Cardigan

Taylor Swift
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Updated: Mar 2026 Version: #1

[Am] Vintage tee, brand new [D]phone

High heels on cobbles[C]tones

When you are [C]young

they assume you know [D]nothing

[Am] Sequined smile, black lips[D]tick..

sensual poli[C]tics.. When you are young

they assume you know [D]nothing..

[G] But I knew you, dancin’ in your [D]Levi’s

Drunk under a streetlight, [C]I..

I knew you, hand under my [D]sweatshirt

Baby, kiss it [D]better, I..

(Chorus)

[Am] And when I felt like

I was an old [D]cardigan,

under [D]someone’s bed..

[C] You put me on and said

I was your [D]favorite

[Am] A friend to all.. is a friend to [D]none

Chase two girls.. lose the [C]one

When you are [C]young

they assume you know [D]nothing..

[G] But I knew you

Playing hide-and-[D]seek

and giving me your [D]weekends

[C]I.. I knew you..

Your heartbeat on the [D]high line

Once in twenty [D]lifetimes, I..

(Chorus)

[C] And when I felt like

I was an old [Em]cardigan

Under [Em]someone’s bed

[G] You put me on

and said I was your [C]favorite..

(Intro)

[C] [Em] [D] [C]

To kiss in [C]cars, in downtown bars

Was all I [Em]needed..

You drew s[D]tars around my scars

But now I’m [C]bleedin’..

[G] ‘Cause I knew you

Steppin’ on the [D]last train

Marked me like a [D]bloodstain,

[C]I.. I knew you

Tried to change the [D]ending

Peter losin’ [D]Wendy,

I..[G] I knew you..

Leavin’ like a [D]father,

runnin’ like [D]water, I..

[C] When you are young

they assume you know [D]nothing

But I knew you’d [G]linger

like a tattoo [G]kiss..

I knew you’d [D]haunt

all of my what-[D]ifs

The smell of s[C]moke

would hang around this [C]long

‘Cause I knew [D]everything

when I was [D]young..

I knew I’d [G]curse you

for the longest [G]time

Chasin’ [D]shadows in the grocery line

I knew you’d [C]miss me

once the thrill ex[C]pired

And you’d be s[D]tandin’

in my front porch [D]light

And you’d come [Am]back to me..

And you’d come [D]back to me..

And you’d come [C]back to me..

And you’d come [D]back..

(Chorus)

[C] And when I felt like

I was an old [Em]cardigan

Under some[Em]one’s bed

[G] You put me on

and said I was your [C]favorite..