I Knew You Were Trouble Taylor Swift Response
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Intro: D
D
Once upon a time
D
A few late nights ago
D
You were in my sights
D
I got you alone
D A D
I found you, oh I found you
D
You thought I didn't care
D
You said I'd never change
A
Made so many plans
D
I had to rearrange
G A D
Around you, oh around and around and around you
D
Now I'm long gone
A Bm A
It was hard to see
D
Now I realized you're falling for me
G Bm A
But you knew I was trouble when I walked in
D A
So shame on you
Bm D
For making up these rumors that I never did
A
And try to put me down oh
Bm Bb Bm D
You knew I was trouble when I walked in
A
So shame on you
Bm A
For faking all these tears that you never share
D A B
It's time to get up off the cold hard ground
G A D Bm
Oh oh trouble, trouble, trouble
G A D
Oh oh trouble, trouble, trouble
D
One apologize I've never seen you cry
D
And even if you did
D
No, I'm not the reason why
D
You're drowning
G
Oh you're drowning (drowning)
A D
drowning (drowning)
D
I had to walk away
D
I guess this is how it goes
D A
Watch the curtain fall
D
'Cause you putted on a show
G D
Without me, without me, without me oh
A D
Now I'm long gone
A D
It was hard to see
A G D
Now I realize the joke is on me
Bm A
But you knew I was trouble when I walked in
D
So shame on you
F#m Bm A
For making up these rumors that I never did
D A
And try to put me down oh
Bm D
You knew I was trouble when I walked in
So shame on you
A D
For faking all those tears that you never shared
A Bm
It's time to get up of the cold hard ground
G A D A Bm
Oh oh trouble, (trouble)ooh girl you know I'm trouble
G A D
Bab-y, oh trouble, trouble, trouble
D
Trouble troublemaker
D
Yeah that's your middle name
D
Playing the victim I suspect that you created the game
D Bm
That was only one direction and you've got the wrong way
Bm
You can say what you want
D
But don't you dare say I've changed
Bm D
And worst of all you take everything I say so personal
D
I never meant it that way
G D
With your heart on your sleeve
And your mind on forever
A G
Girl, we are never ever ever haha
E A
You knew I was trouble when I walked in oh
Bm G D
You knew I was trouble when I walked in ooh
Bm D
You knew I was trouble when I walked in
Shame on you
A D
For making up these rumors that I never did
Bm
It's time to get up of the cold hard ground
G A D Bm
Oh oh trouble, trouble, trouble
G A D
Oh oh trouble, trouble, trouble
How to play I Knew You Were Trouble Taylor Swift Response
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