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Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA E B C#m

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[Verse 1]
A     E
I have this thing where I
     B             C#m
get older but just never wiser
A        E                    B     C#m
Midnights become my afternoons
A         E
When my depression works
     B
the graveyard shift
   C#m           A
All of the people I’ve ghosted
  E                   B       C#m
stand there in the room

[Pre-chorus 1]
A              E                  B
I should not be left to my own devices
      C#m                  A
They come with prices and vices
   E
I end up in crisis
        B         C#m
(I’ve realized all this time)
A        E                    B
I wake up screaming from dreaming
          C#m
One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving
A            E                   B
Cause you got tired of my scheming
   C#m
(For the last time)

[Chorus]
A       E
It’s me, hi
B              C#m
I’m the problem, it’s me
  A   E      B       C#m
At tea time, everybody agrees
A           E                 B
I’ll stare directly at the sun
         C#m
But never in the mirror
A             E
It must be exhausting
        B         C#m
Always rooting for the anti-hero

[Verse 2]
A            E
Sometimes I feel like
       B     C#m
everybody is a sexy baby
A          E               B     C#m
And I’m a monster on the hill
A          E
Too big to hang out, slowly
   B             C#m
lurching towards your favorite city
A               E
Pierced through the heart,
                 B      C#m
but never killed

[Pre-chorus 2]
A        E                B
Did you hear my covert narcissism
         C#m             A
lightly disguised as altruism
   E                 B
Like some kind of congressman
                         C#m
 (I’ve realized all this time)
A        E                    B
I wake up screaming from dreaming
          C#m
One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving
A         E                 B
And life lose all of its meaning
   C#m
(For the last time)

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[Chorus]
A       E
It’s me, hi
B              C#m
I’m the problem, it’s me
  A   E      B       C#m
At tea time, everybody agrees
A           E                 B
I’ll stare directly at the sun
         C#m
But never in the mirror
A             E
It must be exhausting
        B         C#m
Always rooting for the anti-hero

[Bridge]
A         E                   B
I have this dream my daughter-in-law
        C#m
 kills me for the money
A         E
She thinks I left them in thej
    B     C#m
 will
A        E                    B
The family gathers around and reads
                 C#m
it and someone screams out
A          E                     B     C#m
“She’s laughing up at us from hell!”
A       E
It’s me, hi,
B              C#m
I’m the problem, it’s me
A       E
It’s me, hi
B   C#m
I’m the problem, it’s me
A       E   B    C#m
It’s me, hi,    everybody agrees
     A       E       B     C#m
Everybody agrees…

[Chorus]
A       E
It’s me, hi
B              C#m
I’m the problem, it’s me
  A   E      B       C#m
At tea time, everybody agrees
A           E                 B
I’ll stare directly at the sun
         C#m
But never in the mirror
A             E
It must be exhausting
        B         C#m
Always rooting for the anti-hero.

How to play Anti-Hero: key, chords and progression

These are Anti-Hero chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift is written in C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯) and moves through 4 chords: A, E, B and C#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – E – B – C#m (VI – III – VII – i in C♯ minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, D, A, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.