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Performance @ The Eras Tour: Edinburgh Night2
Key: C
πΈ Intro:
G6add11
πΈ Verse 1:
C G6add11
By all accounts, she almost drowned
F
When she was six in frigid water
C
And I can confirm she made
G6add11
A curious child, ever reviled
F
By everyone except her own father
C
With a quite bewitching face
G6add11
Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless
F
Excellent fun 'til you get to know her
C
Then she runs like its a race
G6add11
Behind her back, her best mates laughed
F
And they nicknamed her The Bolter
πΈ Chorus:
C
Started with a kiss
G6add11
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
F
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
F
Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
G6add11
Then he'll call her a whore
G6add11
Wish he wouldn't be sore
F
By as she was leaving
F
It felt like breathing
G6add11 Am
All her fuckin' lives
F
Flashed before her eyes
G6add11 Am
It feels like the time
F
She fell through the ice
F
Then came out alive
πΈ Verse 2:
C G6add11
He was a cad, wanted her bad
F
Just like any good trophy hunter
C
And she likes the way it tastes
G6add11
Taming a bear, making him care
F
Watching him jump then pulling him under
C
And at first blush this is fate
G6add11
When its all roses, portrait poses
F
Central Park lake in tiny rowboats
C
What a charming Saturday
G6add11
That's when she sees the littlest leaks
G6add11
Down in the floorboards
F
And she just knows
F
She must bolt
πΈ Chorus:
C
Started with a kiss
G6add11
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
F
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
F
Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
G6add11
Then he'll call her a whore
G6add11
Wish he wouldn't be sore
F
But as she was leaving
F
It felt like breathing
G6add11 Am
All her fuckin' lives
F
Flashed before her eyes
G6add11 Am
It feels like the time
F
She fell through the ice
F
Then came out alive
πΈ Bridge 1:
G6add11
She's been many places with
Am
Men of many faces
C
First they're off to the races
C
And she's laughing drawing aces
G6add11
But, none of it is changin'
Am
That the chariot is waiting
C
Hearts are hers for the waitin'
C
There's escape in escaping
πΈ Bridge 2:
D A Em
We were jet-set, Bonnie and Clyde (oh-oh)
G
Until I switched to the other side
To the other si-i-i-ide
D A Em
It's no surprise I turned you in (oh-oh)
Cadd9
'Cause us traitors never win
D
I'm in a getaway car
A
I left you at the motel bar
Em
Put the money in the bag and I stole the keys
G
That was the last time you ever saw me
πΈ Chorus:
D
Drivin' the getaway car
A
There were sirens in the beat of your heart
Em
Should've known I'd be the first to leave
G D
Think about the place where you first met me
A
In a getaway car, oh-oh-ohh
Em
No, they never get far, oh-oh-ohh-ahh
G
No, nothing good starts in a getaway car
πΈ Outro:
D
I was ridin' in a getaway car
A
I was cryin' in a getaway car
Em
I was dyin' in a getaway car
G
Said goodbye in a getaway car
D
Ridin' in a getaway car
A
I was cryin' in a getaway car
Em
I was dyin' in a getaway car
G D
Said goodbye in a getaway car
A Em
'Cause it always ends up with a town car speeding
G
Out the drive one evening
D
It ended with the slam of a door
A
But she's got the best stories you can be sure
Em
That as she was leaving
G
It felt like freedom
Song History
Published: July 11, 2024
Last Updated: February 8, 2026