Cardigan - Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift
"Cardigan"

Standard tuning. Capo 1st fret.


[Verse 1]
            
   Vintage tee

              
, brand new ph


one
              
   High heels 

           
on cobblestone

s
              
   When you ar

              
e young they a

              
ssume you know


 nothing
            
   Sequined sm

              
ile, black lip

             
stick, sensual

     
 politics
              
   When you ar

              
e young, they 

              
assume you kno

  
w nothing

[Pre-Chorus]
             
   But I knew 

              
you, dancin' i

       
n your Levi's
              
   Drunk under

              
 a streetlight

    
, I
              
   I knew you,

              
 hand under my

 
 sweatshirt

   Baby, kiss it better, I

[Chorus 1]
            
   And when I 

              
felt like I wa

         
s an old cardi

gan
              
   Under someo

         
ne's bed
              
   You put me 

              
on and said I 

         
was your favor

ite

[Verse 2]
            
   A friend to

              
 all is a frie

       
nd to none
              
   Chase two g

              
irls, lose the

 
 one
              
   When you ar

              
e young, they 

              
assume you kno

  
w nothing

[Pre-Chorus]

   But I knew 

you
              
   Playing hid

      
e-and-seek and
              
   Giving me y

              
our weekends, 


I

   I knew you
              
   Your heartb

           
eat on the Hig

h Line

   Once in twenty lifetimes, I

[Chorus 2]
             
   And when I 

              
felt like I wa

         
s an old cardi

gan
              
   Under someo

         
ne's bed
              
   You put me 

              
on and said I 

         
was your favor

ite

[Break]
   
   

[Verse 3]
              
   To kiss in 


cars, and down

town bars
              
   Was all we 


needed
            
   You drew st

ars around my 

scars
              
   But now I'm

 
 bleedin'

   'Cause I kn

ew you
              
   Steppin' on

     
 the last trai

n
              
   Marked me l

              
ike a bloodsta

    
in, I

   I knew you
              
   Tried to ch

         
ange the endin

g

   Peter losin' Wendy, I

   I knew you
              
   Leavin' lik

             
e a father, ru

              
nnin' like wat

       
er, I
              
   When you ar

              
e young, they 

              
assume you kno

  
w nothing

[Bridge]
              
   But I knew 

      
you'd linger l

ike a tattoo k

iss
              
   I knew you'

   
d haunt all of

 my what-ifs
              
   The smell o

   
f smoke would 

hang around th

is long
              
   'Cause I kn

   
ew everything 

when I was you

ng
              
   I knew I'd 

 
curse you for 

the longest ti

me
           
   Chasin' sha

dows in the gr

ocery line
              
   I knew you'

   
d miss me once

 the thrill ex

pired
              
   And you'd b

    
e standin' in 

my front porch

 light
              
   And I knew 

           
you'd come bac

k to me
              
   And you'd c

     
ome back to me
              
   And you'd c

     
ome back to me
              
   And you'd c

     
ome back

[Chorus 3]
             
   And when I 

              
felt like I wa

         
s an old cardi

gan
              
   Under someo

         
ne's bed
              
   You put me 

              
on and said I 

         
was your favor

ite


[PIANO MELODIES]

[Intro, Verse 1, Chorus 1, Verse 2, Verse 3 part 2]

            
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