Taylor Swift - Sad Beautiful Tragic: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Sad Beautiful Tragic" 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.

 G                D                Am    C
Long handwritten note deep in your pocket
 G                     D                        Am      C
Words how little they mean when you're a little too late
    G                  D                   Am    C
I stood right by the tracks your face in a locket
      G                     D                Am      C
Good girls hopeful they'll be and long they will wait

Chorus:
    G      D              Am       C
We had a beautiful magic love there
        G    D               Am     C
What a sad beautiful tragic love affair

In dreams, I meet you in warm conversation
We both wake in lonely beds, different cities
And time is taking its sweet time erasing you
And you've got your demons
And darling, they all look like me

Chorus
'Cause we had a beautiful magic love there
What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair

  Am                 C
 Distance, timing, breakdown, fighting
  G                       D
 Silence, this train runs off its tracks
  Am                           C
 Kiss me, try to fix it would you just try to listen
  G                 D              Am     G       C
 Hang up, give up, for the life of us we can't get back
G    D              Am       C
 A beautiful magic love there
         G    D                Am                 C
 What a sad beautiful tragic, beautiful tragic, beautiful

Chorus:
What we had, a beautiful magic love there
What a sad, beautiful, tragic, love affair
We had a beautiful magic love there
What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord <span>A</span>m

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

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 "Sad Beautiful Tragic" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Sad Beautiful Tragic" by Taylor Swift.

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