Taylor Swift – Castles Crumbing Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro]
C Em
C Em D
C Em
C Em D

[Verse 1]
Em           C
  Once, I had an empire
G     D
 in a golden age
Em          C          G
  I was held up so high,
        D
I used to be great
Em                  C
  They used to cheer when
      G      D
they saw my face
Em           C       G
  Now, I fear I have fallen
      D
 from grace

[Chorus]
    Em     C       G
And I feel like my castle's
  D
 crumbling down
    Em      C      G
And I watch all my bridges
 D
 burn to the ground
    Em        C       G
And you don't want to know me,
 D                   Em   C
 I will just let you down
D                        Em  C G D
 You don't wanna know me now

[Instrument]
Em C G D

[Verse 2]
Em           C
  Once, I was the great
     G      D
 hope for a dynasty
Em                 C
  Crowds would hang on
         G         D
my words and they trusted me
Em                C
  Their faith was strong,
        G             D
but I pushed it too far
Em            C
  I held that grudge
        G        D
'til it tore me apart
Em      C              G
  Power went to my head and
   D
 I couldn't stop
Em       C              G
  Ones I loved tried to help,
      D
so I ran them off
Em           C
  And here I sit alone
        G          D
 behind walls of regret
Em                C
Falling down like promises
     G       D
 that I never kept

[Chorus]
    Em     C       G
And I feel like my castle's
 D
 crumbling down
    Em      C      G
And I watch all my bridges
 D
burn to the ground
    Em        C       G
And you don't want to know me,
 D                   Em   C
I will just let you down
D                        C
 You don't wanna know me now

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[Post-Chorus]
      Em D
Ooh, ooh
 C    Em D
Ooh, ooh
 C
Ooh (Ah, ah)
Em       D
Ooh (Ah, ah)
C   Em D
Ooh

[Verse 3]
Em                   C
  My foes and friends watch
my reign end
C            D
I don't know how it could've
 ended this way
Em
  Smoke billows from
my ships in the harbor
C
People look at me like
I'm a monster
G
 Now they're screaming
 at the palace front gates
        D
Used to chant my name
Now they're screaming
            Em
 that they hate me
                     Em
Never wanted you to hate me

[Chorus]
   G        D
My castle's crumbling down
    Em      C      G
And I watch all my bridges
  D
 burn to the ground
    Em        C       G
And you don't want to know me,
  D                   Em   C G
 I will just let you down
   D                  Em   C G
My castle's crumbling down
D                       Em  C G D
You don't wanna know me now

[Outro]
Em C G D
Em C D
Em C G D
Em C G D
Em C G D
Em C