Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Chords C: x32010 Em: 022000 Dm: xx0231 Am: x02210 F: 133211 G: 320033 Am/B: x2x210 Intro: C Em Dm Am Am/B x2 Verse 1: C Em Dm Am Am/B Is it romantic how all of my elegies eulogize me? C Em Dm I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones Am Am/B These hunters with cell phones
Chorus: Em F Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die Am C I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you Em F Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry G I'm setting off, but not without my muse Verse 2: C Em Dm What should be over burrowed under my skin Am Am/B In heart-stopping waves of hurt C Em Dm I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze Am Am/B Tell me what are my words worth Chorus: Em F Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die Am C I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you Em F Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry G I'm setting off, but not without my muse Bridge: C Em I want auroras and sad prose Dm Am (Am/B) C I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet Em Dm Because I haven't moved in years Am And I want you right here C Em A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground Dm Am With no one around to tweet it C Em While I bathe in cliffside pools Dm Am With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief Chorus: Em Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die Am C I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you Em F Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry G I'm setting off, but not without my muse C No, not without you
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The Lakes by Taylor Swift