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Tuning: Standard
๐ธ Verse :
Cadd9 G/B
Our secret moments in
a crowded room
D G D
They got no idea about me and you
Cadd9 G/B
There is an indentation in the shape of you
D
Made your mark on me,
G D
a golden tattoo
๐ธ Pre-Chorus:
Cadd9
All of this silence and patience,
G/B
pining and anticipation
D
My hands are shaking
G
from holding back from you
D
Ha, ah, ah
Cadd9
All of this silence and patience,
G/B
pining and desperately waiting
D
My hands are shaking from all this
G D
Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah
๐ธ Chorus:
Cadd9 G/B D
Say my name and everything just stops
G D
I don't want you like a best friend
Cadd9 G/B
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
G
Take it off, ha, ha, ha-ah
Cadd9 G/B D
Carve your name into my bedpost
G
โCause I don't want you like
D
a best friend
Cadd9 G/B
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
D
Take it off, ha, ha, ha-ah
๐ธ Verse :
Cadd9 G/B
Inescapable, I'm not even gonna try
D G
And if I get burned, at least
D
we were electrified
Cadd9
Iโm spilling wine in the bathtub
G/B
You kiss my face and
we're both drunk
D
Everyone thinks that
they know us
G D
But they know nothin' about
๐ธ Pre-Chorus:
Cadd9
All of this silence and patience,
G/B
pining and anticipation
D
My hands are shaking from
G
holding back from you
D
Ha, ah, ah
Cadd9
All of this silence and patience,
G/B
pining and desperately waiting
D
My hands are shaking from all this
D
Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah
๐ธ Chorus:
Cadd9 G/B D
Say my name and everything just stops
G D
I don't want you like a best friend
Cadd9 G/B
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
G
Take it off, ha, ha, ha-ah
Cadd9 G/B D
Carve your name into my bedpost
G
โCause I don't want you like
D
a best friend
Cadd9 G/B
Only bought this dress
D
so you could take it off
D
Take it off, ha, ha
๐ธ Post-Chorus:
Cadd9 G/B D
Ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah-ah
G
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
Cadd9 G/B D
Ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah-ah
G
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
๐ธ Bridge:
Cadd9
Flashback when you met me,
G/B
your buzzcut and my hair bleached
D
Even in my worst times,
G D
you could see the best in me
Cadd9
Flashback to my mistakes,
G/B
my rebounds, my earthquakes
D
Even in my worst lies,
G D
you saw the truth in me
Cadd9 G/B
And I woke up just in time, now
D
I wake up by your side
G D
My one and only, my lifeline
Cadd9 G/B
I woke up just in time, now
I wake up by your side
D
My hands shake, I can't explain this
G D
Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah
๐ธ Chorus:
Cadd9 G/B D (N.C)
Say my name and everything just stops
G D
I don't want you like a best friend
Cadd9 G/B
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
G
Take it off, ha, ha, ha-ah
Cadd9 G/B D
Carve your name into my bedpost
G
โCause I donโt want you
D
like a best friend
Cadd9 G/B
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
D
Take it off, ha, ha, ha-ah
๐ธ Instrumental:
Cadd9 G/B D G D
Cadd9 G/B D G D
๐ธ Outro:
Cadd9 G/B
There is an indentation in
D
the shape of you
G
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
Cadd9
You made your mark on me,
G/B
golden tattoo
G
Only bought this dress so
D
you could take it off
Chords used in Dress Live by Taylor Swift:
Cadd9, G/B, D, G
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Song History
Published: August 11, 2023
Last Updated: February 8, 2026