Death By A Thousand Cuts Acoustic Live chords by Taylor Swift

• Capo on 4th

Performance: Tiny Desk Concert

Intro:

C   C/B   Am   Gsus4
Fmaj7  Am7  Dm   G6




C   C/B
My, my, my, my

Am7   Gsus4

Fmaj7  Am7
My, my, my, my

Dm   G6

Chorus:
C         C/B         Am
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
       Gsus4
Flashbacks waking me up
Fmaj7         Am7
I get drunk, but it's not enough
       Dm           G
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C         C/B        Am
I look through the windows of this love
        Gsus4
Even though we boarded them up
Fmaj7        Am7
Chandelier's still flickering here
     Dm         G        C G6
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
Gsus4           Fmaj7 G
It's death by a thousand cuts




Verse 1:
C            C/B
I dress to kill my time
I take the long way home
Am                Gsus4
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
          C
They say, "I don't know"
           C/B
And what once was ours is no one's now
Am               Gsus4
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share
         C
Is this small town
               C/B
You said it was a great love, one for the ages
Fmaj7               G6
But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?


Chorus:

C         C/B         Am
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts
       Gsus4
Flashbacks waking me up
Fmaj7         Am7
I get drunk, but it's not enough
       Dm           G
’Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
C         C/B        Am
I look through the windows of this love
        Gsus4
Even though we boarded them up
Fmaj7        Am7
Chandelier's still flickering here
     Dm         G        C G6
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
Gsus4           Fmaj7 G
It's death by a thousand cuts


Verse 2:
C               Gsus4
My heart, my hips, my body, my love
                Fsus2
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
                Gsus4
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
                     C
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
                Gsus4
Our songs, our films, united we stand
                  Fsus2
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
                   Gsus4
Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand
                   C*
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans
                Gsus4
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
                  Fmaj7
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
                Gsus4
Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough
                     C  C/B Am Gsus4
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts


Chorus:
Fmaj7         Am7     Dm
I get drunk, but it's not enough
       Gsus4
'Cause you're not my baby
C         C/B        Am
I look through the windows of this love
        Gsus4
Even though we boarded them up
Fmaj7        Am7
Chandelier's still flickering here

     Dm         G        C
’Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
     G6
No, it's not
Gsus4           Fmaj7
It's death by a thousand cuts (You didn't touch)


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


Outro:
C/B Am Gsus4 Fmaj7

     Am7           Dm
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
      G       C
They say, "I don't know"