Didn't They Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

Didn't They by Taylor Swift is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G Em C D 

G 
She walks to school  
        Em 
With her arms crossed 
        C 
It's just another day 
        D 
At 10 o clock she hears this screaming 
        G 
Then finally she sees them 
                       D 
It's scary how things change 
C 
And I saw the story on the news 
Em 
I saw the footage from the roof 
C               D 
I sat down and cried 

G 
Didn't she call you 
Em 
Didn't she need you bad enough 
C 
Was there some reason 
D 
Another way up 
G 
Did you not write it down 
        Em 
Just one more thing to do  
C 
Where were you 
D 
And didn't she pray too 

G                
He kissed his wife good-bye 
        Em 
And took the earliest flight 
        C 
So he could be home that night 
D 
To put his kids to sleep 
        G 
Three men walked and said 
                       D 
We're here to die for our God 
C 
Cuz my God died for me 
C 
I put the magazine down 
Em 
I read his words out loud 
C               D 
I sat down and cried 

G 
Didn't he call you 
Em 
Didn't he need you bad enough 
C 
Was there some reason 
D 
Another way up 
G 
Did you not write it down 
        Em 
Just one more thing to do  
C 
Where were you 
D 
And didn't he pray too 

C 
The taxis pulled up 
Em 
On the very day 
G 
They rode 100 floors up 
D 
Just to come back down 
C 
They never thought they'd see the day 
Em 
That the tower would be up in flames 
G 
There was nothing left to say 
D 
When it all came down 

G 
Didn't she call you 
Em 
Didn't she need you bad enough 
C 
Was there some reason 
D 
Another way up 
G 
Did you not write it down 
        Em 
Just one more thing to do  
C                 C 
Where were you, where were you 
D 
And didn't they pray too 

G 
I walk to school 
Em 
And I wear a cross 
C 
I'm counting 
D 
Every day 
    	

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