Taylor Swift – Peter Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – Peter Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsCC/BAm7Gsus4Fmaj7GAmFDm

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[Intro]
C  C/B  Am7  Gsus4
  Fmaj7  Fmaj7  Gsus4  G

[Verse 1]
C
  Forgive me, Peter
    C/B
My lost fearless leader
     Am7
In closets like cedar
    Gsus4
Preserved from when
                Fmaj7
 we were just kids
                   Gsus4
Is it something I did?
    G
     C
The goddess of timing
      C/B
Once found us beguiling
     Am7
She said she was trying
   Gsus4
Peter, was she lying?
    Fmaj7
My ribs get the feeling
        Gsus4  G
 she did

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[Pre-Chorus]
    Am         G
And I didn't wanna
     F
come down
    Am            G
I thought it was just
        F
 goodbye for now

[Chorus]
     Dm
You said you were
gonna grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
come find me
 Am
Said you were gonna
 grow up
 G
Thеn you were gonna
come find mе
 Dm
Said you were gonna
 grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
 come find me
 Am
Words from the mouths
 of babes
 G                F      Dm
Promises oceansssss deep
        C
But never to keep
  C/B     Am7    Gsus4
              Fmaj7
Oh, never to keep
   Fmaj7    Gsus4    G

[Verse 2]
          C
Are you still a mind reader?
  C/B
A natural scene stealer?
      Am7
I've heard great
 things, Peter
     Gsus4
But life was always
         Fmaj7
easier on you
               Gsus4    G
Than it was on me
      C
And sometimes it gets me
       C/B
When crossing your
 jet stream
    Am7
We both did the best
            Gsus4
 we could do
                  Fmaj7
Underneath the same moon
                   Gsus4  G
In different galaxies

[Pre-Chorus]
    Am        G        F
And I didn't wanna hang around
    Am          G
We said it was just
    F
goodbye for now

[Chorus]
     Dm
You said you were
gonna grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
come find me
 Am
Said you were gonna
 grow up
 G
Thеn you were gonna
come find mе
 Dm
Said you were gonna
grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
come find me
 Am
Words from the
 mouths of babes
 G                F
Promises oceansssss
        Dm
 deep
        C
But never to keep
   C/B     Am7    Gsus4
              Fmaj7
Oh, never to keep
    Fmaj7   Gsus4    G

[Bridge]
             C
And I won't confess that
                  Am
 I waited, but I let
the lamp burn
        F
As the men masqueraded,
      G
 I hoped you'd return
           C
With your feet
on the ground,
           Am
 tell me all that
you'd learned
        F
'Cause love's never
               G
lost when perspective
is earned
          C
And you said you'd come
                   Am
and get me, but you were
 twenty-five
          F
And the shelf life of
            G
 those fantasies has expired
 C
Lost to the "Lost Boys"
      Am
 chapter of your life
F
Forgive me, Peter,
           G
 please know that I tried
    Am
To hold on (Hold on)
          G
 to the days (To the days)
               F
When you were mine
         Am
But the woman who
             G
 sits by the window
                F
Has turned out   the
        Dm
light

[Chorus]
     Dm
You said you were
gonna grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
come find me
 Am
Said you were gonna
         G
 grow up
     Dm
You said you were
gonna grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
come find me
 Am
Said you were gonna
         G
grow up
     Dm
You said you were
gonna grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
 come find me
 Am
Said you were gonna
grow up
 G
Thеn you were gonna
come find mе
 Dm
Said you were gonna
 grow up
 F
Then you were gonna
come find me
 Am
Words from the
mouths of babes
 G               F
Promises oceanssss
       F    Dm
deep
          C
But neverrrrr to keep

Watch: Taylor Swift - Peter (Official Lyric Video)

From Taylor Swift on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Peter: key, chords and progression

These are Peter chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Peter by Taylor Swift, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 9 chords: C, C/B, Am7, Gsus4, Fmaj7, G, Am, F and Dm.

Listen for Dm – F – Am – G (ii – IV – vi – V in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is reh – fah – lah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Am7 chord on guitar (x02010)
Am7A C E G
Gsus4 chord on guitar (330013)
Gsus4G C D
Fmaj7 chord on guitar (xx3210)
Fmaj7F A C E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A

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Peter chords: questions

What key is Peter in?

Peter by Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Peter?

Peter uses 9 chords: C, C/B, Am7, Gsus4, Fmaj7, G, Am, F, Dm.

What is the chord progression of Peter?

The main progression is Dm – F – Am – G (ii – IV – vi – V).

Is Peter easy to play on guitar?

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

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