Taylor Swift “Dear John” Guitar Chords

Taylor Swift “Dear John” Guitar Chords

Taylor Swift “Dear John” Guitar Chords

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STANDARD TUNING w/ 
CAPO ON 2    
(*= one strum)

Intro w/ riff-
   (... just means strumming. I didn't want to waste space or
time with repeating.  Listen to the songs intro to get the timing-  


           D...  G...    (D)          (G)  G... 
        e|-2-----3-------0-2---2-3-2-0---0-3------|
        B|-3-----3-----3---------------3---3------|
        G|-2-----0-------------------------0------|
        D|-0-----0-------------------------0------|
        A|-0-----2-------------------------2------|
        E|-------3-------------------------3------|


Intro w/o riff-

D G D G


D                                                      G  
Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you
D                                                 
Counting my footsteps 
                            G
Praying the floor won't fall through again
        A                   Bm        A
And my mother accused me of losing my mind
      G           G*
But I swore I was fine


    D                                              G
You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain
      D
And I lived in your chess game
                               G
But you changed the rules everyday
A                                               
Wondering which version of 
Bm          A          G  
You I might get on the phone, tonight
       A                          
Well I stopped picking up and this 
Bm         A           G
Song is to let you know why


     D                                  G
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
                          Bm           
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
    A                           G         G* 
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
            D     G
I should've known


     D                                      G      
Well maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame
              D                                                  
Or maybe it's you and your sick need
                           G
To give love then take it away
    A                           
And you'll add my name to your 
Bm           A            G 
Long list of traitors who don't understand
              A                       Bm              A        
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said
       G
Run as fast as you can


     D                                  G
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
                          Bm           
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
    A                           G          
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
     D                             G
Dear John, I see it all now it was wrong
                         Bm                    
Don't you think 19's too young to be played by your
A                         G         G*  G(light strums)
Dark twisted games when I loved you so
             D    G
I should've known


           Bm             
You are an expert at sorry
    A                
And keeping lines blurry
G
Never impressed by me acing your tests
        Bm           
All the girls that you've run dry
     A                  
Have tired, lifeless eyes
          G       
Cause you burned them out


    A*                    Bm*             A* 
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
    G
So don't look now
     A                   
I'm shining like fireworks
G                   D     A G
Over your sad empty to-o-o-o-own
    Bm    A   G
Ohhoohhoooohhoohhh


     D                                  G
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
                          Bm           
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
    A                           G              D
The girl in the dress cried the whole way ho-o-ome


                             G
I see it all now that you're gone
                          Bm                      
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
    A                       G     G*
The girl in the dress wrote you a song


              D
You should've known
              G       D
You should've known
                          G
Don't you think I was too young
                    D*
You should've known
 

Have fun!

LLG♥

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Hello there! I’m a wife, mother and self-taught guitarist.   I first picked up a guitar in 2010 and haven’t put it down since! I’m not that great of a player, but I get by.  Besides, my talent isn’t in the playing, it’s in the ears ;)

I first discovered I had an ear for transcribing music while playing tabs on Ultimate Guitar.  So many of them were just wrong!   So, I started making correct versions and it just grew from there.   I left UG having tabbed over 300 songs on that site.  (I was the #1 Daily Most Popular Contributor for over 2 years straight, and I’m still in the top 10.  Not bad since I haven’t posted a tab on UG in many, many years!)

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One thought on “Taylor Swift “Dear John” Guitar Chords

  1. Hey! I love this song, Thanks for the chords! If anyone wants tabs for the start, here they are! (From Songsterr) (: There’s a version of the tabs at the start that goes like this;

    E|———————————————0
    B|5–7–7s9–9—-9–10–9–4—-5–2–
    G|———————————————-
    D|———————————————-
    A|———————————————-
    E |———————————————

    The Bluesy slide thing is also just, as many times as It’s done;

    E|-7s9-7s9-7s9-7s9
    B|————————
    G|———————–
    D|———————–
    A|———————–
    E |———————-

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