Ivy Chords & Tabs

by Taylor Swift

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 89
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101]

[Verse 1]
Bm           A    
How's one to know?
G                       Em7              Bm  
I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones
     G           D       A
In a faith forgotten land
Bm           A  
In from the snow
G                           Em7          Bm  
Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow
G               D    A
Tarnished but so grand

[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                  A                G       
And the old widow goes to the stone every day
      Em                Bm           
But I don't, I just sit here and wait
G                A     
Grieving for the living

[Chorus]
  D   Bm   
Oh, goddamn
   A                 G                    D   
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Bm               Asus4                  A     
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
  D    Bm  
Oh, I can't
A                G                  D 
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
   Bm                   A        
My house of stone, your ivy grows
       A            Bm   AGGEm7 Em7 Asus4 A
And now I'm covered in you

[Verse 2]
Bm        A   
I wish to know
G                   Em7               Bm
The fatal flaw that makes you long to be
    G          D    A
Magnificently cursed
Bm           A  
He's in the room
     G             Em7           Bm 
Your opal eyes are all I wish to see
     G            D    A  
He wants what's only yours

[Chorus]
  D    Bm  
Oh, goddamn
   A                 G                    D   
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Bm               Asus4              A         
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
D     Bm   
Oh, I can't
A                G                  D 
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
   Bm                   Asus4    
My house of stone, your ivy grows
    A              
And now I'm covered

[Bridge 1]
Em7           F#m          
Clover blooms in the fields
G                        A           Bm
Spring breaks loose, the time is near
              D/C#              D   
What would he do if he found us out?
Em7            F#m           
Crescent moon, coast is clear
G                        A           Bm
Spring breaks loose, but so does fear
           D/C#              D          
He's gonna burn this house to the ground

[Verse 3]
Bm           A    
How's one to know?
G                    Em7             Bm   
I'd live and die for moments that we stole
    G                 D    A
On begged and borrowed time
Bm            A  
So tell me to run
G                   Em7               Bm  
Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become
    G                D     A
And drink my husband's wine

[Chorus]
  D    Bm  
Oh, goddamn
   A                 G                    D   
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Bm               Asus4                  A     
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
  D    Bm  
Oh, I can't
A                G                  D 
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
   Bm                   Asus4    
My house of stone, your ivy grows
     A          D      Bm A
And now I'm covered in you
    G           D   BmAsus4 A
And I'm covered in you

[Bridge 2]
   D                
So yeah, it's a fire
       G                   A    
It's a goddamn blaze in the dark
            D     
And you started it
            G A
You started it
   Bm              
So yeah, it's a war
         G                   A   
It's the goddamn fight of my life
            D     
And you started it
            G A
You started it

[Chorus]
 Bm   D/C# 
Oh, I can't
D                Em7               Bm 
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
    A                   D        
My house of stone, your ivy grows
                   D
And now I'm covered
     Bm Asus4 A
In you
D    Bm Asus4 A D Bm Asus4 A
In you
                D    Bm Asus4 A
Now I'm covered in you
    D Bm Asus4 A D Bm Asus4 A D
In you