Dear John (Taylor's Version) chords by Taylor Swift

♫ Intro:

B  B  B  B


♫ Verse 1:
 B
Long were the nights
                  B
When my days once revolved around you
 B
Counting my footsteps
                B
Prayin' the floor won't fall through again
    C          B#m    C
And my mother accused me of losin' my mind
    B
But I swore I was fine
   B
You?paint?me a blue sky
              B
Then go back to turn it to rain
    B
And I lived in your chess game
                B
But you change the rules every day
 C             B#m
Wonderin' which version of you
     C      B
I might get on the phone tonight
     C
Well, I stopped pickin' up
     B#m    C      B
And this song is to let you know why

♫ Chorus:
    B                 B
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
              B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C              B
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
      B
I shoulda known

♫ Interlude:
B  B


♫ Verse 2:
    B                    B
Well, maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame
        B
Or maybe it's you and your sick need
              B
To give love and take it away
   C             B#m      C
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors
   B
Who don't understand
        C            B#m       C
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said
     B
"Run as fast as you can"

♫ Chorus:
   B                 B
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
              B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C              B
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
   B                B
Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong
                B#m
Don't you think nineteen's too young to be played by
   C             B
Your dark, twisted games when I loved you so?
      B
I shoulda known

Instrumental ♫ Break:
B  B


♫ Bridge:
      B#m          C
You are an expert at "Sorry" and keepin' lines blurry
 B
Never impressed by me acing your tests
     B#m             C
All the girls that you run dry have tired, lifeless eyes
      B
'Cause you burned them out
  C           B#m       C
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
  B
So don't look now
   C           B          B  B
I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town
B#m  C  B
Oh

♫ Chorus:
    B                 B
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
              B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C              B     B
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
               B
I see it all now that you're gone
              B#m
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
   C            B
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
       B
You shoulda known

♫ Outro:
       B
You shoulda known
B               B
 Don't you think I was too young?
         B
You shoulda known