Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) If you play this On Piano, play The f#m As Middle C#, F# Above Middle C And A. Basically Like A D chord changing The D to C# Verse 1: D F#m How's one to know? Bm A G I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones G A In a faith forgotten land D F#m In from the snow Bm A G Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow G A Tarnished but so grand
Pre-Chorus: G D A And the old widow goes to the stone every day G But I don't, I just sit here and wait A Grieving for the living Chorus: D F#m Oh, goddamn Bm A G My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand G A Taking mine, but it's been promised to another D F#m Oh, I can't Bm A G Stop you putting roots in my dreamland G A My house of stone, your ivy grows D F#m Bm A G A And now I'm covered in you Verse 2: D F#m I wish to know Bm A G The fatal flaw that makes you long to be G A Magnificently cursed D F#m He's in the room Bm A G Your opal eyes are all I wish to see G A He wants what's only yours Chorus: D F#m Oh, goddamn Bm A G My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand G A Taking mine, but it's been promised to another D F#m Oh, I can't Bm A G Stop you putting roots in my dreamland G A My house of stone, your ivy grows And now I'm covered Verse 3: Bm A Clover blooms in the fields G A Spring breaks loose, the time is near Bm A G A What would he do if he found us out? Bm A Crescent moon, coast is clear G A Spring breaks loose, but so does fear Bm A G A He's gonna burn this house to the ground D F#m How's one to know? Bm A G I'd live and die for moments that we stole G A On begged and borrowed time D F#m So tell me to run Bm A G Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become A And drink my husband's wine Chorus: D F#m Oh, goddamn Bm A G My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand G A Taking mine, but it's been promised to another D F#m Oh, I can't Bm A G Stop you putting roots in my dreamland G A My house of stone, your ivy grows D F#m Bm A And now I'm covered in you A G A And I'm covered in you Bridge: D F#m So yeah, it's a fire Bm A It's a goddamn blaze in the dark G And you started it A You started it D F#m So yeah, it's a war Bm A It's the goddamn fight of my life G And you started it A You started it Chorus: D F#m Oh, I can't Bm A G Stop you putting roots in my dreamland G A My house of stone, your Ivy Grows D F#m Bm And now I'm covered A G A In you, in you D F#m Bm Now I'm covered in you A G A D In you
"Ivy" is track 10 on Taylor Swift's cottagecore album "Evermore", her second album release in 2020. "Ivy" is written by Taylor Swift and producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.
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