Cardigan (No. 1 US, 2020)
Em A Em A
Em
1. Vintage tree, brand new
phone, high heels on cobblestones,
A
when
you are young, they assume you know nothing,
Em A Em A Em
Sequin
smile, black lipstick, sensual politics,
A
when
you are young, they assume you know nothing.
D
A
But I knew you, dancing in
your Levis, drunk under a streetlight,
Em A
I, I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt,
baby, kiss it better.
Em A
I, and when I felt like I was
an old cardigan under someone‘s bed,
Em A
you put me on and
said I was your favourite.
Em A Em
2. A friend to all is a friend
to none, 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,
Em A
I, I knew you, your heartbeat
on the High Line, once in twenty lifetimes.
D Bm
I, and when I felt like I was
an old cardigan under someone‘s bed,
D Em
you put
me on and said I was your favourite.
+ G - Bm - A - G
Em
Bm
+ To kiss in cars and
downtown bars was all we needed,
D A
you
drew stars around my scars, but now I‘m bleeding.
D A
‘Cause I knew you, stepping on
the last train,
marked
me like a bloodstain
Em A
I, I knew you, tried to change
the ending, Peter losing Mandy,
D A
I, I knew you, leaving like a
father, running like water,
Em A
I, and when you are young, they
assume you know nothing.
D
3. But I knew you‘d linger like a tattoo kiss,
A
I knew you‘d haunt all of my
what-ifs,
Em
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
chasing
shadows in the grocery line,
Em
I knew you‘d miss me once the thrill
expired,
A
and
you‘d be standing in my front porch light.
Em A
And I knew you‘d come back to
me, you‘d come back to me,
Em A
and
you‘d come back to me, and you‘d come back.
Em Bm
And when I felt like I was an
old cardigan under someone‘s bed,
D
Em
you put
me on and said I was your favourite.
(orig. = capo 1st) (Taylor
Swift)