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Taylor Swift – Dress Chord Progression On Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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THIS IS THE CHORD PROGRESSION AND TAB OF DRESS BY TAYLOR SWIFT ON PIANO, GUITAR KEYBOARD AND UKULELE.

[Verse 1]
F Am
Our secret moments in a crowded room
G C Em
They’ve got no idea about me and you
F Am
There is an indentation in the shape of you
G C Em
Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo

[Pre-Chorus 1]
F Am
All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation
G C Em
My hands are shaking from holding back from you (ah, ah, ah)
F Am
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
G
My hands are shaking from all this, ah, ha, ha, ha

[Chorus 1]
F Am G
Say my name and everything just stops
C Em
I don’t want you like a best friend
F Am G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (ha, ha, ha)
F Am C
Carve your name into my bedpost
G C Em
‘Cause I don’t want you like a best friend
F Am C G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
C G C
Take it off (ha, ha, ha, ha)

[Verse 2]
F Am
Inescapable, I’m not even going to try
G C Em
And if I get burned, at least we were electrified
F Am
I’m spilling wine in the bathtub, you kiss my face and we’re both drunk
G
Everyone thinks that they know us, but they know nothing about

[Pre-Chorus 2]
F Am
All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation
G C Em
My hands are shaking from holding back from you (ah, ah, ah)
F Am
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
G
My hands are shaking from all this, ah, ha, ha, ha

[Chorus 2]
F Am G
Say my name and everything just stops
C Em
I don’t want you like a best friend
F Am G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (ha, ha, ha)
F Am C
Carve your name into my bedpost
G C Em
‘Cause I don’t want you like a best friend
F Am C G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
C G C
Take it off (ha, ha, ha, ha)

[Post-Chorus]
F Am C G
Ha-ah, ha-ah, ha-ah-ha-ah
C G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off
F Am C G
Ha-ah, ha-ah, ha-ah-ha-ah
C G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off

[Bridge]
F Am
Flashback when you met me, your buzzcut and my hair bleached
G C Em
Even in my worst times, you could see the best of me
F Am
Flashback to my mistakes, my rebounds, my earthquakes
G G
Even in my worst light, you saw the truth in me

F Am
And I woke up just in time, now I wake up by your side
G C Em
My one and only, my lifeline
F Am
I woke up just in time, now I wake up by your side
G
My hands are shaking, can’t explain this, ha, ha, ha, ha

[Chorus 3]
F Am G
Say my name and everything just stops
C Em
I don’t want you like a best friend
F Am G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (ha, ha, ha)
F Am C
Carve your name into my bedpost
G C Em
‘Cause I don’t want you like a best friend
F Am C G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
C G C
Take it off (ha, ha, ha, ha)

[Outro]
F Am
There is an indentation in the shape of you
G C Em
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
F Am
You made your mark on me, golden tattoo
G
Only bought this dress so you could take it off

How to play Dress: key, chords and progression

To play Dress by Taylor Swift, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 5 chords: F, Am, G, C and Em.

The backbone of the song is G – C – Em – F (V – I – iii – IV in C major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – mi – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.