Taylor Swift – So Long London Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – So Long London Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
So (So) Long (Long)
 Lon (Lon) don (don)
So (So) Long (Long)
 Lon (Lon) don (don)
So (So) Long (Long)
Lon (Lon) don (don)
D   Bm   E   A

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[Verse 1]
   D
 I saw in my mind ferry
lights through the mist
   Bm
 I kept calm and carried
the weight of the rift
 E
 Pulled him in tighter each
                       A
 time he was drifting away
    D
 My spine split from
 carrying us up the hill
     Bm
 Wet through my clothes,
weary bones caught
 the chill
   E
 I stopped trying to make
him laugh, stopped trying
                A
 to drill the safe
          D
 Thinking, How much
sad did you
Bm                   E
 Think I had, did you think
           A
 I had in me? Oh,
 the tragedy

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[Chorus]
 D  Bm   E  A
 So long London
 D      Bm   E   A
 You'll find someone

[Verse 2]
   D
 I didn't opt in to be
 your odd man out
   Bm
 I founded the club she's
heard great things about
   E
 I left all I knew you
left me at the house
         A
 by the Heath
   D
 I stopped CPR, after
all it's no use
     Bm
 The spirit was gone we
 would never come to
         E
 And I'm pissed off you let
 me give you all that
           A
youth for free

[Chorus]
 D  Bm    E  A
 So long, London
 D   Bm   E A
 Stitches undone
 D   Bm      E   A
 Two graves, one gun
 D    Bm   E   A
 I'll find someone

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[Bridge]
         F#m
 And you say I abandoned
                    A
the ship but I was going
 down with it
          E
 My white knuckle dying
              Bm
 grip holding tight to
your quiet resentment
                     F#m
 And my friends said it isn't
 right to be scared
       A
 Every day old love affair,
        E
 every breath feels
like rarest air
                 Bm
 When you're not sure
 if he wants to be there

[Pre-Chorus]
F#m
 So how much sad did
    A
you think
               E
I had, did you think
           Bm
 I had in me?
               F#m
 How much tragedy?
                     A
 Just how low did you think
                 E
 I'd go 'fore I'd self
 implode?
Bm
 'Fore I'd have to
       D
 go be free?

[Chorus]
     D
 You swore that you loved me,
but where were the clues?
   Bm
 I died on the altar
waiting for the proof
     E
 You sacrificed us to the
                     A
 gods of your bluest days
         D
 And I'm just getting
           Bm
 color back into my face
     E
 I'm just mad as hell cause
    A
 I loved this place for

[Post-Chorus]
 D  Bm    E  A
 So long, London
 D   Bm E    A
 Had a  good run
   D Bm      E    A
 A moment of warm sun
     D   Bm  E   A
 But I'm not the one
 D  Bm    E  A
 So long, London
 D   Bm   E A
 Stitches undone
 D   Bm      E   A
 Two graves, one gun
 D      Bm   E   A
 You'll find someone

How to play So Long London: key, chords and progression

These are So Long London chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

So Long London by Taylor Swift is written in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯) and moves through 5 chords: D, Bm, E, A and F#m.

The backbone of the song is D – Bm – E – A (IV – ii – V – I in A major). In solfa, that is fah – reh – soh – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, D, G, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯

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So Long London chords: questions

What key is So Long London in?

So Long London by Taylor Swift is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in So Long London?

So Long London uses 5 chords: D, Bm, E, A, F#m.

What is the chord progression of So Long London?

The main progression is D – Bm – E – A (IV – ii – V – I).

Is So Long London easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, D, G, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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