Long Story Short Chords & Tabs

by Taylor Swift

[Version Description]
Based on the album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQHa2HcGtM.
Strumming Patterns:
Verse:
BPM: 158
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 101, 202, 101, 1, 202]
Chorus:
BPM: 158
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]

[Intro]
C

[Verse 1]
F         C           Am                       G               
Fatefully, I tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me
F      C         Am             G                  
Misery, like the war of words I shouted in my sleep
F       C              
And you passed right by
Am                     G                   
I was in the alley, surrounded on all sides
F         C             
The knife cuts both ways
       Am                     G                        
If the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels break

[Chorus]
F                   C       
And I fell from the pedestal
               Am         
Right down the rabbit hole
           G                       
Long story short, it was a bad time
F               C         
Pushed from the precipices
             Am          
Clung to the nearest lips
           G                          
Long story short, it was the wrong guy
F       C            
Now I'm all about you
Am  G                
I'm all about you, ah
C     F           G   
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    C                
I'm all about you, ah
      F           Em  C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
F        C         Am               G                      
Actually, I always felt I must look better in the rear view
F          C       Am                G                    
Missing me, at the golden gates they once held the keys to
F      C               
When I dropped my sword
  Am                         G                   
I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
F      C            
And we live in peace
       Am                   G/B                 
But if someone comes at us, this time, I'm ready

[Chorus]
F                      C       
'Cause I fell from the pedestal
               Am         
Right down the rabbit hole
           G                       
Long story short, it was a bad time
F               C         
Pushed from the precipices
             Am          
Clung to the nearest lips
           G                          
Long story short, it was the wrong guy
F       C            
Now I'm all about you
Am  G                
I'm all about you, ah
C     F           G   
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    C            
I'm all about you

[Bridge]
Am Em           Dm   
No more keepin' score
           Am                           
Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
   Em          Dm 
No more tug of war
           G                  Am                
Now I just know there's more (Know there's more)
   Em           Dm   
No more keepin' score
           Am                           
Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
Am     Em              F    
And my waves meet your shore
         G       
Ever and evermore

[Verse 3]
F       C        Am                  G                         
Past me, I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
F           C        Am                G                               
Your nemeses, will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing
F        C         
And he's passing by
Am                       G               
Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
F      C              
And he feels like home
       Am                    G                
If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go

[Chorus]
C                   F       
And I fell from the pedestal
               G          
Right down the rabbit hole
           C                       
Long story short, it was a bad time
                F         
Pushed from the precipices
                   Em          
Climbed right back up the cliff
           C                
Long story short, I survived
        F              G 
Now I'm all about you, ah
    C                
I'm all about you, ah
    F             Em 
I'm all about you, ah
    C                
I'm all about you, ah
      F           Em  
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    C            
I'm all about you
      F           G   
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    C            
I'm all about you

[Outro]
F C
Am         G                  F    C
Long story short, it was a bad time
Am          G           N.C.
Long story short, I survived