Matches Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays458

Matches by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, Cadd9, G, Em7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D Cadd9 G x2 

D              Cadd9 
I shined your shoes 
              G 
I poured the wine 
(G)                       D Cadd9 G 
I gave you all of my time 

D               Cadd9 
I patched your fake smile 
                G 
Against your friends 
(G)                         D Cadd9 G 
Which apparently is a crime 

D           Cadd9 
I gave you space 
              G 
You took my place 
(G)                D Cadd9 G 
And gave it to her 

D               Cadd9 
But life's too long 
             G                D Cadd9 G 
To waste it all loving a liar 

          Cadd9* 
And when love hands me matches now 
                       D Cadd9 G 
I'm gonna burn it down 

D            Cadd9 
I keyed her car 
         G 
Got my guitar 
(G)                      D Cadd9 G 
And wrote this damn song 

D                 Cadd9 
Look what you've found 
             G 
She's been around 
(G)                   D Cadd9 G 
I hear the lines long 

D              Cadd9 
And don't you tell me 
        G 
To be nice 
(G)                 D Cadd9 G 
I'm not a nice girl 

D                 Cadd9 
She died from complications 
G                         D Cadd9 G 
Of the things you told her 

         Cadd9* 
So when love hands me matches now 
                       D Cadd9 G 
I'm gonna burn it down 

Em7 G Em7 G A 

D          Cadd9 
Ain't it funny 
           G 
You said honey 
                       D Cadd9 G 
You meant sitting duck 
     D               Cadd9           G 
Well i say cheater, liar, truck on fire,  
(G) 
loser, leaver, deceiver 
                           D Cadd9 G 
Just a few I've thought of  

          Cadd9* 
And when love hands me matches now 
                   D Cadd9 G 
'Gonna burn it down 
(G)                D Cadd9 G 
I'm gonna burn it down 
(G) 
Oh yeah 
        D               Cadd9       G 
Gonna burn it, burn it, burn it down 
            D 
Matches, now 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante