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Taylor Swift – Tolerate It Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Tolerate It by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Dmaj7  E  x2

[Verse 1]
Dmaj7                        
  I sit and watch you reading
 E
 with your head low
Dmaj7                           
  I wake and watch you breathing
 E
 with your eyes closed
Dmaj7
  I sit and watch you
E                               Dmaj7
  I notice everything you do or don't do
                       E
  You're so much older and wiser, and I

[Chorus]
  A                                   Dmaj7
  I wait by the door like I'm just a kid
                                Fm
  Use my best colors for your portrait
                             E
  Lay the table with the fancy shit
                     A
  And watch you tolerate it
                                 Dmaj7
  If it's all in my head tell me now
                             Fm
  Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
                              E
  I know my love should be celebrated
              Dmaj7
  But you tolerate it

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[Verse 2]
                            E
  I greet you with a battle hero's welcome
Dmaj7                       E
  I take your indiscretions all in good fun
Dmaj7              E               
  I sit and listеn, I polish plates
                      Dmaj7
 until they gleam and glistеn
                       E
  You're so much older and wiser, and I

[Chorus]
  A                                   Dmaj7
  I wait by the door like I'm just a kid
                                A
  Use my best colors for your portrait
                             E
  Lay the table with the fancy shit
                     A
  And watch you tolerate it
                                 Dmaj7
  If it's all in my head tell me now
                             A
  Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
                              E
  I know my love should be celebrated
               Fm
  But you tolerate it

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[Bridge]
                             
  While you were out building 
                 Dmaj7
other worlds, where was I?
  Where's that man who'd throw 
                  Fm
blankets over my barbed wire?
                                     E
  I made you my temple, my mural, my sky
  Now I'm begging for footnotes in
 Fm
 the story of your life
                           Dmaj7
  Drawing hearts in the byline
                                      Fm
  Always taking up too much space or time
  You assume I'm fine, but what
            E
 would you do if I

[Chorus]
A                             Dmaj7
  Break free and leave us in ruins
  Took this dagger in me and removed it
A                              E
  Gain the weight of you then lose it
                       A
  Believe me, I could do it
                                 Dmaj7
  If it's all in my head tell me now
                             A
  Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
                              E
  I know my love should be celebrated
               Fm
  But you tolerate it
Dmaj7  Fm

[Outro]
E
  I sit and watch you

How to play Tolerate It: key, chords and progression

To play Tolerate It by Taylor Swift, think in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). It takes 4 chords: Dmaj7, E, A and Fm.

Listen for E – A – Dmaj7 – A (V – I – IVmaj7 – I in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Fm is the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele it is simpler.