Hits Different - Death By A Thousand Cuts Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Beginner

Performance @ Eras Tour London

Key: C

Intro:

G C   G


Verse:
G           C           G
   I washed my hands of us at the club
G           C         G
   You made a mess of me
G        C             G
   I pictured you with other girls in love
G             C          G
   Then threw up on the street
G          C          G
   Like waiting for a bus, that never shows
G           C             G
   You just start walking on
G           C            G
   They say that if it's right, you know
G         C           G
   Each bar plays our song
D

Nothing has ever felt so wrong


Chorus:
G
Oh my, love is a lie
C                                G
Shit my friends say to get me by
                 C
It hits different, it hits different this time
Em
Catastrophic blues
C                               Am
Moving on was always easy for me to do
                  D
It hits different, it hits different 'cause it's you
G C   G
        'Cause it's you
G C   G


Refrain:
G       D
  My, my, my, my
Em        G
   My, my, my, my
C       Em
  My, my, my, my
Am        D
   My, my, my
my


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


Chorus:
       G                 D                   Em
'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
           G
Flashbacks waking me up
C                       Em
  I get drunk, but it's not enough
           Am                       D
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
G                    D               Em
  I look through the windows of this love
               G
Even though we boarded them up
C                  Em
  Chandelier still flickering here
         Am            D                   G
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
           D
No its not
                Bm       C    D
It's death by a thousand cuts
                                        G
Trynna find a part of me that you didnt touch


Bridge:
G         C              G
   I find the artifacts, cried over a hat, cursed the space that I needed
G          C             G
   I trace the evidence, make it make some sense, why the wound is still bleeding
G         C                   G
      You were the one that I loved, don't need another metaphor it's simple enough
  G               C                       G
A wrinkle in time like the crease by your eyes
G
This is why they shouldn't kill off the main guy
G     C        G
Dreams      of your hair and your stare and sense of belief
C          G
        In the good in the world, you once believed in me
C           G
        And I felt you and I held you for a while
      C                     G
Bet I could still melt your world, argumentative, antithetical dream girl

G                                D
  My heart, my hips, my body, my love
                             Bm         C
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
                               D
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
                                         G
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club

                                D
Our songs, our films, united we stand
                            Bm      C
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
                                    D
Quiet my fears at the touch of your hand
                                     G*
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans

N.C.                            D
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
                            Bm          C
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
                                 D
Gave you too much but it wasn't enough
                                         G     D    Em  D
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts


G C G D


Verse:
G          C             G                    D
   I heard your key turn in the door down the hallway
G          C        G                  D
   Is that your key in the door? Is it okay?
G  C     G
   Is it you?
                     G        C
Or have they come to take me away?
G
        To take me awayyyyyyy


Chorus:
C                                G
Shit my friends say to get me by
                 C
It hits different, it hits different this time
Em
Catastrophic blues
C                               Am
Moving on was always easy for me to do
                  D
It hits different, it hits different 'cause it's you
G
Oh my, love is a lie
C                                G
Shit my friends say to get me by (It hits different 'cause it's you)
C
('Cause it's you)
Em
Catastrophic blues
C                               Am
Moving on was always easy for me to do
                  D
It hits different, it hits different 'cause-


Chorus:
G                 D                   Em
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
           G
Flashbacks waking me up
C                       Em
  I get drunk, but it's not enough
           Am                       D
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby

G                    D               Em
  I look through the windows of this love
               G
Even though we boarded them up
C                  Em
  Chandelier still flickering here
         Am            D                   G
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
           D
No its not
                Bm       C    D
It's death by a thousand cuts


Post-Chorus:
                                            G
No, trynna find a part of me that you didnt touch
            D              Bm C
My body, my love, my trust
               D
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no


Outro:
G                        D                     Bm   C
  I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home
                                  D                              G*
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright, they say, "I don't know"