Taylor Swift – Say Don’t Go

Performed by
Taylor Swift
Release Year
2023
Album
1989 (Taylor's Version)
Suggested Capo
Fret 4

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Taylor Swift – Say Don’t Go
Key: E Major BPM: ♩ = 110 Time: 4/4
|E     |E     |

|E     |E                     |C#m           |C#m                |A              |A   |
   I've known it from the very start, we’re a shot in the darkest dark, oh no, oh no
     |E         |E              |C#m  |C#m           |A              |A                |
I’m unarmed, the waiting is a sadness, fading into madness, oh no, oh no, it won't stop

|A                  |E          |B      |B                          |
   I'm standing on a tightrope, alone, I hold my breath a little bit
|A                      |E                 |B         |B                          |
 longer, halfway out the door, but it won't close, I’m holding out hope for you to

|A   |E      |B     |B                          |
  say, "Don't   go”, I would stay forever if you
|A    |E      |B   |B   |
   say, “Don't   go"

|A                          |E                              |
   Why'd you have to lead me on? Why'd you have to twist the
|B                            |B                 |
 knife? Walk away and leave me bleeding, bleeding
|A                         |E                            |
   Why'd you whisper in the dark, just to leave me in the
|B                             |B                   |
 night? Now your silence has me screaming, screaming

|A         |E            |B       |B                          |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go”, I would stay forever if you
|A         |E            |B     |B                    |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go” (Say, say, say, say)

|E        |E              |C#m             |C#m                    |A             |A   |
   Now I'm pacing on shaky ground, strike a match, then you blow it out, oh no, oh no
        |E               |E                   |C#m          |C#m                  |
It's not fair, ’cause you kiss me and it stops time, and I'm yours, but you're not
|A              |A             |
 mine, oh no, oh no, you’re not

|A                         |E         |B      |B                    |
 there, I'm standing on the sidewalk, alone, I wait for you to drive
|A                          |E                   |B    |B                           |
 by, I was trying to see the cards that you won't show, I’m about to fold unless you

|A         |E            |B       |B                          |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go”, I would stay forever if you
|A         |E            |B     |B      |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go”, oh-ah

|A                          |E                              |
   Why'd you have to lead me on? Why'd you have to twist the
|B                            |B                 |
 knife? Walk away and leave me bleeding, bleeding
|A                         |E                            |
   Why'd you whisper in the dark, just to leave me in the
|B                             |B                   |
 night? Now your silence has me screaming, screaming

|A         |E            |B       |B                          |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go”, I would stay forever if you
|A         |E            |B     |B                    |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go” (Say, say, say, say)

|A                  |E                 |B                  |B                |
   Why'd you have to   make me want you?  Why'd you have to   give me nothing
|A                      |E                 |B                    |B                |
 back? Why'd you have to   make me love you?  I said, "I love you," you say nothing
|N.C.  |
 back

|N.C.                       |E                              |
   Why'd you have to lead me on? Why'd you have to twist the
|B                            |B                 |
 knife? Walk away and leave me bleeding, bleeding
|A                         |E                            |
   Why'd you whisper in the dark, just to leave me in the
|B                             |B                   |
 night? Now your silence has me screaming, screaming

|A         |E            |B       |B                          |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go”, I would stay forever if you
|A         |E            |B     |B                    |
(Say) Say, (Don’t) Don’t (Go) go” (Say, say, say, say)

       |A             |E             |B     |B                      |
But you won’t, but you won’t, but you won’t, I would stay forever if
|A      |E      |B   |B   |
 you say, "Don't   go"
       |A             |E             |B    |
But you won’t, but you won’t, but you won’t