The Albatross
Recorded by Taylor Swift
Album: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY (2024)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
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(Verse 1)
(Am)Wise man (C/G)once said
"(Fmaj7)Wild winds are (G)death to the candle"
 A  (Am)rose by (C/G)any (Fmaj7)other (G)name is a scandal
 (Am)Cautions (C/G)issued, (Fmaj7)he stood
(G) Shooting the messengers
(Am) They tried to (C/G)warn him about (Fmaj7)her (G)

(Chorus)
(C) Cross your (G)thoughtless heart
(Am) Only (Fmaj7)liquor anoints you
(C) She's the (G)albatross
(Am) She is (Fmaj7)here to destroy you

(Verse 2)
(Am)Wise man (C/G)once said
"(Fmaj7)One bad (G)seed kills the garden"
"(Am)One less (C/G)temptress, (Fmaj7)one less (G)dagger to sharpen"
(Am)Locked me (C/G)up in (Fmaj7)towers
But I'd (G)visit in your dreams
(Am) And they tried to (C/G)warn you about (Fmaj7) me (G)

(Chorus)
(C) Cross your (G)thoughtless heart
(Am) Only (F)liquor anoints you
(C) She's the (G)albatross
(Am) She is (F)here to destroy you
(C) Devils G)that you know
(Am) Raise worse (F)hell than a stranger
(C) She's the (G)death you chose
(Am) You're in (F)terrible danger

(Bridge)
(Dm)  (Fmaj7) And when that (C)sky rains (G)fire on (Dm) you
(F) And you're per-(C)sona non (G)grata
(Dm)  (Fmaj7) I'll tell you (C)how I've (G)been there (Dm) too
(Fmaj7) And that (C)none of it (G)matters - - -

(Chorus)
(Am)Wise men (C/G)once read (Fmaj7)fake news
(G)And they believed it
(Am)Jackals (C/G)raised their (Fmaj7)hackles
You (G)couldn't conceive it
(Am)You were (C/G)sleeping (Fmaj7)soundly
When they (G)dragged you from your bed
(Am) And I tried to (C/G)warn you about (F) them (G)

(Chorus)
So I (C) crossed my (G)thoughtless heart
(Am) Spread my (Fmaj7)wings like a parachute
(C) I'm the (G)albatross
(Am) I swept (Fmaj7)in at the rescue
(C) The devil (G)that you know
(Am) Looks now (Fmaj7)more like an angel
(Am) I'm the (G)life you chose
(Am) And all this (Fmaj7)terrible danger (C) (G)
(Am)This (Fmaj7)terrible danger (C) (G)
(C) So cross your (G)thoughtless heart (Am) (F)
(C) She's the (G)albatross
(Am) She is (Fmaj7)here to destroy you - - - - -