Taylor Swift – Dear John (Taylor’s Version)
Performed by |
Taylor Swift |
Release Year |
2023 |
Album |
Speak Now (Taylor's Version) |
Suggested Capo |
Fret 4 |
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Taylor Swift – Dear John (Taylor’s Version)
Key: E
Major
BPM: ♩. = 40
Time: 6/8
|E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Counting my footsteps, praying the floor won't fall through again |Badd4 |C#m7 Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | And my mother accused me of losing my mind, but I swore I was fine |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | And I lived in your chess game, but you changed the rules every day |Badd4 |C#m7 Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone tonight |Badd4 |C#m7 Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Well, I stopped picking up, and this song is to let you know why |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone, don’t you think I was too |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | young to be messed with? The girl in the dress cried the whole way home |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | I should've known |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Well, maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Or maybe it's you and your sick need to give love, then take it away |Badd4 |C#m7 Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand |Badd4 |C#m7 Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said, "Run as fast as you can" |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone, don’t you think I was too |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | young to be messed with? The girl in the dress cried the whole way home |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong, don’t you think 19's too |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | young to be played, by your dark, twisted games, when I loved you so? |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | I should've known |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | You are an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry, never impressed by me acing your tests |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | All the girls that you've run dry have tired, lifeless eyes, ’cause you burned them out |Badd4 |C#m7 Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | But I took your matches before fire could catch me, so don't look now |Badd4 |Aadd9 | I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | town |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Oh, oh |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone, don’t you think I was too |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | young to be messed with? The girl in the dress cried the whole way home |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | I see it all now that you're gone, don’t you think I was too |C#m7 |Badd4 |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | young to be messed with? The girl in the dress wrote you a song |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | You should've known, you should've known |E |E |Aadd9 |Aadd9 | Don't you think I was too young? You should've known |E |