Em A … Vintage tee, brand new phone G High heels on cobblestones A When you are young they assume you know nothing Em A G … Sequined smile, black lipstick, sensual politics A When you are young, they assume you know nothing D A … But I knew you, dancin’ in your Levi’s G Drunk under a streetlight, I … A I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt Baby, kiss it better, I Em A … And when I felt like I was an old cardigan Under someone’s bed G A … You put me on and said I was your favorite Em A … A friend to all is a friend to none G Chase two girls, lose the one A When you are young, they assume you know nothing D A … But I knew you playing hide-and-seek and Giving me your weekends, I G … I knew you A Your heartbeat on the High Line once in twenty lifetimes, I G Bm … And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed D G … You put me on and said I was your favorite G Bm | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | A G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G Bm To kiss in cars, and downtown bars was all we needed A G You drew stars around my scars, but now I’m bleedin’ D A … ‘Cause I knew you steppin’ on the last train Marked me like a bloodstain, I G A … I knew you tried to change the ending Peter losin’ Wendy, I D A … I knew you leavin’ like a father Runnin’ like water, I G A … When you are young, they assume you know nothing D But I knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss A I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs G The smell of smoke would hang around this long A ‘Cause I knew everything when I was young D I knew I’d curse you for the longest time A Chasin’ shadows in the grocery line G I knew you’d miss me once the thrill expired A And you’d be standin’ in my front porch light Em And I knew you’d come back to me A And you’d come back to me G And you’d come back to me A And you’d come back G Bm …And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed D G … You put me on and said I was your favorite This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
Cardigan chords by Taylor Swift
Suggested strumeverywhere 4/4
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Prefer something simpler: whole-bar ballad d – – –
How to play Cardigan on ukulele
On ukulele, Cardigan comes down to the everywhere 4/4: d – d u – u d –. The groove sits around 130 bpm, a brisk pace. This arrangement is in D major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the novice level. Let the chords ring softly and hold back until the bridge lifts.
5 ukulele chords used in "Cardigan" by Taylor Swift: A, Bm, D, Em and G
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These lyrics really hit ???
Wow no one here? Ok then I make first comment. This song is amazing.
what does the “\\\\\\|\\\” mean?????
-2 is easy 🙂
The voice memo lyrics if anyone would like!
Em A
… Vintage tee, brand new phone
G
High heels on cobblestones
A
When you are young they assume you know nothing
Em A G
… Sequined smile, black lipstick, sensual politics
A
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
D A
… But I knew you, dancin’ in your Levi’s
G
Drunk under a streetlight, I …
A
I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt
Baby, kiss it better, I
Em A
… And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone’s bed
G A
… You put me on and said I was your favourite
Em A
… A friend to all is a friend to none
G
Chase two girls, lose the one
A
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
D A
… But I knew you living in a gold age
Sneaking to my birdcage, I
G
… I knew you
A
Laughing like a damn fool, Breaking every damn rule, I
G Bm
… And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed
D G
… You put me on and said I was your favourite
G Bm
To kiss in cars, and downtown bars was all we needed
A G
You drew stars around my scars, but now I’m bleedin’
D A
… ‘Cause I knew you steppin’ on the last train
Marked me like a bloodstain, I
G A
… I knew you tried to change the ending
Peter leaving Wendy, I
D A
… I knew you leavin’ like a father
Runnin’ like water, I
G A
… When you are young, they assume you know nothing
D
But I knew you’d linger like a stolen kiss
A
I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs
G
The smell of smoke would hang around this long
A
‘Cause I knew everything when I was young
D
I knew I’d curse you for the longest time
A
I knew I’d wish you would’ve changed your mind
G
I knew you’d miss me once the moment died
A
I knew to love would be to lose my mind, ah
Em
You’d come back to me
A
And you’d come back to me
G
And you’d come back to me
A
And you’d come back
G Bm
…And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed
D G
… You put me on and said I was your favourite
which strumming pattern can we use?
This song is so goooood