Down Bad
Composer: Taylor Swift
Artist: Taylor Swift
Year: 2024
Album: The Tortured Poets Department
Key (original): B
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Capo: No Capo
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Verse 1:
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Did you really beam me
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up
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In a cloud of sparkling
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experiments
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chosen
Show me that this world is
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bigger than us
Then sent me back where I
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came
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For a moment, I knew cosmic love
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Now I’m down bad crying at the gym
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Everything comes out teenage petulance
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xxxx it if I can’t have him
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might just die, it would make no difference
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Down bad, waking up in blood
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Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up
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xxxx it, if I can’t have us
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might just not get up, I might stay
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down
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xxxx it if I can’t have him,
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down
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xxxx it if I can’t have him
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Did you take all my old
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clothes
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Just to leave me here
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naked and alone
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same old town
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hollow
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I talk about the
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existence of you
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For a moment I was heavenstruck
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Now I’m down bad crying at the gym
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Everything comes out teenage petulance
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xxxx it if I can’t have him -xxxx it, if I can’t have-
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might just die, it would make no difference
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Down bad, waking up in blood
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Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up
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xxxx it, if I can’t have us
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might just not get up, I
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down bad -Like I lost my twin-
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xxxx it if I can’t have him,
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down
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xxxx it if I can’t have him
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I loved you hostile
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takeovers,
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closer
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exposures
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it’s…
I’ll build you a fort on some
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planet
Where they can all understand
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stranded
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xxxx it I was in love
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xxxx you if I can’t have us
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xxxx it I was in love
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Now I’m down bad crying at the gym
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Everything comes out teenage petulance
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xxxx it if I can’t have him -xxxx it, if I can’t have-
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might just die, it would make no difference
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Down bad, waking up in blood
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Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up
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xxxx it, if I can’t have us
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might just not get up, I might
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down bad -Like I lost my twin-
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xxxx it if I can’t have him,
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xxxx it if I can’t have him
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