The National, Taylor Swift – The Alcott Chords on Piano & Ukulele

The National, Taylor Swift – The Alcott Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsDmCGFAm

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[Intro]
Dm  C   G
Dm  C   G
F   C   G
F   C   G

[Verse 1]
Dm
I get myself twisted in
 C               G
threads to meet you
    Dm          C  G
 at The Alcott
  F
I go to the corner in the
 C          G
 back where you'd
       F   C  G
always be
    Dm
And there you are sittin'
    C          G
as usual with your
        Dm        C  G
 golden notebook
F
Writin' something about
 C           G         F   C  G
 someone who used to be me

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[Chorus 1]
        C
And the last thing
you wanted
       G
Is the first thing I do
  Am
I tell you my problems
    G
You tell me the truth
         C
It's the last thing
 you wanted
         G
It's the first thing I do
  Am
I tell you that
 I think I'm fallin'
G
  Back in love with you

[Verse 2]
Dm                   C
I sit there silently waiting
 G       Dm
for you to look up
      C  G
 (ah ah ah)
F
I see you smile when
  C  G        F   C  G
 you see it's me
  Dm
I had to do something to
 C          G
 break into your golden
Dm        C  G
 thinking
F                     C
How many times will I do
          G
this and you'll still
 F         C  G
 believe?

[Chorus 2]
         C
It's the last thing you wanted
(Tell me which side
are you on, dear?)
         G
It's the first thing you do
(Give me some tips
to forget you)
    Am
You tell me your problems
(Have I become one of
 your problems?)
      G
And I tell you the truth
(Could it be easy
 this once?)

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         C
It's the last thing you wanted
(Everything that's
mine is a landmine)
         G
It's the first thing I do
(Did my love aid and
 abet you?)
  Am
I tell you that
I think I'm fallin'
G
  Back in love with you

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[Bridge]
         F
And I'll ruin it
all over (ha ha)
     Am
I'll ruin it for you (ha ha)
     C
I'll ruin it all over (ha)
              G
And over like I always do

                F
(Why don't you)
I'll ruin it all over
                     Am
(Rain on my parade?)
I'll ruin it for you
                         C
(Shred my evening gown)
I'll ruin it all over
                            G
(Read my sentence out loud)
And over like I always     do
('cause I love this
 curse on our house)

[Chorus 3]
         C
It's the last thing I wanted
(Tell me which side
are you on, dear?)
         G
It's the first thing I do
(Give me some tips
to forget you)
  Am
I tell you my problems
(Have I become one
of your problems?)
        G
And you tell me the truth
(Could it be easy
this once?)
         C
It's the last thing I wanted
(Everything that's
mine is a landmine)
         G
It's the first thing I do
(Did my love aid
and abet you?)
  Am
I tell you that
I think I'm fallin'
G
  Back in love,
       back in love
          F   C  G
with you
(Back in love)

[Outro]
F  C         G
     Back in love
      F   C  G
     with you
F  C  G

How to play The Alcott: key, chords and progression

These are The Alcott chords by The National feat. Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

The Alcott by The National, Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: Dm, C, G, F and Am.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Am, G, D, C, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E

The Alcott chords: questions

What key is The Alcott in?

The Alcott by The National, Taylor Swift is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in The Alcott?

The Alcott uses 5 chords: Dm, C, G, F, Am.

What is the chord progression of The Alcott?

The main progression is G – F – C – G (V – IV – I – V).

Is The Alcott easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Am, G, D, C, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

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