Jul242020

Taylor Swift – This Is Me Trying Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG Gadd4 CG/F#Em DG/B

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[Intro]
G Gadd4 G Gadd4

[Verse 1]
G
 I've been having a hard 
 time adjusting
C
 I had the shiniest wheels, 
 now they're rusting
G
 I didn't know if you'd care
  if I came back
G/F#
 I have a lot of regrets
  about that
Em
 Pulled the car off the road 
 to the lookout
C
 Could've followed my fears 
 all the way down
D
 And maybe I don't quite 
 know what to say
        D
But I'm here in your doorway

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[Chorus]
              Em             
I just wanted you to know that
  C              G
 this is me trying
              G/B             
I just wanted you to know that 
 C              D     G
this is me trying

[Verse 2]
G
 They told me all of my cages were mental
C
 So I got wasted like all my potential
G
 And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
G/F#
I have a lot of regrets about that
Em                          
I was so ahead of the curve, 
                    C
the curve became a sphere

                                 
Fell behind all my classmates and 
            D
I ended up here
                                   
Pouring out my heart to a stranger 
      D
but I didn't pour the whiskey

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[Chorus]
              Em               
I just wanted you to know that
C              G
 this is me trying
              G/B             
I just wanted you to know that 
 C              D
this is me trying

[Post-Chorus]
             G C G G/F#
At least I'm trying

[Bridge]
         Em                   
And it's hard to be at a party
                          C
 when I feel like an open wound
                                   
It's hard to be anywhere these days 
                    D
when all I want is you
                                     
You're a flashback in a film reel on 
                  D
the one screen in my town

[Chorus]
                  Em               C 
And I just wanted you to know that 
             G
this is me trying
(And maybe I don't quite know what to say)
              G/B             
I just wanted you to know that 
 C              D
this is me trying

[Outro]
             G
At least I'm trying

How to play This Is Me Trying: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of This Is Me Trying by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

This Is Me Trying by Taylor Swift is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 7 chords: G, Gadd4, C, G/F#, Em, D and G/B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – C – G – G/F# (I – IV – I – I in G major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.