5:

           D               G               D               G
Cause you know I love the players, oh you know I love the players
D             G                                  D
Oh I love the players, whooo, and you love the game, whooooo oh oh oh oh.....