Taylor Swift – Exile – Tolerate It Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – Exile – Tolerate It Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsF#D#mBmaj7C#6C#BD#m9Dmaj7F#mED#m11AD#m7C#add11

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These are Exile – Tolerate It chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F# D#m F# D#m

[Verse 1]
F#
 I can see you
standing
 honey
D#m
 With his arms
around
 your body
F#
 Laughing but the 
joke's not
         D#m
funny at all
F#
 And it took you
five 
whole minutes
D#m
 To pack us up and
leave me with it
F#
 Holding all this
love out
            D#m
here in the hall

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[Chorus]
Bmaj7         C#6
 I think I've seen
this
          D#m
film before
      C#
And I didn't like
the ending
Bmaj7
 You're not my
C#6
homeland
      D#m
anymore
   C#
So what am I
          B
defending now?
            C#
You were my town,
now I'm in
D#m              F#
exile seeing you out
Bmaj7          C#
 I think I've seen
this
         D#m
film before
F#  D#m F# D#m
 Ooo ooo oooo

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[Verse 2]
F#
 I can see you
staring honey
D#m
 Like he's just
your understudy
F#
 Like you'd get
your knuckles
           D#m
bloody for me
F#
 Second, third, and
hundredth chances
D#m
 Balancing on
breaking branches
F#
 Those eyes add
insult
       D#m
to injury

[Chorus]
Bmaj7         C#6
 I think I've seen
this
           D#m
film before
      C#
And I didn't like
the ending
Bmaj7
 I'm not your
C#6          D#m
problem anymore
    C#
So who am I
offending
B
now?
            C#
You were my crown,
now I'm in
D#m              F#
exile seeing you out
Bmaj7          C#
 I think I've seen
this
          D#m
film before
       D#m9
So I'm leaving
out the
C#     F#
side door

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[Bridge]
   Dmaj7
While you were out
building other worlds,
where was I?
Where's that man who'd
throw blankets over
    F#m
my barbed wire?
I made you my temple,
             E
my mural, my sky
Now I'm begging for
footnotes in
F#m
the story of your
life
Drawing hearts in
the
   Dmaj7
byline
Always taking up
too much
          F#m
space or time
You assume I'm fine,
but what
           E
would you do if I
[Chorus]
 I think I've seen
this film before
      C#
And I didn't like
the ending
Bmaj7
 You're not my
C#6            D#m
homeland anymore
   C#
So what am I
defending
 B
 now?
            C#
You were my town,
now I'm in
D#m              F#
exile seeing you out
Bmaj7          C#6
 I think I've seen
this
         D#m
film before
       D#m11
So I'm leaving out
    C#      F#
the side door
  If it's all in
my head
        Dmaj7
tell me now
  Tell me I've got
 it
       A
wrong somehow
  I know my love
should be
   E
celebrated
               F#m
  But you tolerate it
         F#
All this time, I never
learned to read your
 D#m7
mind (So many signs)
I couldn't turn things
  C#add11
around (So many
signs)
You never gave a
warning
Bmaj7
sign (You never gave
a warning sign)

[Outro]
E
  I sit and watch you

How to play Exile – Tolerate It: key, chords and progression

Exile – Tolerate It by Taylor Swift is centred on F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯). The song uses 14 chords: F#, D#m, Bmaj7, C#6, C#, B, D#m9, Dmaj7, F#m, E, D#m11 and A and 2 more.

Listen for Bmaj7 – C#6 – D#m – C# (IVmaj7 – V6 – vi – V in F♯ major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – soh – lah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes E, C#m, Amaj7, B6, B, A, C#m9, Cmaj7, Em, D (50% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 21% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
D#m chord on guitar (x68876)
D♯mD♯ F♯ A♯
Bmaj7 chord on guitar (x24342)
Bmaj7B D♯ F♯ A♯
C#6 chord on guitar (x46666)
C♯6C♯ E♯ G♯ A♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
D#m9 chord on guitar (11-13-11-11-11-13)
D♯m9D♯ F♯ A♯ C♯ E♯
Dmaj7 chord on guitar (xx0222)
Dmaj7D F♯ A C♯
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
D#m11 chord on guitar (11-11-11-11-11-11)
D♯m11D♯ F♯ A♯ C♯ E♯ G♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
D#m7 chord on guitar (x68676)
D♯m7D♯ F♯ A♯ C♯
C#add11 chord on guitar (x44664)
C♯add11C♯ E♯ G♯ F♯

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Exile – Tolerate It chords: questions

What key is Exile – Tolerate It in?

Exile – Tolerate It by Taylor Swift is centred on F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯).

What chords are in Exile – Tolerate It?

Exile – Tolerate It uses 14 chords: F#, D#m, Bmaj7, C#6, C#, B, D#m9, Dmaj7, F#m, E, D#m11, A and 2 more.

What is the chord progression of Exile – Tolerate It?

The main progression is Bmaj7 – C#6 – D#m – C# (IVmaj7 – V6 – vi – V).

Is Exile – Tolerate It easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes E, C#m, Amaj7, B6, B, A, C#m9, Cmaj7, Em, D (50% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 21% without a capo).

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