Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: 
E MajorE
Difficulty: Novice
Simple chords for strumming
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C majorC x3201x
C/BC/B x2201x
A minorAm x0221x
FF 13321x
DmDm xx023x
Gsus4Gsus4 xx553x
G+G xx543x
Intro and Chorus riff
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C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C majorC
e|--3--3p0-x--3p0--|--3--3p0-x--3p0--|--0---------0----|-----------------|
BB|--1--1---x--1----|--0--0---x--0----|--------1--------|--1---------1----|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|--2---2----------|--------0--------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2---2----------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
FF A minorAm DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|--1---------1----|--1---------1----|-----------------|-----3-x----3-x--|
G+G|--------2--------|--------2--------|--2-----2---2----|--/5------4------|
D MajorD|--3---3----------|--2---2----------|--0---0-------0--|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
p = pull-off
x = mute string
/ = slide-up
Capo 4th fret
Intro:
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
C majorC C/BC/B
My, my, my, my
A minorAm C majorC
My, my, my, my
FF A minorAm
My, my, my, my
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
My, my, my, my
Chorus 1:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
C majorC
Flashbacks waking me up
FF A minorAm
I get drunk, but it's not enough
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
I look through the windows of this love
C majorC
Even though we boarded them up
FF A minorAm
Chandelier still flickering here
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G C majorC
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
C/BC/B 
E minorEm FF G+G
It's death by a thousand cuts
Verse 1:
C majorC C/BC/B E minorEm FF
I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home
G+G
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright, they say, "I don't know"
C majorC C/BC/B E minorEm FF
And what once was ours, is no one's now
G+G
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share is this small town
C majorC C/BC/B E minorEm FF
You said it was a great love, one for the ages
G+G
But if the story's over, why am I still writing pages?
Chorus 2:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
C majorC
Flashbacks waking me up
FF A minorAm
I get drunk, but it's not enough
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
I look through the windows of this love
C majorC
Even though we boarded them up
FF A minorAm
Chandelier still flickering here
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G C majorC
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
C/BC/B E minorEm FF G+G
It's death by a thousand cuts
Verse 2:
C majorC C/BC/B
My heart, my hips, my body, my love
E minorEm FF
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
G+G
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
C majorC
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
C/BC/B
Our songs, our films, united, we stand
E minorEm FF
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
G+G
Why are my fears at the touch of your hands?
C majorC
Paper cut stains from my paper-thin plans
C/BC/B
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
E minorEm FF
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
G+G
Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm G+G
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts
Chorus 3:
FF A minorAm
I get drunk, but it's not enough
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
'Cause you're not my baby
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
I look through the windows of this love
C majorC
Even though we boarded them up
FF A minorAm
Chandelier still flickering here
DmDm Gsus4Gsus4 G+G C majorC
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not, no it's not
C/BC/B E minorEm FF G+G
It's death by a thousand cuts (you didn't touch)
Post-Chorus:
C majorC
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
C/BC/B E minorEm FF
My body, my love, my trust (it's death by a thousand cuts)
G+G
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no
Outro:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C majorC
I take the long way home
FF A minorAm DmDm
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G N.C.
They say, "I don't know"
ⓘ This is the 2nd version of guitar chords for 'Death By A Thousand Cuts' by Taylor Swift, a female pop artist from Pennsylvania, USA. Taylor Swift was born in 1989. Taylor Swift is known for her energetic rock/pop music.
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