Exile Chords
by Taylor Swift
Exile by Taylor Swift is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords F/C, Dm4/A, Bb, C, Dm, Dm/C, F and C4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F/C Dm4/A F/C Dm4/A
F/C Dm4/A
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-----1------------------------------------|
G|-------2-0h2------0-----------------------|
D|---3------------0---3-0h3-----------------|
A|-3------------0---------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Verso 1:
F/C
I can see you standin', honey
Dm4/A
With his arms around your body
F/C Dm4/A
Laughin' but the joke's not funny at all
F/C
And it took you five whole minutes
Dm4/A
To pack us up and leave me with it
F/C Dm4/A
Holdin' all this love out here in the hall
Bb C Dm
I think I've seen this film before
Dm/C
And I didn't like the ending
Bb C Dm
You're not my homeland anymore
Dm/C Bb
So what am I defendin' now?
C
You were my town
Dm Dm/C
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Bb C Dm
I think I've seen this film before
F/C Dm4/A F/C Dm
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Verso 2:
F/C
I can see you starin', honey
Dm4/A
Like he's just your understudy
F/C Dm4/A
Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me
F/C
Second, third, and hundredth chances
Dm4/A
Balancin' on breaking branches
F/C Dm4/A
Those eyes add insult to injury
Bb C Dm
I think I've seen this film before
Dm/C
And I didn't like the ending
Bb C Dm
I'm not your problem anymore
Dm/C Bb
So who am I offending now?
C
You were my crown
Dm Dm/C
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Bb C Dm
I think I've seen this film before
Dm/C F
So I'm leavin' out the side door
Ponte:
Dm
So step right out
C4
There is no amount
Bb
Of cryin' I can do for you
F
All this time
Dm
We always walked a very thin line
C4
You didn't even hear me out
(You didn't even hear me out)
Bb
You never gave a warning sign
(I gave so many signs)
F
All this time
Dm
I never learned to read your mind
(never learned to read my mind)
C4
I couldn't turn things around
(you never turned things around)
Bb
'Cause you never gave a warning sign
(I gave so many signs)
F Dm C4
So many signs so many signs
Bb
(You didn't even see the signs)
C Dm
I think I've seen this film before
Dm/C
And I didn't like the ending
Bb C Dm
You're not my homeland anymore
Dm/C Bb
So what am I defendin' now?
C
You were my town
Dm Dm/C
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Bb C Dm
I think I've seen this film before
F
So I'm leaving out the side door
Verso 3:
Dm
So step right out
C4
There is no amount
Bb
Of cryin' I can do for you
F
All this time
Dm
We always walked a very thin line
C4
You didn't even hear me out
(You didn't even hear me out)
Bb
You never gave a warning sign
(I gave so many signs)
F
All this time
Dm
I never learned to read your mind
(Never learned to read my mind)
C4
I couldn't turn things around
(You never turned things around)
Bb
'Cause you never gave a warning sign
(I gave so many signs)
F
All this time
Dm
I never learned to read your mind
C4
I couldn't turn things around
Bb
'Cause you never gave a warning sign
Final: F Dm C4 Bb