The Manuscript

Taylor Swift
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Updated: Mar 2026 Version: #1

Capo : fret 5

Intro

[G] [D] [D] [C]

[G] [D] [D] [C]

[G]now and then

she re-reads the ma[D]nuscript

of [D]the entire torrid af[C]fair..

[G]they compared their licenses

he [D]said I’m not a donor, but

I’d [D]give you my heart

if you [C]needed it

she [G]rolled her eyes and said

you’re a pro[D]fessional..

he s[D]aid no, just a good samari[C]tan..

he [G]said that if the sex was half as

[D]good as the conversation was

[D]soon they’d be pushin’ strol[C]lers

but soon i[G]t was over[D] [C]

Intro

[G] [D] [C]

in the [G]age of him

she wished she was [D]thirty

and made [D]coffee every morning

in a [C]frΠ΅nch press

[G]afterwards she only atΠ΅ kids’ [D]cereal..

and couldn’t [D]sleep unless it was

in her [C]mother’s bed..

[G]then she dated boys who were

her [D]own age..

with [D]dart boards

on the backs of their [C]doors..

she [G]thought about how he said since

she [D]was so wise beyond her years

[D]everything had been above [C]board..

she wasn’[G]t sure..[D] [C]

Intro

[G] [D] [C]

and the [D]years passed..

like [Em]scenes of a [C]show the pro[D]fessor..

said to [Em]write what you [C]know

lookin’ [D]backwards..

might [G]be the only [D]way to move [C]forward..

then the [D]actors..

were [Em]hitting their [C]marks

and the [D]slow dance..

was a[Em]light with the s[C]parks

and the [D]tears fell..

in [G]synchronici[D]ty with the [C]score..

and at [D]last..

she knew [G]what the ago[D]ny had been [C]for..

the [G]only thing that’s left

is the [D]manuscript

one last [D]souvenir from my trip

to you[C]r shores..

[G]now and then I re-read the ma[D]nuscript

but the [D]story isn’t min[C]e.. anymore..