Taylor Swift – Its Time To Go Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – Its Time To Go Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsCAmFGDmCadd9Em

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[Verse 1]
C                       Am  
  When the dinner gets cold 
                          F
  and the chatter gets old
                  G
You ask for the tab
C                   Am  
  Oh that moment again, 
                           F
  he's insisting that friends
                          G
Look at each other like that
C                        Am  
  When the words of a sister 
                   F
  come back in whispers
                      G
That prove she was not
C                      Am  
  in fact what she seemed, 
                         F
  not a twin from your dreams
                         G
She's a crook who was caught

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[Chorus]
      Am            G
That old familiar body ache
      F                 
The snaps from the same 
                          C
little breaks in your soul
Am              F      G 
      You know           
                          C 
      when it's time to go
Am        F       G

[Verse 2]
C                        Am
  Twenty years at your job
                       F      
Then the son of the boss gets 
                      G
the spot that was yours
C                              Am
  Or trying to stay for the kids
                        F      
When keeping it how it is will 
                           G
only break their hearts worse

[Chorus]
      Am            G
That old familiar body ache
      F                 
The snaps from the same 
                          Am
little breaks in your soul
G               C      F 
      You know           
                          N.C.
      when it's time to go

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[Bridge]

G                   C 
  Sometimes giving up 
                      F
  is the strong thing
              C
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
G                     C 
  Sometimes walking out 
                 F
  is the one thing
           C
That will find you the right thing
G                   C 
  Sometimes giving up 
                      F
  is the strong thing
              C
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
G                     C 
  Sometimes walking out 
                   F
  is the one thing
           C       
That will find you 
                C
the right thingggggggg

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[Verse 3]
C           Am   
  Fifteen years, 
                    F
  fifteen million tears
                        G
Begging 'til my knees bled
C                Am 
  I gave it my all, 
                          F
  he gave me nothing at all
                      G
Then wondered why I left
C                       Am  
  Now he sits on his throne 
                     F
  in his palace of bones
                 G
Praying to his greed
C               Am 
  He's got my past 
                   F
  frozen behind glass
              G
But I've got me

[Chorus]
      Am            G
That old familiar body ache
      F                 
The snaps from the same 
                        Am
little breaks in my soul
G               F
      I know          
      when it's time to go

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[Bridge]
G                   C 
  Sometimes giving up 
                      F
  is the strong thing
              C
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
G                     C 
  Sometimes walking out 
                   F
  is the one thing
           C
That will find you the right thing
G                   C 
  Sometimes giving up 
                      F
  is the strong thing
              C
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
G                     C 
  Sometimes walking out 
                   F
  is the one thing
           C           
That will find you the 
            Dm    Am    Cadd9
right thing

[Outro]
            G                
That will find you the right 
    Dm       Am       Cadd9      G
thingggggggggggg     ehhh
             Dm      Am  
And you know             
          Cadd9     G
in your soul
             Dm      Am  
And you know             
          Cadd9     G
in your soul
                  G  C   F  G
When it's time go
     Em             
You know, you know, 
      C            F      G
you know, you know
                     C  Am  F  G
When it's time to go
                C     Am  
So then you go            
           F       G
then you go
          C      Am     F      G
You just go
C     Am     F      G      C

How to play Its Time To Go: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Its Time To Go by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Its Time To Go by Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: C, Am, F, G, Dm, Cadd9 and Em.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Am – F – G (I – vi – IV – V in C major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Cadd9 chord on guitar (x32030)
Cadd9C E G D
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B

Its Time To Go chords: questions

What key is Its Time To Go in?

Its Time To Go by Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Its Time To Go?

Its Time To Go uses 7 chords: C, Am, F, G, Dm, Cadd9, Em.

What is the chord progression of Its Time To Go?

The main progression is C – Am – F – G (I – vi – IV – V), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression.

Is Its Time To Go easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Almost every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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