Taylor Swift – The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Chords

Taylor Swift – The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Chords

ChordsFBbGmEb

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[Verse 1]
     F   Bb    F
 Was any of it true
 F      Bb     F
 Gazing at me, starry-eyed
         F
 In your Jehovah's
 Bb      F
 witness suit
        Bb       F
 Who the fuck was that guy?
     Gm       Eb
 You tried to buy
      Bb
some pills
        Gm
 From a friend of
 Eb         Bb
friends of mine
 Gm        Eb      Bb
 They just ghosted you
     Gm       Eb
 Now you know what
     Bb
 it feels like

[Chorus]
Gm                Eb
 And I don't even want you
              Bb
 back, I just want to know
Gm             Eb
 If rusting my sparkling
                Bb
 summer was the goal
Gm                Eb
 And I don't miss what
                   Bb
 we had, but could someone
 give
Gm                Eb
 A message to the smallest
         Bb
 man who ever lived?

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[Verse 2]
     F       Bb      F
 You hung me on your wall
 F          Bb        F
 Stabbed me with your pushpins
    F      Bb        F
 In public showed me off
      F       Bb      F
 Then sank in stoned oblivion
       Gm        Eb        F
 Cause once your queen had come
     Gm        Eb      F
 You treat her like an also-ran
     Gm     Eb      F
 You didn't measure up
    Gm  Eb      F
 In any measure of a man

[Chorus]
Gm                Eb
 And I don't even want
                  Bb
you back, I just want to know
Gm             Eb
 If rusting my sparkling
                Bb
 summer was the goal
Gm                Eb
 And I don't miss what
                   Bb
we had, but could someone
give
Gm                Eb
 A message to the smallest
         Bb
 man who ever lived?

[Bridge]
                      Bb
 Were you sent by someone
               Gm
who wanted me dead?
                      F
 Did you sleep with a gun
                Eb
underneath our bed
                    Bb
 Were you writing a book?
                         Gm
 Were you a sleeper cell spy?
 In 50 years, will this
 F              Eb
 all be declassified?
                        Bb
 You'll confess why you did it
                   Gm
 And I'll say good riddance
                  F
 'Cause it wasn't sexy
                  Eb
once it wasn't forbidden
                          Bb
 I would've died for your sins
                        Gm
 Instead, I just died inside
                 F
 And you deserve prison,
                   Eb
 but you won't get time
                   Bb
 You'll slide into inboxes
                      Gm
 and slip through the bars
                F
 You crashed my party and
             Eb
your rental car
 You said normal girls
      Bb
 were boring
 But you were gone by
     Gm
 the morning
                    F
 You kicked out the stage
lights but you're still
     Eb
performing
                         Bb
 And in plain sight, you hid
                      Gm
 But you are what you did
                 F
 And I'll forget you,
                     Eb
 but I will never forgive
 The smallest man who
   Bb
ever lived

Watch: Taylor Swift - The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (Official Lyric Video)

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How to play The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived: key, chords and progression

These are The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived by Taylor Swift is in the key of B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭). The song uses 4 chords: F, Bb, Gm and Eb.

The backbone of the song is Gm – Eb – Bb – Gm (vi – IV – I – vi in B♭ major). In solfa, that is lah – fah – doh – lah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
Eb chord on guitar (x68886)
E♭E♭ G B♭

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The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived chords: questions

What key is The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived in?

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived by Taylor Swift is in the key of B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭).

What chords are in The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived?

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived uses 4 chords: F, Bb, Gm, Eb.

What is the chord progression of The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived?

The main progression is Gm – Eb – Bb – Gm (vi – IV – I – vi).

Is The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo).

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