Taylor Swift - August - Superstar
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
3rd traste
[Verse]
D A
This is wrong but
Em G
I can't help but feel like
D A Em G
There ain't nothing more right, babe
D A Em G
Misty morning, comes again and I can't
D A Em G
Help but wish I could see your face
[Pre-chorus]
D A
And I knew from the first note played
Em G D A Em G
I'd be breaking all my rules to see you
D A
You smile that beautiful smile
Em G
And all the girls in the front row
D A Em G
scream your name
[Chorus]
D
But I can see us lost in the memory
G Em
August slipped away into a moment in time
A
'Cause it was never mine
D
And I can see us twistin' in bedsheets
G Em
August sipped away like a bottle of wine
A
‘Cause you were never mine
[Verse]
D G Em
Your back beneath the sun
A
Wishin' I could write my name on it
D G Em
Will you call when you're back at school?
A
I remember thinkin' I had you
[Chorus]
Em G
So dim that spotlight, tell me things like
A D A Em
I can't take my eyes off of you
G A
I'm no one special, just another wide-eyed girl
D A Em
Who's desperately in love with you
G A
Give me a photograph to hang on my wall
Superstar
[Interlude]
D G Em A
[Bridge]
D G
Back when we were still changin' for the better
Em
Wanting was enough
A
For me, it was enough
D
To live for the hope of it all
G
Canceled plans just in case you'd call
Em
And say "Meet me behind the mall"
A
So much for summer love and saying "Us"
D G
'Cause you weren't mine to lose
Em A
You weren't mine to lose, oh
[Chorus]
D
But I can see us lost in the memory
G Em
August slipped away into a moment in time
A
'Cause it was never mine
D
And I can see us twistin' in bedsheets
G Em
August sipped away like a bottle of wine
A
‘Cause you were never mine
[Bridge]
D A Em
You played in bars, you play guitar
G A
And I'm invisible and everyone knows who you are
D A Em
And you'll never see, you sing me to sleep
G A
Every night on the radio
[Interlude]
D G Em A
[Outro]
D G
'Cause you were never mine
Em
Never mine
A
But do you remember
D
Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car"
G
And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call
Em A
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all
D
"Meet me behind the mall"
D
Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car"
G
And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call
Em A
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all
D
"Meet me behind the mall"
D
Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car"
G
And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call
Em A
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all (For the hope of it all)
D G
For the hope of it all, for the hope of it all
Em A
(For the hope of it all, for the hope of it all)
[Outro]
D G Em A
(fades out)
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