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I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift

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             I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift
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Tuning: Standard

Verse

Bass comes in after Taylor sings 'Found me-e-e-e-ee'
and in verse 2 comes in after Taylor sings 'Drowning-i-i-i-ing'

G|-----|--------------------------------|
D|--9\-|-4-(x16)------------------------|
A|-----|-------4-(x16)-6-(x16)-2-(x16)--| x2
E|-----|--------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------4-----|
A|--6----2----4-------4--| x2
E|-----------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------4-4-4-4-------------------------------4--|
A|--6-(x8)-2-(x8)--4-(x8)----------4-4-4-4--6-(x8)-2-(x8)-4-(x8)----| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 1

G|------------------------------|
D|-----------------4-4-4--------|
A|--6----2----4----------4-4-4--| x2
E|------------------------------|

Chorus 2

G|------------------------------|
D|-----------------4-4-4--------|
A|--6----2----4----------4-4-4--| x4
E|------------------------------|

G|------------------------------|
D|-----------------4-4-4--------|
A|--6/----2/----4--------4-4-4--| x2
E|------------------------------|

The slides sound best when you slide the 6 up to the 17 and the 2 to the 15

Bridge

G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4--------------|
A|--4--------2--------4-------------4---------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Outro

G|------------------------------|
D|-----------------4-4-4--------|
A|--6----2----4----------4-4-4--| x2
E|------------------------------|

G|------------------------------|
D|-----------------4-4-4--------|
A|--6----2----4-----------------|
E|------------------------------|


Playing Order

Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus 1
Verse
Chorus2
Bridge
Chorus 2
Outro

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note