Would've Could've Should've - I Know Places Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Performance @ Edinburgh night 1

Key: G

Intro:

D/F# Em7 G Cadd9
D/F# Em7 G D/F#*

Verse 1:
D/F#             Em7                   G
If you would've blinked then I would've
       D/F#
Looked away at the first glance
              Em7                 G
If you tasted poison, you could've
         D/F#
Spit me out at the first chance
              Em7                  G
If I was some paint, did it splatter
     D/F#
On a promising grown man?
               Em7                G
And if I was a child, did it matter
            D/F#
If i got to wash my hands?

Pre-Chorus:
Em7 G/F# G
Ooh, oh
              Cadd9/F#
All I used to do was pray
Em                   G/F#
Would've, could've, should've
          Cadd9
If you'd never looked my way

Chorus:
                  G  D/F#
I would've stayed on my knees
      Cadd9                                         G
And I damn sure never would've danced with the devil
        D/F#
At nineteen
         Cadd9                                         G
And the God's honest truth is that the pain was heaven
                  D/F#                 Cadd9
And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts
                         G
Memories feel like weapons
                D/F#               Cadd9
And now that I know, I wish you'd left me wondering

Verse 2:
D/F#          Em7               G
If you never touched me, I would've
       D/F#
Gone along with the righteous
             Em7                   G
If I never blushed, then they could've
       D/F#
Never whispered about this
                  Em7                 G
And if you never saved me from boredom
            D/F#
I could've gone on as I was
                       Em7          G
But, Lord, you made me feel important
             D/F#
And then you tried to erase us

Pre-Chorus:
Em7 G/F#
Ooh, oh
Cadd9/F#
You're a crisis of my faith
Em7                 G/F#
Would've, could've, should've
Cadd9/F#
If I'd only played it safe

Chorus:
                  G  D/F#
I would've stayed on my knees
      Cadd9                                         G
And I damn sure never would've danced with the devil
        D/F#
At nineteen
         Cadd9                                         G
And the God's honest truth is that the pain was heaven
                  D/F#                 Cadd9
And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts
                         G
Memories feel like weapons
                D/F#               Cadd9
And now that I know, I wish you'd left me wondering

Bridge:
    G              D/F#
God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be
     Cadd9                                       G
The tomb won't close, stained glass windows in my mind
D/F#         Cadd9/F#
I regret you all the time
        G             D/F#
I can't let this go, I fight with you in my sleep
    Cadd9                                   G
The wound won't close, I keep on waiting for a sign
D/F#         Cadd9/F#        Cadd9
I regret you all the time
    Em7           G/F#         Cadd9
If clarity's in death, then why won't this die?
 Em7              G/F#            Cadd9
Years of tearing down our banners, you and I
G              D/F#             Cadd9/F#
Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts
G              D/F#         Cadd9/F#
Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first

Chorus:
                  G  D/F#
I would've stayed on my knees
      Cadd9                                         G
And I damn sure never would've danced with the devil
        D/F#
At nineteen
         Cadd9                                         G
And the God's honest truth is that the pain was heaven
                  D/F#                 Cadd9
And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts
                         G
Memories feel like weapons
                D/F#               Cadd9
And now that I know, I wish you'd left me wondering

Chorus:

D/F#      Em             G      C
Baby I know places we won't be found and
D/F#            Em                  G      C
They'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down
      D/F#     Em        G            D/F#     Em
Cause I-i, I know places we can hi-ide, I know places


D/F#                                Em
They take their shots, but we're bulletproof
         G
I know places
D/F#                          Em
And you know for me it's always you
         G
I know places
D/F#                                   Em
And you're dead at night, your eyes so green
         G
I know places
D/F#                                 Em
And you know for me it's always you
         G
I know places

Bridge:
    G              D/F#
God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be
     Cadd9                                       G
The tomb won't close, stained glass windows in my mind
D/F#         Cadd9/F#
I regret you all the time
        G             D/F#
I can't let this go, I fight with you in my sleep
    Cadd9                                   G
The wound won't close, I keep on waiting for a sign
D/F#         Cadd9/F#        Cadd9
I regret you all the time

Outro:
G  D/F#  Cadd9/F#
G

D/F#  Cadd9/F#
I regret you all the time

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* = Single strum