The Albatross chords by Taylor Swift

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

Verse 1:
 Bm    D
 Wise man once said
 Gmaj7     A
 "Wild winds are death to the candle"
  Bm   D  Gmaj7 A
 A rose by any other name is a scandal
 Bm    D    Gmaj7
 Cautions issued, he stood
 A
 Shooting the messengers
 Bm      A     Gmaj7  D
 They tried to warn him about her

Chorus:
D      A
 Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm  Gmaj7
 Only liquor anoints you
D     A
 She's the albatross
Bm   Gmaj7
 She is here to destroy you


Verse 2:
 Bm    D
 Wise man once said
 Gmaj7  A
 "One bad seed kills the garden"
 Bm    D     Gmaj7  A
 "One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen"
 Bm    D   Gmaj7
 Locked me up in towers
     A
 But I'd visit in your dreams
Bm         D     Gmaj7 A
 And they tried to warn you about me


Chorus:
D      A
 Cross your thoughtless heart
Bm  Gmaj7
 Only liquor anoints you
D     A
 She's the albatross
Bm   Gmaj7
 She is here to destroy you
D    A
 Devils that you know
Bm      Gmaj7
 Raise worse hell than a stranger
D     A
 She's the death you chose
Bm     Gmaj7
 You're in terrible danger


Bridge:
Em Gmaj7      D     A   Em
   And when that sky rains fire on you
Gmaj7     D    A
 And you're persona non grata
Em Gmaj7      D    A     Em
   I'll tell you how I've been there too
Gmaj7   D     A
 And that none of it matters


Chorus:
 Bm    D     Gmaj7
 Wise men once read fake news
 A
 And they believed it
 Bm   D      Gmaj7
 Jackals raised their hackles
   A
 You couldn't conceive it
 Bm    D    Gmaj7       A           Bm
 You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed
        D      Gmaj7 A
 And I tried to warn you about them


Chorus:
D   A
 So I crossed my thoughtless heart
Bm     Gmaj7
 Spread my wings like a parachute
D    A
 I'm the albatross
Bm    Gmaj7
 I swept in at the rescue
D     A
 The devil that you know
Bm     Gmaj7
 Looks now more like an angel
D    A
 I'm the life you chose
Bm      Gmaj7    D  A
 And all this terrible danger
Bm  Gmaj7    D  A
 This terrible danger
D       A       Bm  G
 So cross your thoughtless heart
D     A
 She's the albatross
Bm   Gmaj7
 She is here to destroy you