The Albatross chords by Taylor Swift

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D MajorD

Verse 1:
 B minorBm    D MajorD
 Wise man once said
 Gmaj7Gmaj7     A augmentedA
 "Wild winds are death to the candle"
  B minorBm   D MajorD  Gmaj7Gmaj7 A augmentedA
 A augmentedA rose by any other name is a scandal
 B minorBm    D MajorD    Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Cautions issued, he stood
 A augmentedA
 Shooting the messengers
 B minorBm      A augmentedA     Gmaj7Gmaj7  D MajorD
 They tried to warn him about her

Chorus:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
 Cross your thoughtless heart
B minorBm  Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Only liquor anoints you
D MajorD     A augmentedA
 She's the albatross
B minorBm   Gmaj7Gmaj7
 She is here to destroy you


Verse 2:
 B minorBm    D MajorD
 Wise man once said
 Gmaj7Gmaj7  A augmentedA
 "One bad seed kills the garden"
 B minorBm    D MajorD     Gmaj7Gmaj7  A augmentedA
 "One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen"
 B minorBm    D MajorD   Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Locked me up in towers
     A augmentedA
 But I'd visit in your dreams
B minorBm         D MajorD     Gmaj7Gmaj7 A augmentedA
 And they tried to warn you about me


Chorus:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
 Cross your thoughtless heart
B minorBm  Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Only liquor anoints you
D MajorD     A augmentedA
 She's the albatross
B minorBm   Gmaj7Gmaj7
 She is here to destroy you
D MajorD    A augmentedA
 Devils that you know
B minorBm      Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Raise worse hell than a stranger
D MajorD     A augmentedA
 She's the death you chose
B minorBm     Gmaj7Gmaj7
 You're in terrible danger

Bridge:
E minorEm Gmaj7Gmaj7      D MajorD     A augmentedA   E minorEm
   And when that sky rains fire on you
Gmaj7Gmaj7     D MajorD    A augmentedA
 And you're persona non grata
E minorEm Gmaj7Gmaj7      D MajorD    A augmentedA     E minorEm
   I'll tell you how I've been there too
Gmaj7Gmaj7   D MajorD     A augmentedA
 And that none of it matters


Chorus:
 B minorBm    D MajorD     Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Wise men once read fake news
 A augmentedA
 And they believed it
 B minorBm   D MajorD      Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Jackals raised their hackles
   A augmentedA
 You couldn't conceive it
 B minorBm    D MajorD    Gmaj7Gmaj7       A augmentedA           B minorBm
 You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed
        D MajorD      Gmaj7Gmaj7 A augmentedA
 And I tried to warn you about them


Chorus:
D MajorD   A augmentedA
 So I crossed my thoughtless heart
B minorBm     Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Spread my wings like a parachute
D MajorD    A augmentedA
 I'm the albatross
B minorBm    Gmaj7Gmaj7
 I swept in at the rescue
D MajorD     A augmentedA
 The devil that you know
B minorBm     Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Looks now more like an angel
D MajorD    A augmentedA
 I'm the life you chose
B minorBm      Gmaj7Gmaj7    D MajorD  A augmentedA
 And all this terrible danger
B minorBm  Gmaj7Gmaj7    D MajorD  A augmentedA
 This terrible danger
D MajorD       A augmentedA       B minorBm  G+G
 So cross your thoughtless heart
D MajorD     A augmentedA
 She's the albatross
B minorBm   Gmaj7Gmaj7
 She is here to destroy you

The Albatross chords

“The Albatross” is a bonus track from Taylor Swift’s album "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology". The song was announced on February 23, 2024, while she was performing in Sydney, Australia, for The Eras Tour3. The song was released on April 19, 2024.

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