Taylor Swift
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[Verso 1]
Bm D
Wise man once said
G A
"Wild winds are death to the candle"
Bm D G A
A rose by any other name is a scandal
Bm D G
Cautions issued, he stood
A
Shooting the messengers
Bm A G D
They tried to warn him about her
G
I, I loved you in secret
Bm D
First sight, yeah, we love without reason
G
Oh, twenty-five years old
Bm D
Oh, how were you to know? And
G
My, my love had been frozen
Bm D
Deep blue, but you painted me golden
G
Oh, and you held me close
Bm D
Oh, how was I to know?
G
Could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets
Bm D
Picture of your face in an invisible locket
G
You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it
Bm D
I had a bad feeling
G
And darling, you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis
Bm D
People started talking, putting us through our paces
G
I knew there was no one in the world who could take it
Bm D
I had a bad feeling so
[Refrão]
D A
Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm G
Only liquor anoints you
D A
She's the albatross
Bm G
She is here to destroy you
G
But we were dancing
Bm D
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
D D
Like it was the first time, first time
G
Yeah, we were dancing
Bm D
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
Bm D
And I had a bad feeling
G
But we were dancing
[Verso 2]
Bm D
Wise man once said
G A
"One bad seed kills the garden"
Bm D G A
"One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen"
Bm D G
Locked me up in towers
A
But I'd visit in your dreams
Bm D G A
And they tried to warn you about me
G
I, I loved you in spite of
Bm D
Deep fears that the world would divide us
G D
So, baby, can we dance?
Bm
Oh, through an avalanche?
G
And
Say, say that we got it
Bm D
I'm a mess, but I'm the mess that you wanted
G
Oh, 'cause it's gravity
Bm D
Oh, keeping you with me, I
G
Could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets
Bm D
Picture of your face in an invisible locket
G
You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it
Bm D
I had a bad feeling so
[Refrão]
D A
Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm G
Only liquor anoints you
D A
She's the albatross
Bm G
She is here to destroy you
D A
Devils that you know
Bm G
Raise worse hell than a stranger
D A
She's the death you chose
Bm G
You're in terrible danger
G
But we were dancing
Bm D
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
D D
Like it was the first time, first time
G
Yeah, we were dancing
Bm D
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
(Knew we had our hands tied)
Bm D
And I had a bad feeling
G
But we were dancing
Em G D A Em
And when that sky rains fire on you
G D A
And you're persona non grata
Em G D A Em
I'll tell you how I've been there too
G D A
And that none of it matters
Bm
I'd kiss you as the lights went out
D G
Swaying as the room burned down
Bm D
I'd hold you as the water rushes in
G
If I could dance with you again
Bm
I'd kiss you as the lights went out
D G
Swaying as the room burned down
Bm D
I'd hold you as the water rushes in
G
If I could dance with you again
[Verso 3]
Bm D G
Wise men once read fake news
A
And they believed it
Bm D G
Jackals raised their hackles
A
You couldn't conceive it
Bm D G A Bm
You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed
D G A
And I tried to warn you about them
[Refrão]
D A
So I crossed my thoughtless heart
Bm G
Spread my wings like a parachute
D A
I'm the albatross
Bm G
I swept in at the rescue
D A
The devil that you know
Bm G
Looks now more like an angel
D A
I'm the life you chose
Bm G D A
And all this terrible danger
Outro
Bm G D A
This terrible danger
D D
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
(Oh) Yeah, we were dancing
D D
Like it was the first time, first time
G
Yeah, we were dancing (oh!)
D A Bm G
So cross your thoughtless heart
D A
She's the albatross
Bm G
She is here to destroy you
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