Thank You Aimee - Taylor Swift, guitar chords

Published: 2024-04-24 13:23
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

Intro: D A D A

Verse:
D                  A
 When I picture my hometown
           E
 There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you
D                  A
 And a plaque underneath it
      D                             A
 That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school
D                A                                                                      E
 And it was always the same searing pain
E
 But I dreamed that one day, I could say

Chorus:

 All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
E
 And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel
A                                  D                         E
 Screamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’
E
 But I can’t forget the way you made me heal

D A D A

Verse:
D                A                E
 And it wasn’t a fair fight, or a clean kill
E
 Each time that Aimee stomped across my gravе
D                   A
 And then she wrote hеadlines
        D                             A
 In the local paper, laughing at each baby step I’d take
            D          A        E
 And it was always the same searing pain
E
 But I prayed that one day, I could say

Chorus:
A                                D                       E
 All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
E
 And I couldn’t wait to show you it was real
A                                  D                         E
 Screamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’
E
 But I can’t forget the way you made me heal
A                       D                 E
 Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman
E
 But she used to say she wished that you were dead
A                           D
 I push each boulder up the hill
                           E
 Your words are still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head

Bridge:
   F#m                              Bm
 I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool
   A                        E
 I built a legacy which you can’t undo
     F#m                                Bm
 But when I count the scars, there’s a moment of truth
            A                          E           D    A   D   A
 That there wouldn’t be this, if there hadn’t been you

Verse:
D                   A
 And maybe you’ve reframed it
     E
 And in your mind you never beat my spirit black and blue
D                     A
 I don’t think you’ve changed much
     D                               A
 And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues
             D                    A
 And one day, your kid comes home singin’
   E
 A song that only us two is gonna know is about you, ’cause—

Chorus:
A                                D                       E
 All that time you were throwin’ punches, it was all for nothin’

 And our town, it looks so small, from way up here
A                                   D                          E
 Screamed “Thank you, Aimee” to the night sky, and the stars are stunnin’

 ʼCause I can’t forget the way you made me heal
A                       D                 E
 Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman

 But she used to say she wished that you were dead
A                                D
 So I pushed each boulder up the hill
                            E
 Your words were still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head

Outro:
D           A
 Thank you, Aimee
D           A
 Thank you, Aimee

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