Taylor Swift – The Albatross Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Verse 1]
 Bm       D
 Wise man once said
  Gmaj7          A
 "Wild winds are death
to the candle"
   Bm      D   Gmaj7 A
 A rose by any other name
is a scandal
 Bm       D       Gmaj7
 Cautions issued, he stood
 A
 Shooting the messengers
 Bm            A
 They tried to warn
      Gmaj7    D
him about her

[Chorus]
D           A
 Cross your thoughtless
 heart
Bm    Gmaj7
 Only liquor anoints you
D          A
 She's the albatross
Bm      Gmaj7
 She is here to
destroy you

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[Verse 2]
 Bm       D
 Wise man once said
  Gmaj7   A
 "One bad seed kills
 the garden"
  Bm       D
 "One less temptress,
  Gmaj7    A
 one less dagger
to sharpen"
 Bm        D     Gmaj7
 Locked me up in towers
         A
 But I'd visit in
your dreams
Bm
 And they tried to
D          Gmaj7  A
warn you about me

[Chorus]
D           A
 Cross your thoughtless
heart
Bm    Gmaj7
 Only liquor anoints you
D          A
 She's the albatross
Bm      Gmaj7
 She is here to
destroy you
D       A
 Devils that you know
Bm           Gmaj7
 Raise worse hell
than a stranger
D          A
 She's the death you chose
Bm         Gmaj7
 You're in terrible danger

[Bridge]
Em Gmaj7           D
     And when that sky
       A     Em
 rains fire on you
Gmaj7          D
 And you're persona
     A
non grata
Em Gmaj7           D
     I'll tell you how
      A          Em
 I've been there too
Gmaj7     D          A
 And that none of it matters

[Chorus]
 Bm       D         Gmaj7
 Wise men once read fake news
 A
 And they believed it
 Bm      D            Gmaj7
 Jackals raised their hackles
     A
 You couldn't conceive it
 Bm       D        Gmaj7
 You were sleeping soundly
            A
 when they dragged you
            Bm
 from your bed
                D
 And I tried to warn
        Gmaj7 A
you about them

[Chorus]
D     A
 So I crossed my
thoughtless heart
Bm         Gmaj7
 Spread my wings
 like a parachute
D        A
 I'm the albatross
Bm       Gmaj7
 I swept in at the rescue
D          A
 The devil that you know
Bm         Gmaj7
 Looks now more
like an angel
D        A
 I'm the life you chose
Bm            Gmaj7
 And all this terrible
      D   A
 danger
Bm    Gmaj7        D   A
 This terrible danger
D
 So cross your
 A             Bm   G
thoughtless heart
D          A
 She's the albatross
Bm      Gmaj7
 She is here to destroy you