Death By A Thousand Cuts chords by Taylor Swift (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Simple chords for strumming
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C   x3201x
C/B  x2201x
Am   x0221x
F   13321x
Dm   xx023x
Gsus4 xx553x
G   xx543x

Intro and Chorus riff
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  C         C/B        Am        C
e|--3--3p0-x--3p0--|--3--3p0-x--3p0--|--0---------0----|-----------------|
B|--1--1---x--1----|--0--0---x--0----|--------1--------|--1---------1----|
G|-----------------|-----------------|--2---2----------|--------0--------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2---2----------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  F         Am        Dm        Gsus4  G
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|--1---------1----|--1---------1----|-----------------|-----3-x----3-x--|
G|--------2--------|--------2--------|--2-----2---2----|--/5------4------|
D|--3---3----------|--2---2----------|--0---0-------0--|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
p = pull-off
x = mute string
/ = slide-up


Capo 4th fret


Intro:
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)

C    C/B
 My, my, my, my
Am    C
  My, my, my, my
F    Am
 My, my, my, my
Dm    Gsus4  G
  My, my,   my, my


Chorus 1:
C         C/B         Am
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
      C
Flashbacks waking me up
F            Am
 I get drunk, but it's not enough
      Dm            Gsus4 G
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby

C          C/B       Am
 I look through the windows of this love
        C
Even though we boarded them up
F         Am
 Chandelier still flickering here
     Dm      Gsus4 G       C
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
C/B         Em    F  G
  It's death by a thousand cuts


Verse 1:
C            C/B          Em  F
 I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home
                 G
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright, they say, "I don't know"
C            C/B      Em  F
 And what once was ours, is no one's now
                G
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share is this small town
C               C/B        Em  F
 You said it was a great love, one for the ages
                 G
But if the story's over, why am I still writing pages?


Chorus 2:
    C         C/B         Am
'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
      C
Flashbacks waking me up
F            Am
 I get drunk, but it's not enough
      Dm            Gsus4 G
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby

C          C/B       Am
 I look through the windows of this love
        C
Even though we boarded them up
F         Am
 Chandelier still flickering here
     Dm      Gsus4 G       C
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
C/B         Em    F  G
  It's death by a thousand cuts


Verse 2:
C                C/B
 My heart, my hips, my body, my love
               Em     F
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
                G
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
                     C
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club

                 C/B
Our songs, our films, united, we stand
              Em   F
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
                   G
Why are my fears at the touch of your hands?
                  C
Paper cut stains from my paper-thin plans

                C/B
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
              Em     F
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
                 G
Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough
                     C   C/B Am G
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts


Chorus 3:
F            Am
 I get drunk, but it's not enough
Dm        Gsus4 G
  'Cause you're not my baby
C          C/B       Am
 I look through the windows of this love
        C
Even though we boarded them up
F         Am
 Chandelier still flickering here
     Dm      Gsus4 G       C
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not, no it's not
C/B         Em    F  G
  It's death by a thousand cuts  (you didn't touch)


Post-Chorus:
                    C
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
      C/B               Em    F
My body, my love, my trust (it's death by a thousand cuts)
        G
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no


Outro:
C C/B Am      C
      I take the long way home
F      Am           Dm
 I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
      Gsus4 G   N.C.
They say, "I   don't know"