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Taylor Swift – My Tears Ricochet Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C   G   Em  F
Am  G  Em  F  x2

[Verse 1]
Am           G
  We gather here, we line up
 Em                      F
Weeping in a sunlit room
    Am           G     Em    
And   if I'm on fire, you'll 
                  F
be made of ashes too
 Am                  G
Even on my worst day, 
 did I deserve babe
Em                   F
   All the hell you gave me
Am
  'Cause I loved you
G                   Em  
  I swear I loved you   
                F
  'til my dying day

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[Chorus]
C    Dm           Am          F   
        I didn't have it in myself
             C      Dm
         to go with grace
                Am          F    
And you're the hero flying around 
   C         Dm
saving face
            Am         
And if I'm dead to you, 
      F                  C
why are you at the wake
            Dm               Am
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
            F
Look at how my tears ricochet
C    Dm   Am   F

[Verse 2]
Am           G       Em           
  We gather stones, never knowing
                 F
   what they'll mean
Am         G      Em        
  Some to throw, some to make 
                F
  a diamond ring
       Am                   G
  You know I didn't want to  
   have to haunt you
Em                        F
  But what a ghostly scene
Am                        G 
  You wear the same jewels  
               Em             F
  that I gave you  as you bury me

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[Chorus]
C    Dm           Am          F   
        I didn't have it in myself 
             C     Dm
        to go with grace
                 Am                
'Cause when I'd fight, you used to
 F       C           Dm
 tell me I   was brave
            Am               F  
And if I'm dead to you, why are 
                C
you at the wake
            Dm               Am
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
            F
Look at how my tears ricochet

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[Bridge]
C              Dm             Am
  And I can go anywhere I want
         F                 C
Anywhere I want, just not home
                 Dm          
And you can aim for my heart, 
             Am
go for blood
                     F     
But you would still miss me
          C
 in your bones
           Dm            Am 
And I still  talk to you    
           F                 C
(When I'm screaming at the sky)
                  Dm             
And when you can't sleep at night 
 Am              F
 (You hear my stolen lullabies)

[Final Chorus]
          Am          F         
I didn't have it in myself to go 
       C     Dm
with grace
            Am                F  
And so the battleships will sink
       C          Dm
 beneath  the waves
            Am              F    
You had to kill me, but it killed
               C
 you just the same
              Dm               Am
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
                      F
You turned into your worst fears
C                          Dm   
  And you're tossing out blame, 
                Am
  drunk on this pain,
                  F
Crossing out the good years
           C              Dm   
And you're    cursing my name, 
            Am
wishing I stayed
            F
Look at how my tears ricochet

[Outro]
C  Dm  Am  F  x3

How to play My Tears Ricochet: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of My Tears Ricochet by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

My Tears Ricochet by Taylor Swift is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, G, Em, F, Am and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – C – Dm – Am (IV – I – ii – vi in C major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – reh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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