Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble

Originally in F#, I play in A

Intro

Vox on the 3 on “once”

AOnce upon a time, a few mistakes ago

EI was in your sights, you got me alone

You fF#mound me, you found me, you Dfound me-e-e-e-e-e

I gAuess you didn’t care, and I guess liked that

And Ewhen I fell hard, you took a step back

WithF#mout me, without me, withDout me-e-e-e-e-e

AAnd he’s long Egone, when he’s next to F#mme and I

RealizeDthe blame is on me

Let ring

‘Cause F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein

So Ashame on mEe now-oF#mw

F#mFlew me to Dplaces I’d never beEen

‘Till you Aput me Edown, oh

Band enters

F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein

So Ashame on Eme now-F#mow

Flew me to Dplaces I never beeEn

Hard stop on “lyin’”, V is implied

Now I’m Alyin’ on the Ecold hard gF#mround

Vox on the high 6 of the major key on the first “oh”... that’s a D# in the original key (!!!)

All the “troubles” are 2 1 of the major key

F#mOh, Doh Eoh, trouble, Atrouble, Etrouble

ANo apologies, he’ll never see you cry

PreEtends he doesn’t know, that he’s the reason why

You’re F#mdrowning, you’re drowning, you’re Ddrowning-e-e-e-ing

And I Aheard you moved on, from whispers on the street

A Enew notch in your belt, is all I’ll ever be

And F#mnow I see, now I see, Dnow I see-e-e-e-e

AHe was long Egone, when he met F#mme

And I realizDe, the joke is on me, yeah

F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein

So Ashame on mEe now-oF#mw

F#mFlew me to Dplaces I never beEen

‘Till you Aput me Edown, oh

F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein

So Ashame on Eme now-F#mow

Flew me to Dplaces I’d never beeEn

No hard stop this time

Now I’m Alyin’ on the cEold hard gF#mround

F#mOh, Doh Eoh, trouble, Atrouble, Etrouble

Let ring

Vox on 5 1 1 of the chord on “saddest fear”

And the Dsaddest fear, comes F#mcreepin’ in

That you Dnever loved me, or her

This line is a measure of 6/4

Or Eanyone, or anything, yeah yeah

F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein

So Ashame on mEe now-oF#mw

F#mFlew me to Dplaces I never beEen (never been)

‘Till you Aput me Edown, oh

F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein (you were right there)

So Ashame on Eme now-F#mow

Flew me to Dplaces I’d never beeEn (oooh)

Now I’m Alyin’ on the cEold hard gF#mround

F#mOh, Doh Eoh, trouble, Atrouble, Etrouble

F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein (trouble, tArouble, tErouble)

Hard stop just before the last chord, V is implied

F#mI knew you were Dtrouble when you walked Ein (trouble, tArouble, tErouble)