This Is Me Trying Tab by Taylor Swift

This Is Me Trying tab by Taylor Swift (Ver. 2)

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Easy



Chords for picking:

G        320030
Cadd9    032030
Em       022000
G/F#     220030
G/B      020030
D/F#     200230

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


🎸 Intro:
   G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

   Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|


   G/F#     220030
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|


🎸 Verse 1:
 I've been having a hard time adjusting
    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

 I had the shiniest wheels now they're rusting
   Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 I didn't know if you'd care if I came back
    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

 I have a lot of regrets about that
   G/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|

 Pulled the car off the road to the lookout
    Em
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------0--|----------------0--|--------------0--|-------------0--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 Could've followed my fears all the way down
   Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 And maybe I don't quite know what to say
 But I'm  here in your doorway, I just wanted..
    D/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----2-----------|------2------------|-----2-----------|-----2----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|  x2
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|


🎸 Chorus:

 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
    Em                                  Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------0--|----------------0--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

                                       I  just wanted..
    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
    G/B                                 Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

    D/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----2-----------|------2------------|-----2-----------|-----2----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|

🎸 Interlude:
    G/B
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

    Cadd9            G                                    G/B
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-3---------------|-------------------|-0---------------|-2--------------|
E|-----------------|-3-----------------|-----------------|----------------|

  Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 Cadd9              G/B                                   G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-3---------------|-2-----------------|-0---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-3--------------|


🎸 Verse 2:
 They told me all of my cages were mental
    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

 So I got wasted like all my potential
   Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

 I have a lot of regrets about that
   G/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|

 I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
    Em
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------0--|----------------0--|--------------0--|-------------0--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here
   Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 Pouring my heart out to a stranger,
 but I didn't pour the whiskey, I just wanted...
    D/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----2-----------|------2------------|-----2-----------|-----2----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|  x2
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|


🎸 Chorus:
 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
    Em                                  Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------0--|----------------0--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

                                       I  just wanted..
    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
    G/B                                 Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

                                          At least I'm trying..
    D/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----2-----------|------2------------|-----2-----------|-----2----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|


🎸 Interlude:
   G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

   Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|


   G/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|


🎸 Bridge:
 And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
    Em
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------0--|----------------0--|--------------0--|-------------0--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
   Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 You're  a flashback in a film reel
 On the one screen in my town, I just wanted...
    D/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----2-----------|------2------------|-----2-----------|-----2----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|  x2
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|


🎸 Chorus:
 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
    Em                                  Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------0--|----------------0--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------2------|-----------2-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

(And maybe I don't quite know what to say)
                                        I just wanted..
    G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

 ..you to know,                       ..that this is me trying
    G/B                                 Cadd9
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------2------|----------2-----|
A|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

                                          At least I'm trying..
    D/F#
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----2-----------|------2------------|-----2-----------|-----2----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|

🎸 Outro:
   G
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|--------------3--|----------------3--|--------------3--|-------------3--|
G|-----0-----------|------0------------|-----0-----------|-----0----------|
D|----------0------|-----------0-------|----------0------|----------0-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|

(Play and fade out)

Published: April 18, 2021

Last updated: March 21, 2024

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