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Taylor Swift

Version
studio
published by
inthisworld
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 2]
Chords
	 
[Intro]
C Em Dm Am Am/B x2
[Verse]
C Em Dm
Is it romantic how all my elegies
Am Am/B
eulogize me?
Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me?
C Em
I'm not cut out for all these
Dm
cynical clones
I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones
Am Am/B
These hunters with cell phones
[Chorus]
Em
Take me to the lakes, where all the
F
poets went to die
Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die
Am
I don't belong and, my beloved,
G/B
neither do you
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Em F
Those Windermere peaks look like a
perfect place to cry
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
G
I'm setting off, but not without my
muse
I'm setting off, but not without my muse
[Verse]
C Em Dm
What should be over burrowed under
my skin
What should be over burrowed under my skin
Am Am/B
In heart-stopping waves of hurt
C Em
I've come too far to watch some
Dm
namedropping sleaze
I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze
Am Am/B
Tell me what are my words worth
[Chorus]
Em
Take me to the lakes, where all the
F
poets went to die
Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die
Am
I don't belong and, my beloved,
G/B
neither do you
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Em F
Those Windermere peaks look like a
perfect place to cry
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
G
I'm setting off, but not without my
muse
I'm setting off, but not without my muse
[Bridge]
C Em
I want auroras and sad prose
Dm Am (Am/B)
I want to watch wisteria grow right
C
over my bare feet
I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet
Em Dm
Because I haven't moved in years
Am
And I want you right here
C Em Dm
A red rose grew up out of ice
frozen ground
A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground
Am
With no one around to tweet it
C Em
While I bathe in cliffside pools
Dm
With my calamitous love and
Am
insurmountable grief
With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief
[Chorus]
Em
Take me to the lakes, where all the
F
poets went to die
Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die
Am
I don't belong and, my beloved,
G/B
neither do you
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Em
Those Windermere peaks look like a
F
perfect place to cry
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
G
I'm setting off, but not without my
muse
I'm setting off, but not without my muse
C
No, not without you