The Archer Chords
by Taylor Swift
The Archer by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
Verse: 1
G Am F
Combat, I'm ready for combat
G Am F
I say I don't want that, but what if I do?
G Am F
'Cause cruelty wins in the movies
G Am F
I've got a hundred thrown-out speeches I almost said to you
Pre-Chorus:
C C
Easy they come, easy they go
G G
I jump from the train, I ride off alone
Am Am
I never grew up, it's getting so old
F
Help me hold on to you
C G F
I've been the archer, I've been the prey
Am
Who could ever leave me, darling
G F
But who could stay?
Verse: 2
G Am F
Dark side, I search for your dark side
G Am F
But what if I'm alright, right, right, right here?
G Am F
And I cut off my nose just to spite my face
G Am F
Then I hate my reflection for years and years
Pre-Chorus:
C C
I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost
G G
The room is on fire, invisible smoke
Am
And all of my heroes die all alone
F
Help me hold on to you
C G F
I've been the archer, I've been the prey
Am
Screaming, who could ever leave me, darling
G F
But who could stay?
(I see right through me, I see right through me)
Bridge
C
'Cause they see right through me
C
They see right through me
G
They see right through
G
Can you see right through me?
Am
They see right through
Am
They see right through me
F
I see right through me
F
I see right through me
Pre-Chorus
C C
All the king's horses, all the king's men
G
Couldn't put me together again
Am
'Cause all of my enemies started out friends
F
Help me hold on to you
C G F
I've been the archer, I've been the prey
Am
Who could ever leave me, darling
G F
But who could stay?
(I see right through me, I see right through me)
C
Who could stay?
G F
Who could stay?
Am
Who could stay?
G F
You could stay
C G F
You could stay...
Outro
G Am F
Combat, I'm ready for combat