Cardigan Chords & Tabs

by Taylor Swift

[Version Description]
Includes chords, strumming pattern and main piano melodies arranged for guitar.
Strumming Patterns:
Whole Song:
BPM: 65
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 1, 101, 1, 101]
Taylor Swift
"Cardigan"
Standard tuning. Capo 1st fret.

[Verse 1]
Em                       A  
Vintage tee, brand new phone
                      G   
High heels on cobblestones
                                       A       
When you are young they assume you know nothing
Em                       A                  G   
Sequined smile, black lipstick, sensual politics
                                         A      
When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Pre-Chorus]
D                               A     
But I knew you, dancin' in your Levi's
                            G
Drunk under a streetlight, I
                          A         
I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt
Baby, kiss it better, I

[Chorus 1]
Em                                A       
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
                   G
Under someone's bed
                                  A       
You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Verse 2]
Em                              A  
A friend to all is a friend to none
                          G  
Chase two girls, lose the one
                                         A      
When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Pre-Chorus]
D             
But I knew you
                 A       
Playing hide-and-seek and
                         G
Giving me your weekends, I
I knew you
                      A        
Your heartbeat on the High Line
Once in twenty lifetimes, I

[Chorus 2]
G                                 Bm      
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
                   D
Under someone's bed
                                  G       
You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Break]
G   Bm
A   G

[Verse 3]
           G                      
To kiss in cars, and downtown bars
           Bm    
Was all we needed
         A                    
You drew stars around my scars
            G       
But now I'm bleedin'
D                
'Cause I knew you
                A         
Steppin' on the last train
                             G
Marked me like a bloodstain, I
I knew you
                    A     
Tried to change the ending
Peter losin' Wendy, I
D         
I knew you
                A                           G
Leavin' like a father, runnin' like water, I
                                         A      
When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Bridge]
                 D                        
But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss
              A                      
I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs
              G                               
The smell of smoke would hang around this long
              A                          
'Cause I knew everything when I was young
            D                            
I knew I'd curse you for the longest time
        A                          
Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
              G                             
I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired
               A                             
And you'd be standin' in my front porch light
                      Em        
And I knew you'd come back to me
                A        
And you'd come back to me
                G        
And you'd come back to me
                A  
And you'd come back

[Chorus 3]
G                                 Bm      
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
                   D
Under someone's bed
                                  G       
You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Intro, Verse 1, Chorus 1, Verse 2, Verse 3 part 2]
  Em                               A                                
e|0-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
B|------------------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  G                                A                                
e|0-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
B|----3---0---------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Pre-Chorus, Bridge part 1]
  D                                A                                
e|2-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
B|------------------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  G                                A                                
e|0-------------------------2-0---|0-------------------------2-0---|
B|----3---0---------------------3-|------------------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Chorus 2]
  G                                Bm                               
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
B|----3---0-----------------3-0-3-|--------------------------3-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  D                                G                                
e|2-------------------------2-0---|--------------------------------|
B|----3---0---------------------3-|0-------------------------3-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Break, Chorus 3, ]
  G                                Bm                               
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
B|----0---------------------3-0-3-|----0---------------------3-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  D                                G                                
e|2---0---------------------2-0---|--------------------------------|
B|--------0---------------------3-|0-------------------------3-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Verse 3 part 1]
  G                                Bm                               
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
B|----0---------------------3-0-3-|----0---------------------3-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  D                                G                                
e|2---0---------------------2-0---|--------------------------2-0---|
B|--------0---------------------3-|0-----------------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Bridge part 2]
  Em                               A                                
e|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------3-0-3-|----2---------------------3-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  G                                A                                
e|2-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
B|----0---------------------3-0-3-|--------------------------3-0-3-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|