The tortured poets department (2024)
C
1. You left your typewriter at
my apartment,
F
straight
from the tortured poets department.
C F
I think some things I never say,
"Like who uses typewriters
anyway ?"
- Am G
But you're in self-sabotage mode
C
throwing
spikes down on the road,
F
but I've seen this
episode and still love the show.
Am G
Who else decodes you ?
C F
And who's gonna hold you like me ?
C F
And who's gonna know you if not me ?
- Am
I laughed in your face and said,
"You're not Dylan Thomas,
G
I'm not Patti Smith,
C F
this ain't the
Am G C
And who's gonna hold you like me ?
F C
F
No, nobody, no-fucking-body, nobody.
C
2. You smokеd, then ate seven
bars of chocolate,
F
we
declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.
C F
I scratch your head, you fall asleep,
like
a tattooed golden retriever.
Am G C
But you awaken with dread pounding nails in
your head,
F
but
I've read this one where you come undone,
Am
G
I chose this cyclone with you. + CHORUS
C
3. Sometimes I wonder if you're gonna screw
this up with me,
F
but
you told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave.
C
And I had said that to Jack about you so I felt seen,
F
everyone
we know understands why it's meant to be.
C F
Because we're crazy !
- C F
So tell me who else is gonna
know me ?
Am G
At dinner you take my ring off
my middle finger
C F
and
put it on the one people put wedding rings on.
Am G
And that's the closest I've
come to my heart exploding.
C - F
And who's gonna hold you ? It’s me !
C - F
And who's gonna know you ? It’s me !
Am
- G
"And you're not Dylan Thomas, I'm
not Patti Smith,
C
F
this ain't the
Am G C
And who's gonna hold you ? + C - F - C - F
Am G
+ You
left your typewriter at my apartment
C F
straight
from the tortured poets department.
Am G
Who else decodes you ?
+ C - F - C - F ...
(Taylor Swift)