Father Figure - Taylor Swift, guitar chords

Published: 2025-10-09 10:49
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

 Verse:
  Em       Bm                   C             G            Em
 When I found you, you were young, wayward, lost in the cold
  Em         Bm             C                 G         Em
 Pulled up to you in the Jagʼ, turned your rags into gold
   Em   Bm     C           G        Em
 The winding road leads to the chateau
        Bm              C          Cm
 "You remind me of a younger me" I saw potential
 
 Chorus:
  G
 Iʼll be your father figure
  Gmaj7
 I drink that brown liquor
  C                                           D
 I can make deals with the devil because my dickʼs bigger
   G
 This love is pure profit
  Gmaj7
 Just step into my office
   C
 I dry your tears with my sleeve
 
 Post-chorus:
    D          G
 Leave it with me
                   Gmaj7
 I protect the family
               C
 Leave it with me
  C
 I protect the family
 
 Verse:
  Em        Bm                 C           G
 I pay the check before it kisses the mahogany grain
  Em          Bm              C                G             Em
 Said, "They wanna see you rise, they donʼt want you to reign"
  Em     Bm       C       G              Em
 I showed you all the tricks of the trade
  Em    Bm                    C
 All I asked for is your loyalty, my dear protégé
 
 Chorus:
   G
 Iʼll be your father figure
  Gmaj7
 I drink that brown liquor
 C                                           D
 I can make deals with the devil because my dickʼs bigger
  G
 This love is pure profit
   Gmaj7
 Just step into my office
  C                               Am
 Theyʼll know your name in the streets
 
 Post-chorus:
   D          G
 Leave it with me
  G
 I protect the family
 
 Bridge:
  Am       D               G
 (Ooh) I saw a change in you
                C
 (Saw a change, saw a change in you)
         Am
 My dear boy (Ooh)
                   D                Bm     Em
 They donʼt make loyalty like they used to (Not like they used to)
   Am                          D
 Your thoughtless ambition sparked the ignition
               G                              C
 On foolish decisions which led to misguided visions
                       Am                           B
 That to fulfill your dreams, you had to get rid of me
  B
 I protect the family
 
 Chorus:
 G
 I was your father figure
  Gmaj7
 We drank that brown liquor
  C                                             D
 You made a deal with this devil, turns out my dickʼs bigger
  G
 You want a fight, you found it
   Gmaj7
 I got the place surrounded
  C
 Youʼll be sleeping with the fishes before you know youʼre drowninʼ
 
 A
 Whose portraitʼs on the mantel?
  Amaj7
 Who covered up your scandals?
  D                                             E
 Mistake my kindness for weakness and find your card cancelled
 A
 I was your father figure
 Amaj7
 You pulled the wrong trigger
  D
 This empire belongs to me
 
 Post-chorus:
               A
 Leave it with me
                Amaj7
 I protect the family
                D
 Leave it with me
  D
 I protect the family
  E         A
 Leave it with me
 
 Outro:
        Amaj7                  D
 You know, you remind me of a younger me
  Bm        E A
 I saw potential