Taylor Swift - It’s time to go: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "It’s time to go" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C                     Am                       F
When the dinner gets cold and the chatter gets old
                 G
You ask for the tab
Or that moment again, he's insisting that friends
Look at each other like that
When the words of a sister come back in whispers
That prove she was not in fact what she seemed
Not a twin from your dreams
She's a crook who was caught

Chorus:
     Am            G
That old familiar body ache
      F                                          C
The snaps from the same little breaks in your soul
Am      F G                   C Am F  G
  You know when it's time to go

Twenty years at your job
Then the son of the boss gets
the spot that was yours
Or trying to stay for the kids
When keeping it how it is will
only break their hearts worse

Chorus

G                   C                  F
Sometimes giving up is the strong thing
              C
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
G                     C               F
Sometimes walking out is the one thing
           C
That will find you the right thing
G                   C                  F
Sometimes giving up is the strong thing
              C
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
G                     C               F
Sometimes walking out is the one thing
           C
That will find you the right thing

Fifteen years, fifteen million tears
Begging 'til my knees bled
I gave it my all, he gave me nothing at all
Then wondered why I left
Now he sits on his throne in his palace of bones
Praying to his greed
He's got my past frozen behind glass
But I've got me

Chorus

Sometimes giving up is the strong thing
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
Sometimes walking out is the one thing
That will find you the right thing
Sometimes giving up is the strong thing
Sometimes to run is the brave thing
Sometimes walking out is the one thing
That will find you the right thing

           G                   Dm Am C G
That will find you the right thing
          Dm Am         C  G
And you know   in your soul
          Dm Am         C  G
And you know   in your soul
                G C F G
When it's time go
     Em                   C           F  G
You know, you know, you know, you know
                   C Am F G
When it's time to go
             C Am          F G
So then you go   then you go
          C Am F G C Am F G C
You just go


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "It’s time to go" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "It’s time to go" by Taylor Swift.

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