Guitar tabs with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key:E MajorE Difficulty: Novice The parts that are only chords (mainly the verses) can be played differently as well. I put the other way you could play it at the end!
Intro: My, my, my, my My, my, my, my My, my, my, my My, my, my, my Intro/Chorus: e|--5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2-0-2-|BB|------------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0---------------|
G+G|------------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2-----------------|
D MajorD|--0---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|------------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0-----|
E MajorE|------------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------------| x3 My, my, my, my My, my, my, my My, my, my, my My, my, my, my Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts Flashbacks waking me up I get drunk, but it's not enough ’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby I look through the windows of this love Even though we boarded them up Chandelier's still flickering here ’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
Chorus/verse: e|--2--------|-2----2-----|----------|-0-----|BB|--3--------|-3----3--2--|-3--------|-2-----|
G+G|--2--------|-2----2--2--|-0--------|-2-----|
D MajorD|--0--------|---------4--|-0--------|-------|
A augmentedA|-----------|-4----4-----|----------|-0-----|
E MajorE|-----------|---------2--|-3--------|-------| x4 It's death by a thousand cuts I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright They say, "I don't know" And what once was ours is no one's now I see you everywhere, the only thing we share Is this small town You said it was a great love, one for the ages But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages? Chorus: e|--5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2-0-2--|
BB|------------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0----------------|
G+G|------------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2------------------|
D MajorD|--0---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0------|
E MajorE|------------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0----------------------| x2 ’Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts Flashbacks waking me up I get drunk, but it's not enough ’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby I look through the windows of this love Even though we boarded them up Chandelier's still flickering here 'Cause I can’t pretend it's okay when it's not Chorus/verse: e|--2--------|-2----2-----|----------|-0-----|
BB|--3--------|-3----3--2--|-3--------|-2-----|
G+G|--2--------|-2----2--2--|-0--------|-2-----|
D MajorD|--0--------|---------4--|-0--------|-------|
A augmentedA|-----------|-4----4-----|----------|-0-----|
E MajorE|-----------|---------2--|-3--------|-------| x4 It's death by a thousand cuts My heart, my hips, my body, my love Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch Gave up on me like I was a bad drug Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club Our songs, our films, united we stand Our country, guess it was a lawless land Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts Chorus: e|--5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2-0-2--|
BB|------------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0----------------|
G+G|------------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2------------------|
D MajorD|--0---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0------|
E MajorE|------------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0----------------------| x2 I get drunk, but it's not enough 'Cause you're not my baby I look through the windows of this love Even though we boarded them up Chandelier's still flickering here 'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not Chorus/Post-Chorus: e|--2--------|-2----2-----|----------|-0-----|
BB|--3--------|-3----3--2--|-3--------|-2-----|
G+G|--2--------|-2----2--2--|-0--------|-2-----|
D MajorD|--0--------|---------4--|-0--------|-------|
A augmentedA|-----------|-4----4-----|----------|-0-----|
E MajorE|-----------|---------2--|-3--------|-------| x2 No, it's not It's death by a thousand cuts (You didn't touch) Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch My body, my love, my trust (It's death by a thousand cuts) But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no Outro: e|-5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2--0---2---|
BB|-----------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0--------------------|
G+G|-----------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2----------------------|
D MajorD|-0---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0----------|
E MajorE|-----------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0--------------------------| I take the long way home I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright They say, "I don't know" e|-(2)----|
BB|--------|
G+G|--------|
D MajorD|--------|
A augmentedA|-(0)----|
E MajorE|--------| This is the other way you can play the parts with only the chords: e|--2--0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0--2--5--0--|-2--0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0-----5--0---|
BB|--3--------3--------3-----------------------------|-3--------3--------3-----3--------------2---------|
G+G|--2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------2--------------2---------|
D MajorD|--0-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------4---------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|-4-----------------------4------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------2---------| e|----0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0--2--5--0--|-0--0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0--2--5--0---|
BB|-3--------3--------3-----------------------------|-2--------3--------3------------------------------|
G+G|-0-----------------------------------------------|-2------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-----------------------------------------------|-0------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | (n) Ghost note | / Slide up ************************************
ⓘ This is the 2nd version of guitar tab 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.