The Life Of A Showgirl Acoustic chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Am

Intro:

Pitch bend from F to G
F G Am F G C F C


Verse 1:
             G
Her name was Kitty
                           Am
Made her money being pretty and witty
      F                         G
They gave her the keys to this city
                                   Am     F
Then they said she didn't do it legitly, oh
              G
I bought a ticket
                                 Am
She's dancing in her garters and fishnets
F                          G
 Fifty in the cast, zero missteps
                               Am
Looking back, I guess it was kismet

Pre-Chorus:
F G                                                       Am
I waited by the stage door, packed in with the autograph hounds
                 F                               G
Barking her name, then glowing like the end of a cigarette
                 C
Wow, she came out
             F
I said, "You're living my drеam"
Dsus4
     Then she said to me


Chorus:
G                                  Am
"Hеy, thank you for the lovely bouquet
        F
You're sweeter than a peach
      G                C                   F
But you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe
            Cmaj7
(And you're never ever gonna)
G                                           Am
Wait, the more you play, the more that you pay
       F
You're softer than a kitten
     G                 C                  F
So you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe
            Cmaj7
(And you're never gonna wanna)"


Verse 2:
Am

          C
She was a menace
                         Dm
The baby of the family in Lenox
    Bb                             C
Her father whored around like all men did
                                   Dm  Bb
Her mother took pills and played tennis


Pre-Chorus:
        N.C.                                            Dm
So she waited by the stage door as the club promoter arrived
                     Bb                         C                            F
She said, "I'd sell my soul to have a taste of a magnificent life that's all mine"
           Bb
But that's not what showgirls get
      C
They leave us for dead


Chorus:
G                                  Am
"Hеy, thank you for the lovely bouquet
        F
You're sweeter than a peach
      G                C                   F
But you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe
            Cmaj7
(And you're never ever gonna)
G                                           Am
Wait, the more you play, the more that you pay
       F
You're softer than a kitten
     G                 C                  F
So you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe
            Cmaj7
(And you're never gonna wanna)"


Bridge:
G                           G7/F                C
 I took her pearls of wisdom, hung them from my neck
                          Cm                        G
I paid my dues with every bruise, I knew what to expect
                    G7/F                       C
Do you wanna take a skate on the ice inside my veins?
                          Cm                        G
They ripped me off like false lashes and then threw me away
           G7/F              C
And all the headshots on the walls
          Cm                     G
Of the dance hall are of the bitches
     G7/F                 C
Who wish I'd hurry up and die
Cm
   But I'm immortal now, baby dolls
D7
I couldn't if I tried
N.C.
So I say


Chorus:
G                             Am
"Thank you for the lovely bouquet
     F
I'm married to the hustle
      G             C                  F
And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe
          Cmaj7
(And I'll never know another)
G                               Am
Pain hidden by the lipstick and lace (Lipstick and lace)
F
Sequins are forever
G                  C                   F
And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe
      Cmaj7                             G
Wouldn't have it any other way" (Wouldn't have it any other way)


Outro:
                               F                               G
Oh, wouldn't have it any other way (Wouldn't have it any other way)
Em                            F C
Thank you for the lovely bouquet
      G
Hey Kitty
                              F
(Thank you for the lovely bouquet)
                                      G
Now I make my money being pretty and witty
Em                             F  C G
(Thank you for the lovely bouquet)