The Bolter chords by Taylor Swift

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC              G+G
By all accounts, she almost drowned
              FF
When she was six in frigid water
           C majorC
And I can confirm she made
             G+G
A augmentedA curious child, ever reviled
              FF
By everyone except her own father
            C majorC
With a quite bewitching face
                G+G
Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless
               FF
Excellent fun till you get to know her
             C majorC
Then she runs like it's a race
                G+G
Behind her back, her best mates laughed
              FF
And they nicknamed her The Bolter

🎸 Chorus:
C majorC
Started with a kiss
                G+G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
                   FF
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
FF
Out the drive one evening
C majorC
Ended with the slam of a door
           G+G
Then he'll call her a whore
G+G
Wish he wouldn't be sore
        FF
But as she was leaving
FF
It felt like breathing
G+G        A minorAm
All her fuckin' lives
          FF
Flashed before her eyes
G+G         A minorAm
It feels like the time
           FF
She fell through the ice
FF
Then came out alive

🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC            G+G
He was a cad, wanted her bad
             FF
Just like any good trophy hunter
             C majorC
And she liked the way it tastes
             G+G
Taming a bear, making him care
                  FF
Watching him jump then pulling him under
              C majorC
And at first blush, this is fate
               G+G
When it's all roses, portrait poses
             FF
Central Park Lake in tiny rowboats
           C majorC
What a charming Saturday
                 G+G
That's when she sees the littlest leaks
G+G
Down in the floorboards
     FF
And she just knows
FF
She must bolt


🎸 Chorus:
C majorC
Started with a kiss
                G+G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
                   FF
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
FF
Out the drive one evening
C majorC
Ended with the slam of a door
           G+G
Then he'll call her a whore
G+G
Wish he wouldn't be sore
        FF
But as she was leaving
FF
It felt like breathing
G+G        A minorAm
All her fuckin' lives
          FF
Flashed before her eyes
G+G         A minorAm
It feels like the time
           FF
She fell through the ice
FF
Then came out alive


🎸 Bridge:
G+G
She's been many places with
A minorAm
Men of many faces
       G+G
First they're off to the races
     A minorAm
And she's laughing drawin' aces
   G+G
But, none of it is changin'
     A minorAm
That the chariot is waitin'
      G+G
Hearts are hers for the breakin'
    A minorAm
There's escape in escaping


🎸 Chorus:
C majorC
Started with a kiss
                G+G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
                  FF
But it always ends with a town car speeding
FF
Out the drive one evenin'
C majorC
Ended with the slam of a door
            G+G
But she's got the best stories
G+G
You can be sure
        FF
That as she was leaving
FF
It felt like freedom
G+G        A minorAm
All her fuckin' lives
          FF
Flashed before her eyes
FF
And she realized
G+G         A minorAm
It feels like the time
           FF
She fell through the ice
FF
Then came out alive


NOTE: You can use either a standard bar chord FF or an FM7

The Bolter chords

“The Bolter” is a bonus track from Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, which was released on April 19, 2024. The song was announced during Taylor Swift’s performance on The Eras Tour in Melbourne, Australia. The meaning of the song is speculated to be inspired by either a type of gun, a powerful weapon, or a term used in aviation when a pilot fails to land an aircraft carrier1. Some fans also speculate that the song might be about her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.