The Albatross
The Albatross Chords
Composer: Taylor Swift
Artist: Taylor Swift
Year: 2024
Album: The Tortured Poets Department
Key (original): Am
Key (transposed): AmA#mBmCmC#mDmD#mEmFmF#mGmG#m
Capo: 2nd Fret
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once
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”Wild winds are
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death to the candle”
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A rose by
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any
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other name
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is a scandal
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Cautions
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issued,
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he
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Shooting the messengers
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They tried to
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warn him about
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her
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Cross your
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thoughtless
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Only
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liquor anoints you
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She’s the
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albatross
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She is here to
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destroy
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once
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One bad seed
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kills the garden”
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One less
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temptress
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One less
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dagger to sharpen”
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Locked me
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up in
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towers
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But I’d visit in your dreams
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warn you
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about
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me
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Cross your
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thoughtless
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Only liquor
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anoints
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She’s the
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albatross
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She is here
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to destroy you
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Devils that
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you
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Raise worse
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hell than a stranger
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death you chose
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You’re in
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terrible
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sky
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fire on
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you
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you’re persona
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non
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tell you how I’ve
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been there
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too
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that none of it
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matters
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once read
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fake
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And they believed it
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Jackals
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raised
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hackles
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You couldn’t conceive it
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You were
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sleeping
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soundly
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When they dragged you from your bed
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And I tried to
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warn you about
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them
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crossed my
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thoughtless
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Spread my wings
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like a parachute
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I’m the
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albatross
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I swept in
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at the rescue
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The devil that
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you
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Looks now more
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like an angel
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I’m the
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life you chose
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all this
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terrible
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cross your
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thoughtless
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She’s the
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albatross
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She is here to
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destroy
