Taylor Swift – Right Where You Left Me Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – Right Where You Left Me Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
D
Friends break up, friends get married
Em
Strangers get born, strangers 
get buried
C
Trends change, rumors fly through 
new skies
    G                   D
But I'm right where you left me
D
Matches burn after the other
Em
Pages turn and stick to each other
C
Wages earned and lessons learned
       G                   D
But I, I'm right where you left me

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[Pre-Chorus]
D                            Em
Help, I'm still at the restaurant
                            C
Still sitting in a corner I haunt
Cross-legged in the dim light
G                             D
They say, "What a sad sight", I
  D                               Em
I swear you could hear a hair pin drop
                             C
Right when I felt the moment stop
Glass shattered on the white cloth
G                   D
Everybody moved on, I
Am
I stayed there
                     G
Dust collected on my pinned-up hair
D                   Am
They expected me to find somewhere
                        G
Some perspective, but I sat and stared
D
Right where you left me

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[Chorus]
    Em                  C
You left me no, oh, you left me no
    G                        D
You left me no choice but to stay 
here forever
                 Em          
You left me, you left me no, 
        C
oh, you left me no
    G                        D
You left me no choice but to stay 
here forever

[Interlude]
Am G D x2

[Bridge]
Bm                        
  Did you ever hear about 
                   C
  the girl who got frozen?
Time went on for everybody else
          D                    
She won't know it, she's still 
                        C
twenty-three inside her fantasy
              G
How it was supposed to be
Bm                       
  Did you hear about the 
                      C
  girl who lives in delusion?
Breakups happen every day, 
                  D
you don't have to lose it
She's still twenty-three 
           C
inside her fantasy
    G                 N.C.
And you're sitting in front of me

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[Verse 2]
             Em              
At the restaurant when I was 
                  C
still the one you want
Cross-legged in the dim light 
G                          D
everything was just right, I
D                        Em
I could feel the mascara run
                             C
You told me that you met someone
Glass shattered on the white cloth
G               D
Everybody moved on

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[Pre-Chorus]
D                            Em
Help, I'm still at the restaurant
                            C
Still sitting in a corner I haunt
Cross-legged in the dim light
G                             D
They say, "What a sad sight", I
Am
I stayed there
                     G
Dust collected on my pinned-up 
hair
D                       Am
I'm sure that you got a wife 
out there
                            G
Kids and Christmas, but I'm unaware
          D             Am
Cause I'm right where I cause 
no harm
Mind my business
       G
If our love died young
  D
I can't bear witness
         Am
And it's been so long
                          G
But if you ever think you got 
it wrong
    D
I'm right where
         G  D
You left me

[Chorus]
    Em                  C
You left me no, oh, you left 
me no
    G                        D
You left me no choice but to stay 
here forever
                 Em          
You left me, you left me no, 
        C
oh, you left me no
    G                        D
You left me no choice but to stay 
here forever

How to play Right Where You Left Me: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Right Where You Left Me by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Right Where You Left Me by Taylor Swift is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: D, Em, C, G, Am and Bm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – C – G – D (vi – IV – I – V in G major), the “sensitive” minor-start rotation of the four-chord progression, a favourite in ballads and worship. In solfa, that is lah – fah – doh – 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

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯

Right Where You Left Me chords: questions

What key is Right Where You Left Me in?

Right Where You Left Me by Taylor Swift is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in Right Where You Left Me?

Right Where You Left Me uses 6 chords: D, Em, C, G, Am, Bm.

What is the chord progression of Right Where You Left Me?

The main progression is Em – C – G – D (vi – IV – I – V), the “sensitive” minor-start rotation of the four-chord progression, a favourite in ballads and worship.

Is Right Where You Left Me easy to play on guitar?

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

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