Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Note: This version is based on Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert.
Avoid hitting the first string when playing this version.
* = Single Strum
*** = Downward Heavy Strums
Intro:
C majorC Gsus/B 
A minorAm 
GsusGsus 
FF 
E minorEm FF GsusGsus
Chorus:
C majorC Gsus/B A minorAm
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
GsusGsus FF
Flashbacks waking me up
E minorEm
I get drunk, but it's not enough
FF GsusGsus
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C majorC Gsus/B A minorAm
I look through the windows of this love
GsusGsus FF
Even though we boarded them up
E minorEm
Chandelier's still flickering here
FF GsusGsus C majorC GsusGsus
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
FF GsusGsus C majorC
It's death by a thousand cuts
Verse 1:
GsusGsus FF
I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home
GsusGsus
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
C majorC
They say, "I don't know"
GsusGsus FF
And what once was ours is no one's now
GsusGsus
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share
C majorC
Is this small town
GsusGsus FF
You said it was a great love, one for the ages
GsusGsus
But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?
Chorus:
C majorC Gsus/B A minorAm
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
GsusGsus FF
Flashbacks waking me up
E minorEm
I get drunk, but it's not enough
FF GsusGsus
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C majorC Gsus/B A minorAm
I look through the windows of this love
GsusGsus FF
Even though we boarded them up
E minorEm
Chandelier's still flickering here
FF GsusGsus C majorC GsusGsus
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
FF Gsus*** C majorC
It's death by a thousand cuts
Verse 2:
(C majorC) GsusGsus
My heart, my hips, my body, my love
FF
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
GsusGsus
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
C majorC
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
GsusGsus
Our songs, our films, united we stand
FF
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
GsusGsus
Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand
C*
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans
GsusGsus
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
FF
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
GsusGsus
Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough
C majorC Gsus/B A minorAm GsusGsus FF
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts
Chorus:
E minorEm FF
I get drunk, but it's not enough
GsusGsus
'Cause you're not my baby
C majorC Gsus/B A minorAm
I look through the windows of this love
GsusGsus FF
Even though we boarded them up
E minorEm
Chandelier's still flickering here
FF GsusGsus C majorC
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
GsusGsus
No it’s not
FF GsusGsus
It's death by a thousand cuts
Post-Chorus:
C majorC
Part of me that you didn't touch
GsusGsus FF
My body, my love, my trust
GsusGsus C majorC Gsus/B A minorAm
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no
Outro:
(A minorAm) GsusGsus FF
I take the long way home
GsusGsus
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
C*
They say, "I don't know"
ⓘ This is the 5th 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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