Writing Songs About You Chords
by Taylor Swift
Writing Songs About You by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:G Em C D
G Em
I can't believe you did it again
C D
Walked by and took my heart with you
G Em
Why'd you have to look so good
C D
Don't you know I'm trying to hate you
C D
Trying to have a dream without you in it
C D
But how can I put out this fire, when you're the one that lit it
G Em C D G Em C D
I can't wait for the day I stop pretending that I'm really okay, when I'm not
Em C G A
I wanna know how it feels to be over you for real
C G Em C D
Till I do, I'll keep writing songs about you
G Em
I’ve got a stack of papers so high
C D
And it's all about you baby
G Em
Keep thinking maybe I
C D
Could make sense of something crazy
C D
Something I can't get out of my head
C D
I write your name, I write your name, then I tear it all to shreds
G Em C D G Em C D
I can't wait for the day I stop pretending that I'm really okay, when I'm not
Em C G A
I wanna know how it feels to be over you for real
C G Em C D
Till I do, I'll keep writing songs about you
C G
And if you ever change your mind and want me back again
C D
I hope these songs will remind me why I shouldn't let you in
G Em C D G Em C D
I can't wait for the day I stop pretending that I'm really okay, cause I'm not
Em C G A
I wanna know how it feels to be over you for real
C
Till I do…
G Em C D G Em C D
I just wait for the day I stop pretending that I'm really okay, when I'm not
Em C G A
I wanna know how it feels to be over you for real
C G Em C D
Till I do, I'll keep writing songs about you