Dear John Chords & Tabs

by Taylor Swift

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 120
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]
Capo on 2nd fret

[Intro]
D  G  D G
D                                                      G  
Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you
D                                                G              
Counting my footsteps praying the floor won't fall through again
        A                    D      A     
And my mother accused me of losing my mind
G                     
But I swore I was fine
D                                                G     
You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain
        D                     
And I lived in your chess game
                            G     
But you changed the rules everyday
A                           D           A          G   
Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone
Tonight
        A                            D          A            G
Well I stopped picking up and this song is to let you know why

[Chorus]
      D                                 G   
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
                           Bm                    
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
A                                G            
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
            D    G
I should've known

[Verse]
      D                                     G    
Well maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame
              D                                                 G  
Or maybe it's you and your sick need to give love then take it away
       A                        D            A              G            
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand
              A                       D                A  
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said
        G             
Run as fast as you can

[Chorus]
      D                                 G   
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
                          Bm                     
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
      A                          G            
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
      D                             G   
Dear John, I see it all now it was wrong
                          Bm                  
Don't you think 19's too young to be played by
      A                         G          
Your dark twisted games when I loved you so
             D   
I should've known

[Instrumental]
D  G

[Bridge]
           Bm             
You are an expert at sorry
     A                  
And keeping lines blurry
G                                     
Never impressed by me acing your tests
        Bm                       
All the girls that you've run dry
      A                  
Have tired, lifeless eyes
           G             
Cause you burned them out
       A                    D         A           
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
    G            
So don't look now
     A                    
I'm shining like fireworks
G                    D  
Over your sad empty town

[Instrumental]
G      Bm    A G

[Chorus]
       D                                   G
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
                          Bm                     
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
    A                             G           D
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
                              G  
I see it all now that you're gone
                           Bm                    
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with
    A                        G        
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
               D   
You should've known
               G   D
You should've known
                           G   
Don't you think I was too young
               D   
You should've known