This Is Me Trying Tab by Taylor Swift

This Is Me Trying tab by Taylor Swift

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Intro:
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Verse 1:
 I've been having a hard time adjusting
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 I had the shiniest wheels now they're rusting
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 I didn't know if you'd care if I came back
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 I have a lot of regrets about that
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 Pulled the car off the road to the lookout
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 Could've followed my fears all the way down
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 And maybe I don't quite know what to say
 But I'm  here in your doorway, I just wanted..
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Chorus:

 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
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                                       I  just wanted..
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 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
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Interlude:
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Verse 2:
 They told me all of my cages were mental
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 So I got wasted like all my potential
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 And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
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 I have a lot of regrets about that
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 I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
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 Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here
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 Pouring my heart out to a stranger,
 but I didn't pour the whiskey, I just wanted...
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Chorus:
 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
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                                       I  just wanted..
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 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
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                                          At least I'm trying..
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Interlude:
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Bridge:
 And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
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 It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
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 You're  a flashback in a film reel
 On the one screen in my town, I just wanted...
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Chorus:
 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
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(And maybe I don't quite know what to say)
                                        I just wanted..
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 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
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                                          At least I'm trying..
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Outro:
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