Taylor Swift – The Black Dog Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – The Black Dog Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
C
 I am someone who until
 G
 recent events
                 Am
 You shared your secrets
 with
            F
 And your location,
                       C
you forgot to turn it off
                   G
 And so I watch as you
 walk into some bar called
      Am
 The Black Dog
 And pierce new holes
    F
 in my heart
                       C
 You forgot to turn it off
        G          Am
 And it hits me, I just
            F
 don't understand

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[Chorus]
               C
 How you don't miss me
        G
in The Black Dog
      Am
 When someone plays
     F
 The Starting Line
          C
 And you jump up but
       G
 she's too young
         Am
 To know this song
          F
that was intertwined
        C            G
 In the magic fabric of
     Am   F
 our dreaming
 C     G        Am    F
 Old habits die screaming

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[Verse 2]
   C
 I move through the world
              G
with a heart broken
                    Am
 My longings stay unspoken
                 F
 and I may never open up
                   C
the way I did for you
 And all of those best
 G
 laid plans, you said
            Am
I needed a brave man
                   F
 Then proceeded to play
                          C
 him until I believed it too
        G           Am
 And it kills me, I just
            F
 don't understand

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[Chorus]
               C
 How you don't miss me
         G
in the shower
       Am
 And remember how my
  F                    C
 rain soaked body was shaking
        G
 Do you hate me? Was it
 Am           F
 hazing for a cruel
 fraternity?
 C              G
 I pledged, and I still
 Am   F
mean it
 C     G        Am    F
 Old habits die screaming


[Bridge]
Am                      F
 Six weeks of breathing clean
                       C
air, I still miss the smoke
 Were you making fun of
                      Am
me with some esoteric joke
                     F
 Now I wanna sell my house
                        C
 and set fire to all my clothes
 And hire a priest to
                      G
come and exorcise my demons
               C
 Even if I die screaming
F               C
 And I hope you hear it

[Chorus]
                 C
 And I hope it's shitty
        G
in The Black Dog
      Am
 When someone plays
     F
the starting line
          C
 And you jump up but
       G
 she's too young
         Am
 To know this song
          F
that was intertwined
        C
 In the magic fabric
 G      Am   F
 of our dreaming
        C
 'Cause tail between
      G            Am F
your legs, you're leaving

[Outro]
 C       G       Am    F
 I still can't believe it
        C     G
 'Cause old habits
     Am    F
 die screaming

How to play The Black Dog: key, chords and progression

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

The Black Dog by Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: C, G, Am and F.

Most of the song cycles through C – G – Am – F (I – V – vi – IV in C major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C

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The Black Dog chords: questions

What key is The Black Dog in?

The Black Dog by Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in The Black Dog?

The Black Dog uses 4 chords: C, G, Am, F.

What is the chord progression of The Black Dog?

The main progression is C – G – Am – F (I – V – vi – IV), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs.

Is The Black Dog easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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