Death By A Thousand Cuts

by Taylor Swift

Chords

4.7 (7)

Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 4th fret

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Intro

Chorus

Saying goodbye is d

eath by a thousand c

uts

Flashbacks wak

ing me up

I get drunk, but it's n

ot enough

’Cause

the morning comes and yo

u're not my baby

I look through the win

dows of this l

ove

Even though we boar

ded them up

Chandelier's still fli

ckering here

’Ca

use I can't pretend

it's okay when

it's n

ot

It's death by a thousand c

uts

Verse 1

I dress to kill my time,

I take the long way home

I ask the traffic lights if it'll

be alright

They say, "I don't know"

And what once was ours

is no one's now

I see you everywhere, the only th

ing we share

Is this small town

You said it was a great love,

one for the ages

But if the story’s over, why a

m I still writing pages?

Chorus

’Cause saying goodbye

is death by a thou

sand cuts

Flashbacks wa

king me up

I get drunk, but it's n

ot enough

’Cause

the morning comes and yo

u're not my baby

I look through the wi

ndows of this l

ove

Even though we boa

rded them up

Chandelier's still fli

ckering here

'Cause I

can’t pretend

it's okay when

it's n

ot

It's death by a thousand cu

ts

Verse 2

My heart, my hips, my body, my l

ove

Tryna find a part of me that you didn't

touch

Gave up on me like I was a bad dr

ug

Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted cl

ub

Our songs, our films, united we st

and

Our country, guess it was a lawless

land

Quiet my fears with the touch of your ha

nd

Paper cut stings from our paper-thin pla

ns

My time, my wine, my spirit, my tr

ust

Tryna find a part of me you didn't take u

p

Gave you so much, but it wasn't eno

ugh

But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cu

ts

Chorus

I get drunk, but it'

s not enough

'

Cause you're not my b

aby

I look through the win

dows of this

love

Even though

we boarded them up

Chandelier's still flic

kering here

'Cause I

can't pretend it's

okay when it's

not

No, it's n

ot

It's death by a thousand c

uts (Y

ou didn't touch)

[Post-Chorus]

Tryna find a part of me that you didn't to

uch

My body, my lo

ve, my

trust (It's death by a thousand cuts)

But it wasn't en

ough, it wasn't enough, no, no

Outro

I take the long way home

I ask the tra

ffic lights if it'll be a

lright

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