The Bolter
The Bolter Guitar Chords
Composer: Taylor Swift
Artist: Taylor Swift
Year: 2024
Album: The Tortured Poets Department
Key (original): C
Key (transposed): CC#DD#EFF#GG#AA#B
Capo: No Capo
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By all accounts, she almost
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drowned
When she was six in frigid
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water
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made
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reviled
By everyone except her own
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father
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face
Splendidly selfish, charmingly
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helpless
Excellent fun till you get to
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know
Then she runs like it’s a
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race
Behind her back, her best mates
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laughed
And they nicknamed her The
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Bolter
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Started with a kiss
“Oh, we must stop meeting like
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this”
But it always ends up with a town car
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speeding
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Out the drive one evening
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Ended with the slam of a door
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whore
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Wish he wouldn’t be sore
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leaving
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It felt like breathing
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All her xxxxin’
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lives
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eyes
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It feels like the
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time
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ice
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Then came out alive
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He was a cad, wanted her
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bad
Just like any good trophy
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hunter
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tastes
Taming a bear, making him
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care
Watching him jump then pulling him
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under
And at first blush, this is
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fate
When it’s all roses, portrait
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poses
Central Park Lake in tiny
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rowboats
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Saturday
That’s when she sees the littlest
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leaks
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Down in the floorboards
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just
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She must bolt
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Started with a kiss
“Oh, we must stop meeting like
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this”
But it always ends up with a town car
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speeding
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Out the drive one evening
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Ended with the slam of a door
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whore
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Wish he wouldn’t be sore
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leaving
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It felt like breathing
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All her xxxxin’
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lives
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eyes
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It feels like the
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time
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ice
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Then came out alive
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She’s been many places with
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Men of many faces
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off to the races
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laughing drawin’ aces
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none of it is changin’
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chariot is waitin’
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hers for the breakin’
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escape in escaping
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“Oh, we must stop meeting like
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this”
But it always ends with a town car
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speeding
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Out the drive one evenin’
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Ended with the slam of a door
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stories
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You can be sure
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leaving
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It felt like freedom
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All her xxxxin’
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lives
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eyes
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And she realized
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It feels like the
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time
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ice
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Then came out alive