This Is Me Trying Chords
by Taylor Swift
This Is Me Trying by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D7M, F#m, E/G#, E4 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro A D7M A D7M
A
I've been having a hard time adjusting
D7M
I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting
F#m
I didn't know if you'd care if I came back
E/G#
I have a lot of regrets about that
A
Pulled the car off the road to the lookout
D7M
Could've followed my fears all the way down
F#m
And maybe I don't quite know what to say
E4
But I'm here in your doorway
F#m D A
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
F#m D E4
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
( A D7M )
A
They told me all of my cages were mental
D7M
So I got wasted like all my potential
F#m
And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
E/G#
I have a lot of regrets about that
A D7M
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here
F#m
Pouring out my heart to a stranger
E4
But I didn't pour the whiskey
F#m D A
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
F#m D E4
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
A E4
At least I'm trying
F#m D
And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
E4
It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town
F#m D A
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying (And maybe I don't quite know what to say)
F#m D E4
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
A
At least I'm trying