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Cardigan (Ver3) by Taylor Swift

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INTRO:  Fm

VERSE ONE:
Fm                        Bb
Vintage tee, brand new phone
Bb                      Ab
High heels on cobblestones
Ab                                          Bb
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
Fm                          Bb
Sequined smile, black lipstick
Bb           Ab 
Sensual politics
Ab                                            Bb
When you are young, they assume you know nothing



CHORUS:
Eb
But I knew you
Bb
Dancin' in your Levi's
Bb                         Ab
Drunk under a streetlight, I
Ab
I knew you
Bb 
Hand under my sweatshirt
Bb
Baby, kiss it better, I

POST-CHORUS:
Fm                                   Bb
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Bb
Under someone's bed
Ab                                  Bb
You put me on and said I was your favorite

VERSE TWO:
Fm
A friend to all is a friend to none
Bb                        Ab
Chase two girls, lose the one
Bb
When you are young, they assume you know nothing



CHORUS:
Eb
But I knew you
Bb
Playing hide-and-seek and
Bb                        Ab 
Giving me your weekends, I
Ab
I knew you
Ab                       Bb
Your heartbeat on the High Line
Bb                          Ab
Once in twenty lifetimes, I

Ab                                  Cm
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Cm
Under someone's bed
Eb                                  Ab
You put me on and said I was your favorite

INSTRUMENTAL: 

Ab Cm Bb Ab
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BRIDGE:
Ab
To kiss in cars and downtown bars
Cm
Was all we needed
Bb
You drew stars around my scars
Ab
But now I'm bleedin'

CHORUS:
Eb
'Cause I knew you
Bb
Steppin' on the last train
Ab
Marked me like a bloodstain, I
Ab
I knew you
Bb
Tried to change the ending
Bb                  Eb
Peter losing Wendy, I
Eb
I knew you
Bb
Leavin' like a father
Bb                   Ab
Running like water, I
Ab                                             Bb
And when you are young, they assume you know nothing

VERSE THREE:
Eb
But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss
Bb
I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs
Ab
The smell of smoke would hang around this long
Bb
'Cause I knew everything when I was young

Eb
I knew I'd curse you for the longest time
Bb
Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
Ab
I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired
Bb
And you'd be standin' in my front porch light

Fm
And I knew you'd come back to me
Bb
You'd come back to me
Ab
And you'd come back to me
Bb 
And you'd come back

CHORUS:
Ab                                Cm
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Cm
Under someone's bed
Eb                                    Ab
You put me on and said I was your favorite

Cardigan (Ver3) Chords Info

Last Updated: February 8, 2026

Chords: Fm, Bb, Ab, Eb, A, Cm