thank you alMee
Recorded by Taylor Swift
Album: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOROGY (2024)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(C) When I picture my home-(G)town
There’s a (D)bronze spray-tanned statue of you
(C) And a plaque under-(G)neath it
That (C)threatens to push me down the (G)stairs, at our school
And it was (C)always the (G)same searing (D)pain
But I (D)dreamed that one day, I could say

(Chorus)
(G) All that time you were throwin’ (C)punches, I was buildin’ (D) somethin’
And I (D)can’t forgive the way you made me feel
(G)Screamed “F**k you, Aimee” to the (C)night sky, as the blood was (D)gushin’
But I (D)can’t forget the way you made me heal

(Interlude)
|(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Verse 2)
(C) And it wasn’t a fair (G) fight, or a (D)clean kill
Each time that Aimee (D)stomped across my gravе
(C) And then she wrote hеad-(G)lines
In the (C)local paper, laughing at each (G)baby step I’d take
And it was (C)always the (G)same searing (D) pain
But I (D)prayed that one day, I could say

(Chorus)
(G) All that time you were throwin’ (C)punches, I was buildin’ (D) somethin’
And I (D)couldn’t wait to show you it was real
(G) Screamed “You, Aimee” to the night (C)sky, as the blood was (D) gushin’
But I (D)can’t forget the way you made me heal
(G) Everyone knows that my mother (C)is a saintly (D)woman
But she (D)used to say she wished that you were dead
(G) I push each boulder up the hill
(C) Your words are still just (D)ringing in my head, ringing in my head

(Bridge)
I (Em)wrote a thousand songs that you (Am)find uncool
I (G)built a legacy which you (D)can’t undo
But (Em)when I count the scars, there’s a (Am)moment of truth
That there (G)wouldn’t be this, if there (D)hadn’t been - - - (C)you

(Interlude)
 / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Verse 3)
(C) And maybe you’ve re-(G)framed it
And (D)in your mind you never beat my spirit black and blue
(C) I don’t think you’ve (G)changed much
And (C)so I changed your name, and any (G)real defining clues
And one day, (C) your kid comes home (G)singin’
A (D)song that only us two is gonna know is about you, ’cause

(Chorus)
(G) All that time you were throwin’ (C)punches
It was all for (D) nothin’
And our (D)town, it looks so small, from way up here
(G) Screamed “Thank you, Aimee” to the (C)night sky
And the stars are (D) stunnin’
'Cause I (D)can’t forget the way you made me heal
(G) Everyone knows that my (C)mother is a saintly (D) woman
But she (D)used to say she wished that you were dead
(G) So I pushed each boulder up that (C)hill
Your words were still just (D)ringing in my head, ringing in my head

(Outro.)
(C)  Thank you, (G)alMee
(C)  Thank you, (G)alMee
(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |(G) - - - - -