Death By A Thousand Cuts Acoustic Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Capo on 4th

Performance: Tiny Desk Concert

Intro:

C      C/B     Am      Gsus4
Fmaj7   Am7    Dm      G6




C      C/B
My, my, my, my

Am7      Gsus4

Fmaj7    Am7
My, my, my, my

Dm      G6

Chorus:
C                 C/B                 Am
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
              Gsus4
Flashbacks waking me up
Fmaj7                 Am7
I get drunk, but it's not enough
              Dm                     G
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C                 C/B                Am
I look through the windows of this love
               Gsus4
Even though we boarded them up
Fmaj7               Am7
Chandelier's still flickering here
          Dm                 G                C  G6
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
Gsus4                     Fmaj7 G
It's death by a thousand cuts




Verse 1:
C                        C/B
I dress to kill my time
I take the long way home
Am                                Gsus4
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
                   C
They say, "I don't know"
                      C/B
And what once was ours is no one's now
Am                             Gsus4
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share
                  C
Is this small town
                             C/B
You said it was a great love, one for the ages
Fmaj7                              G6
But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?


Chorus:

C                 C/B                 Am
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
              Gsus4
Flashbacks waking me up
Fmaj7                 Am7
I get drunk, but it's not enough
              Dm                     G
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C                 C/B                Am
I look through the windows of this love
               Gsus4
Even though we boarded them up
Fmaj7               Am7
Chandelier's still flickering here
          Dm                 G                C  G6
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
Gsus4                     Fmaj7 G
It's death by a thousand cuts


Verse 2:
C                              Gsus4
My heart, my hips, my body, my love
                                Fsus2
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
                               Gsus4
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
                                         C
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
                                Gsus4
Our songs, our films, united we stand
                                    Fsus2
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
                                      Gsus4
Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand
                                      C*
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans
                                Gsus4
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
                                   Fmaj7
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
                                Gsus4
Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough
                                          C    C/B  Am  Gsus4
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts


Chorus:
Fmaj7                 Am7         Dm
I get drunk, but it's not enough
              Gsus4
'Cause you're not my baby
C                 C/B                Am
I look through the windows of this love
               Gsus4
Even though we boarded them up
Fmaj7               Am7
Chandelier's still flickering here

          Dm                 G                C
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
         G6
No, it's not
Gsus4                     Fmaj7
It's death by a thousand cuts (You didn't touch)


Post-Chorus:
G
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
C               C/B        Am
My body, my love, my trust (It's death by a thousand cuts)
              G                                C
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no


Outro:
C/B  Am  Gsus4  Fmaj7

          Am7                      Dm
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
           G             C
They say, "I don't know"