Cardigan chords by Taylor Swift

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Taylor Swift : "Cardigan"

Verse 1:
E minorEm             A augmentedA
  Vintage tee, brand new phone
             G+G
  High heels on cobblestones
                     A augmentedA
  When you are young they assume you know nothing
E minorEm                       G+G
  Sequined smile, black lipstick, sentual politics
                      A augmentedA
  When you are young, they assume you know nothing

Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
  But I knew you, dancin' in your Levi's
                G+G
  Drunk under a streetlight, I
               A augmentedA
  I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt

  Baby, kiss it better, I

Chorus 1:
E minorEm                  A augmentedA
  And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
            G+G
  Under someone's bed
                   A augmentedA
  You put me on and said I was your favorite

Verse 2:
E minorEm                 A augmentedA
  A augmentedA friend to all is a friend to none
               G+G
  Chase two girls, lose the one
                      A augmentedA
  When you are young, they assume you know nothing

Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD
  But I knew you
          A augmentedA
  Playing hide-and-seek and
              G+G
  Giving me your weekends, I

  I knew you
             A augmentedA
  Your heartbeat on the High Line

  Once in twenty lifetimes, I

Chorus 2:
G+G                  B minorBm
  And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
            D MajorD
  Under someone's bed
                   G+G
  You put me on and said I was your favorite

Break:
G+G  B minorBm
A augmentedA  G+G

Verse 3:
       G+G
  To kiss in cars, in downtown bars
       B minorBm
  Was all I needed
                   FF
  You drew stars around my scars
        G+G
  But now I'm bleedin'
D MajorD
  'Cause I knew you
          A augmentedA
  Steppin' on the last train
                G+G
  Marked me like a bloodstain, I

  I knew you
            A augmentedA
  Tried to change the ending

  Peter losin' Wendy, I
D MajorD
  I knew you
          A augmentedA               G+G
  Leavin' like a father, runnin' like water, I
                      A augmentedA
  When you are young, they assume you know nothing

Bridge:
          D MajorD
  But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss
         A augmentedA
  I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs
         G+G
  The smell of smoke would hang around this long
         A augmentedA
  'Cause I knew everything when I was young
        D MajorD
  I knew I'd curse you for the longest time
      A augmentedA
  Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
         G+G
  I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired
         A augmentedA
  And you'd be standin' in my front porch light
          E minorEm
  And you'd come back to me
          A augmentedA
  And you'd come back to me
          G+G
  And you'd come back to me
          A augmentedA
  And you'd come back

Chorus 3:
G+G                  B minorBm
  And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
            D MajorD
  Under someone's bed
                   G+G
  You put me on and said I was your favorite

PIANO MELODIES:

Intro, Verse 1, Chorus 1, Verse 2, Verse 3 part 2:

 E minorEm                A augmentedA
e|0-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
BB|------------------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 G+G                A augmentedA
e|0-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
BB|----3---0---------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus, Bridge part 1:
 D MajorD                A augmentedA
e|2-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
BB|------------------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 G+G                A augmentedA
e|0-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
BB|----3---0---------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Chorus 2:
 G+G                B minorBm
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
BB|----3---0-----------------3-0-3-|--------------------------3-0-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 D MajorD                G+G
e|2-------------------------2-0---|--------------------------------|
BB|----3---0---------------------3-|0-------------------------3-0-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Break, Chorus 3, :
 G+G                B minorBm
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
BB|----0---------------------3-0-3-|----0---------------------3-0-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 D MajorD                G+G
e|2---0---------------------2-0---|--------------------------------|
BB|--------0---------------------3-|0-------------------------3-0-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Verse 3 part 1:
 G+G                B minorBm
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
BB|----0---------------------3-0-3-|----0---------------------3-0-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 D MajorD                G+G
e|2---0---------------------2-0---|--------------------------2-0---|
BB|--------0---------------------3-|0-----------------------------3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Bridge part 2:
 E minorEm                A augmentedA
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------3-0-3-|----2---------------------3-0-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 G+G                A augmentedA
e|2-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
BB|----0---------------------3-0-3-|--------------------------3-0-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Other versions of Cardigan

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Cardigan (Ver. 6) by Taylor Swift