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Ivy by Taylor Swift - Guitar Chords

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            Chords used:
  Am7 Gsus4 Csus4 D9  C/G Csus4/F C Am Fmaj7 F G C/B
e|-0----------0----0---0----0-----0--0---0---1-3--0-|
B|-1----1-----1----1---1----1-----1--1---1---1-3--1-|
G|-0----0-----0----2---0----0-----0--2---2---2-4--0-|
D|-2----0-----3----0---2----3-----2--2---2---3-5--x-|
A|-0---(3)---(3)-------3----3-----3--0---3---3-5--2-|
E|------3--------------3----1------------1---1-3----|

I've added the base as a ghost note to the Csus4-Chord because it's not picked.

In the Chorus, you may play the Gsus4 as (33001x) for a fuller sound, thus that ghost note.

An easier alternative for Fmaj7 is (x(0)3210).

To be honest, the Csus4/F often feels more like a personal choice.
As for the Fmaj7, use the thumb to fret the base for it.
It's a transitional chord on the 3+ beat, but you might as well leave it out.

() = Ghost note
| % | means that the respective chord is held for one more bar

BPM 75

Verse picking:                                                           1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
   Am7        Gsus4     Csus4     D9        Am7       Csus4     C/G                Csus4/F
e|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|
B|-----1----|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|------------1---|
G|-------0--|---0---0-|---0---0-|---2---2-|-------0-|---0---0-|-------0-|--------------0-|
D|---2------|---------|-3-------|-0-------|---2-----|-3-------|---------|----------------|
A|-0--------|---------|---------|---------|-0-------|---------|---3-----|----------------|
E|----------|-3-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|----------1-----|

In the Pre-Chorus, the vocals speed up a bit compared to the guitar;
there aren't same pauses you'd have expected before.

I've recorded a short demo up until the end of Chorus 1.
Only I've put the Capo on IV for that, thus -10 semitones,
to sort of be able to sing it.
--/0Q1nVjH47qM

[Verse 1]
Am7          Gsus4     Csus4              D9  
How's one to know? I'd meet you where the spirit meets the
 Am7        Csus4          C/G    Csus4/F
bones, in a faith forgotten  land
Am7         Gsus4      Csus4                  D9  
In from the snow, your touch brought forth an incandescent
Am7   Csus4          C/G        Csus4/F
glow, tarnished, but so grand

[Pre-Chorus]
        Am7       Csus4             C/G              D9
And the old widow goes to the stone every day, but I don't,
       Am7                Csus4             C/G   | % |
I just sit here and wait; grieving for the living

[Chorus]
C       Csus4   Gsus4               Am
Oh, goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of your freezing
C      Csus4           Gsus4              Csus4/F
hand, taking mine, but it's been promised to another
C      Csus4 Gsus4           Am
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      C        Csus4               Gsus4        Csus4/F
dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm covered in
Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4 Csus4/F Am7 Csus4/F | % | % |
yooooooouuuuuuuu

[Verse 2]
Am7       Gsus4    Csus4           D9  
I wish to know the fatal flaw that makes you long to
Am7    Csus4   C/G       Csus4/F
be magnificently cursed
Am7         Gsus4      Csus4         D9  
He's in the room, your opal eyes are all I wish to
Am7     Csus4           C/G      Csus4/F
see, he wants what's only yours

[Chorus]
C       Csus4   Gsus4               Am
Oh, goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of your freezing
C      Csus4           Gsus4              Csus4/F
hand, taking mine, but it's been promised to another
C      Csus4 Gsus4           Am
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      C        Csus4                Gsus4        Am
dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm covered

[Bridge 1]
D9            Am             Fmaj7                    Gsus4
Clover blooms in the fields, spring breaks loose, the time is near
Am               Gsus4       C      Csus4/F
   What would he do if he found us out?
D9             Am              Fmaj7                    Gsus4
Crescent moon, coast is clear, spring breaks loose, but so does fear
Am              Gsus4        C        Csus4/F
   He's gonna burn this house to the ground

[Verse 3]
Am7          Gsus4     Csus4            D9  
How's one to know? I'd live and die for moments that we
Am7      Csus4          C/G         Csus4/F
stole on begged and borrowed time
   Am7        Gsus4  Csus4           D9  
So tell me to run or dare to sit and watch what we'll
   Am7     Csus4         C/G        Csus4/F
become and drink my husband's wine

[Chorus]
C       Csus4   Gsus4               Am
Oh, goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of your freezing
C      Csus4           Gsus4              Csus4/F
hand, taking mine, but it's been promised to another
C      Csus4 Gsus4           Am
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      C        Csus4                Gsus4        Am
dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm
           Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4 Csus4/F      Gsus4
covered in yooooooooouuuuuu     and I'm covered in 
Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4 Csus4/F
yooooooooouuuuuu

[Bridge 2]
   C                          F                   G
So yeah, it's a fire, it's a goddamn blaze in the dark
            C                   F     G
and you started it, you started it
   C                          F                    G
So yeah, it's a war, it's the goddamn fight of my life
            C                   F     G
And you started it, you started it

[Outro]
Am7   C/B   C                D9  
Oh, I can't stop you putting roots in my
      Am7     C/B                  C             Csus4/F
dreamland, my house of stone, your ivy grows and now I'm
            Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4
covered in yooooooouuuuuuuu
Csus4/F  Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4
     In yooooouuuuuuuu,
Csus4/F  Am7  Gsus4
     yooooooouuuuu
Csus4/F            Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4
Now I'm covered in yooooooouuuuuuuu,
Csus4/F Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4
in      yooooooouuuuuuuu
Csus4/F Am7 Fmaj7 Gsus4 C
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