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The Tortured Poets Department
Verse 1
C
You left your typerwriter at my apartment
F
Straight from the tourtured poets department
C
I think some things I never say
F
Like, “Who uses typerwriters anyway?”
Am
But you’re in self-sabotage
G
mode
Throwing spikes down on the
C
road
But I’ve seen this
F
episode and still love the show
Am
Who else
C
decodes
you?
Chords
C
And who’s gonna hold you
F
like
me?
C
And who’s gonna know you if
F
not
me?
I laughed in your face and said,
Dm
“You’re not Dylan Thomas.
C
I’m not Patti Smith.
F
This ain’t the Chelsea
C
Hotel. We’re modern idiots.”
And who’s gonna hold you
F
like
me?
C
Nobody
F
No-xxxxing-body
F
Nobody
Verse 2
C
You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate
F
We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist
C
I scratch your head, you fall asleep
F
Like a tattooed golden retriever
Am
But you awakened with
G
dread, pounding nails in your
C
head
But I’ve read this
F
one where you come undone
I
Am
chose this
C
cyclone with you
Chorus
C
And who’s gonna hold you
F
like
me?
-Who’s gonna hold you? Who’s gonna hold you?-
C
And who’s gonna know you if
F
not me? -Who’s gonna know you?-
I laughed in your face and said,
Dm
“You’re not Dylan Thomas.
C
I’m not Patti Smith.
F
This ain’t the Chelsea
C
Hotel. We’re modern idiots.”
And who’s gonna hold you
F
like
me?
Interlude
C
F
C
F
Bridge
C
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
‘Cause we’re
F
crazy
So tell
C
me, who else is gonna
F
know
me?
At
Am
dinner you take my ring off my
G
middle finger, and
Put it on the
C
one people put
F
wedding rings on
And that’s the
Am
closest I’ve come to
G
my heart exploding
Alt Chorus
C
And who’s gonna hold you?
F
…Me
C
And who’s gonna know you?
F
…Me
Dm
And you’re not Dylan
C
Thomas. I’m not Patti Smith.
F
This ain’t the Chelsea
C
Hotel. We’re two idiots.
And who’s gonna
G
hold
you?
Interlude
C
F
C
F
Outro
Am
You left your
G
typerwriter at my apartment
C
Straight from the tourtured
F
poets
department
Am
Who else
G
decodes you?
C
F
Outro
C
F
C
F
These known chords are used in this song.
About
Album: The Tortured Poets Department
Released: 2024
Artist: Taylor Swift
Genre: Pop