Matches Chords
by Taylor Swift
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.
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