Dear John (Taylor's Version) chords by Taylor Swift

Chords with lyrics

♫ Intro:

BB  BB  BB  BB


♫ Verse 1:
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Long were the nights
                  BB
When my days once revolved around you
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Counting my footsteps
                BB
Prayin' the floor won't fall through again
    C majorC          B#mB#m    C majorC
And my mother accused me of losin' my mind
    BB
But I swore I was fine
   BB
You?paint?me a blue sky
              BB
Then go back to turn it to rain
    BB
And I lived in your chess game
                BB
But you change the rules every day
 C majorC             B#mB#m
Wonderin' which version of you
     C majorC      BB
I might get on the phone tonight
     C majorC
Well, I stopped pickin' up
     B#mB#m    C majorC      BB
And this song is to let you know why

♫ Chorus:
    BB                 BB
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
              B#mB#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C majorC              BB
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
      BB
I shoulda known

♫ Interlude:
BB  BB


♫ Verse 2:
    BB                    BB
Well, maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame
        BB
Or maybe it's you and your sick need
              BB
To give love and take it away
   C majorC             B#mB#m      C majorC
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors
   BB
Who don't understand
        C majorC            B#mB#m       C majorC
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said
     BB
"Run as fast as you can"

♫ Chorus:
   BB                 BB
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
              B#mB#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C majorC              BB
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
   BB                BB
Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong
                B#mB#m
Don't you think nineteen's too young to be played by
   C majorC             BB
Your dark, twisted games when I loved you so?
      BB
I shoulda known

Instrumental ♫ Break:
BB  BB

♫ Bridge:
      B#mB#m          C majorC
You are an expert at "Sorry" and keepin' lines blurry
 BB
Never impressed by me acing your tests
     B#mB#m             C majorC
All the girls that you run dry have tired, lifeless eyes
      BB
'Cause you burned them out
  C majorC           B#mB#m       C majorC
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
  BB
So don't look now
   C majorC           BB          BB  BB
I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town
B#mB#m  C majorC  BB
Oh

♫ Chorus:
    BB                 BB
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
              B#mB#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C majorC              BB     BB
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
               BB
I see it all now that you're gone
              B#mB#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C majorC            BB
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
       BB
You shoulda known

♫ Outro:
       BB
You shoulda known
BB               BB
 Don't you think I was too young?
         BB
You shoulda known

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