Babylon Chords by Taylor Swift

Intro | D | A | D/F# | G |


D                    A
  The casino doesn't like when you run the tables
D/F#                               G
  And though the box is wrapped up nice, it's just a cage to you
D                       A
  Those electric fences buzz The stallion flees the stable
D/F#                         G
  And that small town's even smaller now in your rearview
Bm                     A
  You ran with all the wild things
              D/F#                          G
  A liberated libertine who then longed for home


                         D
'Cause it's where you're from
                                    A
Aunt Virginia with her church dress on
                                         Bm
No elbows on the tabl And the neighbor's lawn always looked better
                  G
Your hand-me-down sweater should've been from the mall


                    D
* And you hate this song
                                                  A
But you wake up on the train with your headphones gone
                            Em
Then that melody is all you want
                               G
You never knew that it was Babylon
            D
'Til it was gone


D                           A
  Give the people what they want, then you keep it movin'
D/F#                              G
  Make your plans and friends, a stranger's makeup on your tie
D                       A
  Twenty watches in the safe 'cause your time is money
D/F#                   G
  Love is ice upon the ladder that you need to climb
Bm                    A                          D/F#
  She captured your attention, so free of all pretension
                 G
  It stopped you cold


                        D
* Because she loved you so
                                    A
Pretty as a picture that you didn't post
                                         Bm
Looking at you like you're made of solid gold
                                  G
Never official You mention you're single to the girls at the bar


                D
* You hate this song
                                                  A
But you wake up on the train with your headphones gone
                            Em
Then that melody is all you want
                               G
You never knew that it was Babylon
            A    D/F#  D
'Til it was gone


       A        G                                  A  D/F#  D
You're using nostalgia as a weapon to hurt yourself
    A       G                                 A
But darling, you end up hurting everybody else
        D/F#           D     A         G
The self-harm of never being where you are
                                         A
It's bedtime, but you're sitting in your car
                           G
You're missin' all the best parts


                   D
And they're all at home
                                         A
She's hangin' Christmas lights with your son
                                     Bm
Sneaking to the bathroom to call her mom
  
And say, "It's not workin'
              G
It's just not worth it if we're not what he wants"


                    D
* But you love this song
                                              A
You wake up on the train with your headphones gone
                            Em
Then that melody is all you want
                               G
You never knew that it was Babylon
  
And now, it's almost gone


D                                     
  Aunt Virginia with her church dress on
A 
  No elbows on the table
                     Bm
  And the neighbor's lawn always looked better (It's almost gone)
                    G
  Your hand-me-down sweater should've been from the mall


                    D
* But you love this song
                                         A
You wake up on the train and you're all alone
                            Em
Then that memory is all you want
                              G
You never knew that it was Babylon
            N.C.
'Til it was gone