Taylor Swift – How Did It End Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – How Did It End Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
F Dm Am C

[Verse 1]
F             Dm
 We hereby conduct
this post-mortem
Am                  C
 He was a hot house flower
to my outdoorsmen
F                  Dm
 Our maladies were such,
 we could not cure them
Am
 And so a touch that was
    C
my birth right became
 foreign

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[Chorus]
 F
 Come one come all
 C    G          F
 It’s happening again
         G
 The empathetic hunger
    F
descends
 We’ll tell no-one
 C     G          F
 'Cept all of our friends
             G
 We must know how
 did it end?
F  Dm  Am  C

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[Verse 2]
 F                      Dm
 We were blind to unforeseen
circumstances
Am                  C
 We learn the right stеps
to different dances
F
 And fеll victim to
 D
 interlopers glances
Am                C
 Lost the game of chance,
 what are the chances?
F
 Soon they’ll go home
to their husbands
Dm
 Smug ’cause they know
 they can trust him
Am
 Then feverishly calling
           C
 their cousins (Oh, oh)

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[Chorus]
 F
 Guess who we ran into
    C
at the shops?
 F             C    G
 Walking in circles like
 she was lost
F
 Didn’t you hear?
 C    G
 They called it all off
F
 One gasp and then
C G
  How did it end?
Dm  G  Am  F


[Bridge]
Dm
 Say it once again with
 G
 feeling
 how the death rattle
 Am
 Breathing, silenced as
              F
the soul was leaving
 The deflation of
     Dm
 our dreaming
 Leaving me bereft
     G
 and reeling
                      Am
 My beloved ghost and me
              F
 Sitting in a tree
         F
 D-Y-I-N-G

[Chorus]
 C    G          F
 It’s happening again
C G          F
  How did it end?
C  G             F
 I can’t pretend like
I understand
C G          F
  How did it end?
 F
 Come one come all
 C    G          F
 It’s happening again
         G
 The empathetic
           F
 hunger descends

 We’ll tell no-one
 C     G          F
 'Cept all of our friends
                   C
 But I still don’t know
  G          F
how did it end?

How to play How Did It End: key, chords and progression

These are How Did It End chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

How Did It End by Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: F, Dm, Am, C, G and D.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, G, D, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A

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How Did It End chords: questions

What key is How Did It End in?

How Did It End by Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in How Did It End?

How Did It End uses 6 chords: F, Dm, Am, C, G, D.

What is the chord progression of How Did It End?

The main progression is F – C – G – F (IV – I – V – IV).

Is How Did It End easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, G, D, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo).

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