Dear Reader - The Bolter chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

G Am C
G Am F

Verse 1:

F
Dear reader
          Am                     G
If it feels like a trap, you're already in one
F
Dear reader
Am                    G
Get out your map, pick somewhere and just run
F

Dear reader
Am                    G
Burn all the files, desert all your past lives
F               Am
And if you don't recognize yourself
G
That means you did it right

Chorus:

G                              Am             F
Never take advice from someone who's falling apart
G                              Am             F
Never take advice from someone who's falling apart

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

Chorus:

C
Started with a Kiss
                               G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
                                      F
But it always ends up with a Town Car speeding

Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
                      G
Then he'll call her a whore

Wish he wouldn't be sore
               F
But as she was leaving
                       G
It felt like breathing

Post-Chorus:

                 Am
All her fuckin' lives
                   F     G
Flashed before her eyes
                   Am
It feels like the time
                      F
She fell through the ice

Then came out alive

Bridge “The Bolter”:

G
She's been many places with
Am
Men of many faces
                C
First, they're off to the races

And she's laughing drawin' aces
     G
But, none of it is changin'
           Am
That the chariot is waitin'
            C
Hearts are hers for the breakin'

There's escape in escaping

Bridge “Dear Reader”:

     F
So I wander through these nights
          Am
I prefer hiding in plain sight
   G
My fourth drink in my hand

These desperate prayers of a cursed man
      F
Spilling out to you for free
      Am
But darling, darling, please
              G
You wouldn't take my word for it
                           F
If you knew who was talking
       Am                      G
If you knew where I was walking
                                                        F
To a house, not a home, all alone 'cause nobody's there
        Am
Where I pace in my pen and
                                  G
My friends found friends who care

No one sees when you lose
                        F
When you're playing solitaire
                        Am
You should find another guiding light
G
Guiding light

But I shine so bright
F                       Am
You should find another guiding light
G
Guiding light

But I shine so bright

Outro “The Bolter”:

C
Started with a kiss
                               G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
                                      F
But it always ends up with a Town Car speeding

Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
                        G
But she's got the best stories

You can be sure
                 F
That as she was leaving
                     G
It felt like freedom

Post-Chorus:

                 Am
All her fuckin' lives
                   F                      G
Flashed before her eyes (And she realized)
                    Am
It feels like the time
                      F
She fell through the ice

Then came out alive

Outro “Dear Reader”:
F                       Am                        G
You should find another, you should find another (guiding light)
              G                       F Am G F Am
Find another, you should find another
                        G F Am G
You should find another