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Taylor Swift – Sweet Nothing Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
F      C/E   Dm7   C
F     C/E    Dm7   C

[Intro]
F                    C/E
I spy with my little tired eye
          Dm7
Tiny as a firefly, a pebble
                C
that we picked up last July
F                      C/E
 Down deep inside your pocket
             Dm7
We almost forgot it
                  C
Does it ever miss Wicklow
sometimes?

[Interlude]
F     C/E     Dm7  C
 Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
F                     C/E
 They said the end is comin
                 Dm7
Everyone's up to something
                      C
I find myself running home
               F
 to your sweet nothings
                         C/E
Outside they're push and shoving
                      Dm7
You're in the kitchen humming
                  C
All that you ever wanted
 from me was sweet nothing

[Instrument]
 F      C/E    Dm7    C

[Verse 2]
F
 On the way home
C/E
 I wrote a poem
Dm7
 You say, What a mind"
C
 This happens all the time

[Interlude]
F     C/E     Dm7  C
 Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh

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[Chorus]
F                           C/E
'Cause they said the end is coming
                 Dm7
Everyone's up to something
                      C
I find myself running home
              F
to your sweet nothings
                         C/E
Outside they're push and shoving
                      Dm7
You're in the kitchen humming
                  C
All that you ever wanted
 from me was nothing

[Bridge]
F                       C/E
Industry disrupters and soul
deconstructors
     Dm7
And smooth-talking hucksters
     C
 out glad-handing each other
        F
And the voice that implore
       C/E
"You should be doing more"
   Dm7                   C
To you I can admit, that I'm
just too soft for all of it

[Instrument]
 F     C/E   Dm7    C
 F   C/E    Dm7   C

[Chorus]
F                     G
 They said the end is coming
                 C
Everyone's up to something
                      Am
I find myself running home
              F
to your sweet nothings
                         G
Outside they're push and shoving
                      C
You're in the kitchen humming
                  Em
All that you ever wanted
                   F
from me was sweet nothing
                     G
They said the end is coming
 (They said the end is coming)
                 C
Everyone's up to something
(Everyone's up to something)
                      Am
I find myself running home
               F
to your sweet nothings
                         G
Outside they're push and shoving
 (Outside they're push and shoving)
                      C
You're in the kitchen humming
(You're in the kitchen humming)
                  Am
All that you ever wanted
from me was sweet nothing

[Outro]
 F      C/E    Dm7    C

How to play Sweet Nothing: key, chords and progression

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

Sweet Nothing by Taylor Swift is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: F, C/E, Dm7, C, G, Am and Em.

Listen for F – C/E – Dm7 – C (IV – I – ii7 – I in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – reh – doh. 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.