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Taylor Swift – My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys Chords

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[Verse 1]
                F
Oh, here we go again,
                   Am
 the voices in his head
                 Em
Call the rain to end
             F
our days of wild
The sickest army doll
                  Am
 purchased at the mall
            Em
Rivulets descend
            F
my plastic smile
F
But you should've seen
             G
 him when he first got me

[Chorus]
F      C
 My boy only breaks
               G      Em
 his favorite toys, toys
F         C
 I'm queen of sand castles
        G       Em
 he destroys, ohh, ohh
F
 'Cause it fit too right
C
 Puzzle pieces in
the dead of night
G
 Should've known it
                        Em
 was a matter of time, ohh
F      C
 My boy only breaks
               G      Em
his favorite toys, ohh

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[Verse 2]
F            Am
 There was a littany
of reasons why
   Em
We could've play for
 keeps this time
  F
I know I'm just
 repeating myself
                  Am
Put me back on my shelf,
but first
Pull the string and
       Em
 I'll tell you
That he runs because
    F
he loves me
Because you should've
                  G
 seen him when he first
 saw me

[Chorus]
F      C
 My boy only breaks
              G      Em
his favorite toys, toys
F         C
 I'm queen of sand castles
        G       Em
he destroys, ohh, ohh
F
 'Cause I knew too much
C
 There was danger in
the heat of my touch
G
 He saw forever so
                     Em
 he smashed it up, ohh
F      C
 My boy only breaks his
           G      Em
 favorite toys, ohh

[Post-Chorus]
F C
   Once I fix me
G Em
   He's gonna miss me
F C
   Once I fix me
G Em
   He's gonna miss me

[Bridge]
 C                 G
 Just say "when" I play again
        Dm
 He was my best friend
 F
down at the sandlot
   C
 I felt more when we
 G
 played pretend
           Dm
 Than with all these
 Kens cars
 F                    C
 He took me out of my box
 G                 Dm
 Stole my tortured heart
 F
 Left all these
        C
broken parts
 G                  Dm
 Told me I'm better off
         F
 But I'm not, I'm not
I'm not

How to play My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys: key, chords and progression

These are My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys by Taylor Swift sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 6 chords to play it: F, Am, Em, G, C and Dm.

Listen for F – C – G – Em (IV – I – V – iii in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – mi. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.