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

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

The parts that are only chords (mainly the verses) can be played differently as well.
I put the other way you could play it at the end!

Intro:

My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my

Intro/Chorus:

e|--5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2-0-2-|
B|------------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0---------------|
G|------------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2-----------------|
D|--0---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
A|------------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0-----|
E|------------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------------|   x3

My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my


Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it's not enough
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby

I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier's still flickering here
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not

Chorus/verse:

e|--2--------|-2----2-----|----------|-0-----|
B|--3--------|-3----3--2--|-3--------|-2-----|
G|--2--------|-2----2--2--|-0--------|-2-----|
D|--0--------|---------4--|-0--------|-------|
A|-----------|-4----4-----|----------|-0-----|
E|-----------|---------2--|-3--------|-------|   x4

It's death by a thousand cuts


I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
They say, "I don't know"

And what once was ours is no one's now
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share
Is this small town

You said it was a great love, one for the ages
But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?


Chorus:

e|--5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2-0-2--|
B|------------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0----------------|
G|------------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2------------------|
D|--0---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
A|------------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0------|
E|------------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0----------------------|   x2

’Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it's not enough
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby

I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier's still flickering here
'Cause I can’t pretend it's okay when it's not

Chorus/verse:

e|--2--------|-2----2-----|----------|-0-----|
B|--3--------|-3----3--2--|-3--------|-2-----|
G|--2--------|-2----2--2--|-0--------|-2-----|
D|--0--------|---------4--|-0--------|-------|
A|-----------|-4----4-----|----------|-0-----|
E|-----------|---------2--|-3--------|-------|   x4

It's death by a thousand cuts


My heart, my hips, my body, my love
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club

Our songs, our films, united we stand
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans

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

Chorus:

e|--5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2-0-2--|
B|------------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0----------------|
G|------------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2------------------|
D|--0---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
A|------------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0------|
E|------------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0----------------------|   x2

I get drunk, but it's not enough
'Cause you're not my baby

I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier's still flickering here
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not

Chorus/Post-Chorus:

e|--2--------|-2----2-----|----------|-0-----|
B|--3--------|-3----3--2--|-3--------|-2-----|
G|--2--------|-2----2--2--|-0--------|-2-----|
D|--0--------|---------4--|-0--------|-------|
A|-----------|-4----4-----|----------|-0-----|
E|-----------|---------2--|-3--------|-------|   x2

No, it's not
It's death by a thousand cuts (You didn't touch)


Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
My body, my love, my trust (It's death by a thousand cuts)
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no

Outro:

e|-5-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2---2---------|-----------------|----------/5-2-5-2--0---2---|
B|-----------------|---3-----3-2-3-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-3-|-0-0---0--------------------|
G|-----------------|-------4-------|-----------------|-----2----------------------|
D|-0---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
A|-----------0-----|-2-------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----0----------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-3-------2-------|-0--------------------------|

I take the long way home
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
They say, "I don't know"

e|-(2)----|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|-(0)----|
E|--------|




This is the other way you can play the parts with only the chords:


e|--2--0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0--2--5--0--|-2--0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0-----5--0---|
B|--3--------3--------3-----------------------------|-3--------3--------3-----3--------------2---------|
G|--2-----------------------------------------------|-2-----------------------2--------------2---------|
D|--0-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------4---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|-4-----------------------4------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------2---------|



e|----0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0--2--5--0--|-0--0--2-----0--2-----0--2--0--2--5--0--2--5--0---|
B|-3--------3--------3-----------------------------|-2--------3--------3------------------------------|
G|-0-----------------------------------------------|-2------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------------------|-0------------------------------------------------|



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| (n) Ghost note
| / Slide up

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