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the lakes by Taylor Swift

Capo 2 (or 3 for higher key)

Chords Needed:
C Em Dm Am Gsus4 Fsus2 G/B

Strumming:
DUDU DUDU DDU

Intro:
C Em Dm Am (x2)

Verse 1:
C Em Dm Am
Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me?
C Em Dm
I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones
Am
These hunters with cell phones

Chorus:
Em Fsus2
Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die
Am G/B
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Em Fsus2
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
Gsus4
I'm setting off, but not without my muse

Verse 2:
C Em Dm
What should be over burrowed under my skin
Am
In heart-stopping waves of hurt
C Em Dm
I've come too far to watch some name dropping sleaze
Am
Tell me what are my words worth

Chorus:
Em Fsus2
Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die
Am G/B
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Em Fsus2
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
Gsus4
I'm setting off, but not without my muse

Bridge:
C Em
I want auroras and sad prose
Dm Am (Am/B) C
I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet
Em Dm
Because I haven't moved in years
Am
And I want you right here
C Em Dm
A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground
Am
With no one around to tweet it
C Em
While I bathe in cliffside pools
Dm Am
With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief

Chorus:
Em Fsus2
Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die
Am G/B
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Em Fsus2
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
Gsus4
I'm setting off, but not without my muse
C Em Dm Am C
No, not without you
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