The Archer - Taylor Swift

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Note that the Am7 also works in place of Am in the Bridge and chorus sections. Use your thumb to fret the low
E string for the Fmaj chords and you can keep your index finger rooted on the first fret of the B string.

For an alternative way to play this song, check out my tab for the live acoustic cover by Mackenzie Johnson:
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/mackenzie_johnson/the_archer_chords_2781934

[Chords]
C         x32010 (can also be played as C/G 332010)
     
Fmaj7     1332


10 (can also b

e played as 1x

3210)
Fmaj7sus2 133010 (can also be played as 1x3010)

[Intro]


[Verse 1]
      
Combat, I'm re

         
ady for combat
              
I say I don't 

      
want that, but

            
 what if I do?
         
'Cause cruelty

           
 wins in the m


ovies
          
I've got a hun

             
dred thrown-ou

           
t speeches I a

       
lmost said to 

you


[Pre-Chorus]
 
Easy they come

, easy they go
   
I jump from th

e train, I rid

e off alone
   
I never grew u

p, it's gettin

g so old
 
Help me hold o

n to you


[Chorus]
              
I've been the 

            
archer, I've b

      
een the prey
              
Who could ever

 
 leave me, dar

ling
         
But who could 

 
stay?


[Verse 2]
      
Dark side, I s

              
earch for your

  
 dark side
              
But what if I'

       
m alright, rig

           
ht, right, rig


ht here?
        
And I cut off 

            
my nose just t

   
o spite my fac

e
              
Then I hate my

      
 reflection fo

             
r years and ye


ars


[Pre-Chorus]
   
I wake in the 

night, I pace 

like a ghost
     
The room is on

 fire, invisib

le smoke
     
And all of my 

heroes die all

 alone
 
Help me hold o

n to you


[Chorus]
              
I've been the 

            
archer, I've b

      
een the prey
              
Who could ever

 
 leave me, dar

ling
         
But who could 

 
stay?

(I see right through me, I see right through me)


[Bridge]
        
'Cause they se

e right throug

h me
 
They see right

 through me
 
They see right

 through
     
Can you see ri

ght through me

?
 
They see right

 through
 
They see right

 through me

I see right th

rough me

I see right th

rough me


[Pre-Chorus]
 
All the king's

 horses, all t

he king's men
 
Couldn't put m

e together aga

in
        
'Cause all of 

my enemies sta

rted out frien

ds
 
Help me hold o

n to you


[Chorus]
              
I've been the 

            
archer, I've b

      
een the prey
              
Who could ever

 
 leave me, dar

ling
         
But who could 

 
stay?

(I see right through me, I see right through me)

        
Who could stay

?
      
Who could stay


?
           
Who could stay

?
      
You could stay


             
You could stay

          
...


[Outro]
         
Combat, I'm re

      
ady for combat

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