Tabs (Ver. 2)
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
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------------------------------------------------|
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| (n) Ghost note
| / Slide up
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Other versions of Death By A Thousand Cuts
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Death by a thousand cuts acoustic live by Taylor Swift
