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