The Albatross - Holy Ground Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Performance: The Eras Tour 2024

Key: D

Verse 1 - The Albatross:

Bm       Bm7/A
Wise men once said
Gmaj7         Bm7/A
Bad winds are death to a candle
  Bm      Bm7/A  Gmaj7  Bm7/A
A rose by any other name is a scandal
Bm         Bm7/A    Gmaj7  Bm7/A
Cautions issued, he stood shooting the messengers
Bm           Bm7/A        Gmaj7   Bm7/A
They tried to warn him about    her

Chorus:

D           A
 Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm    Gmaj7
 Only liquor anoints you
D          A
 She's the albatross
Bm      Gmaj7              D
 She is here to destroy you

Verse 1 - Holy Ground:

D
I was remeniscing just the other day

While having coffee all alone and, lord, it took me away
           Gsus2
Back to a first glance feeling on New York time

Back when you fit my poems like a perfect rhyme
D
Took off faster than a green light, go

Yeah, you skip the conversation when you already know
         Bm7
I left a note on the door with a joke we'd made
    Gsus2
And that was the first day

Chorus:

    Asus4    Bm7    Gsus2
And darling, it was good
Asus4 Bm7     Gsus2
Never looking down
    Asus4       Bm7      Gsus2
And right there where we stood

Was holy ground
D                 Gsus2
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa-ooh-ooh
Bm7               Gsus2
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa-ooh-ooh
D                 Gsus2           Bm7        G
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa-ooh-ooh, oh, oh-oh-ooh

Bridge - The Albatross:

G                 D      A     Em   G
 And when that sky rains fire on you
              D       A     Em  G
And you're persona non grata
              D        A       Em    G
I'll tell you how I've been there too
         D          A
And that none of it matters

Bridge - Holy Ground:

D
 Tonight I'm gonna dance
                              Gsus2
For all that we've been through

But I don’t wanna dance

If I'm not dancing with you
D
 Tonight I'm gonna dance
                          Gsus2
Like you were in this room

But I don't wanna dance
                        Asus4
If I'm not dancing with you

Chorus:

Bm7    Gsus2
It was good
Asus4 Bm7     Gsus2
Never looking down
    Asus4       Bm7      Gsus2
And right there where we stood

Was holy ground
D                 Gsus2
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa-ooh-ooh
Bm7               Gsus2
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa-ooh-ooh
D                 Gsus2
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa-ooh-ooh
Bm7               Gsus2
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa-ooh-ooh

Chorus - The Albatross:

  D        A
I cross my thoughtless heart
Bm         Gmaj7
 Spread my wings like a parachute
D        A
 I'm the albatross
Bm       Gmaj7          D
 I swept in at the rescue
          A
The devil that you know
Bm         Gmaj7
 Looks now more like an angel
D        A
 I'm the life you chose
Bm            Gmaj7
 And all this terrible danger
D  A   Bm  Gmaj7
 Ooh
oh

Chorus - Holy Ground:

D
 Tonight I'm gonna dance
                              Gsus2
For all that we've been through

But I don’t wanna dance

If I'm not dancing with you
D
 Tonight I'm gonna dance
                          Gsus2
Like you were in this room

But I don't wanna dance
                        Asus4
If I'm not dancing with you