Taylor Swift – The Bolter Chords 

The 29th track from the album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY (2024), was released on April 19, 2024. The key to the track is C major.

 
[Verse 1]
C                 
By all accounts, 
           G
She almost drowned
                           F
When she was six in frigid water
                      C
And I can confirm she made
                         G
A curious child, ever reviled
                           F
By everyone except her own father
                        C
With a quite bewitching face
                   
Splendidly selfish, 
G
charmingly helpless
                              F
Excellent fun till you get to know her
                          C
Then she runs like it's a race
               
Behind her back, 
               G
Her best mates laughed
                           F
And they nicknamed her The Bolter
 
 
[Chorus]
C
Started with a kiss
                               G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"
                    
But it always ends up 
                F
With a town car speeding
F
Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
                      G
Then he'll call her a whore
G
Wish he wouldn't be sore
               F
But as she was leaving
F
It felt like breathing
G               Am
All her f*ckin' lives
                   F
Flashed before her eyes
G                 Am
It feels like the time
                     F
She fell through the ice
F
Then came out alive
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                        G
He was a cad, wanted her bad
                          F
Just like any good trophy hunter
                         C
And she liked the way it tastes
                          G
Taming a bear, making him care

Watching him jump then 
            F
pulling him under
                            C
And at first blush, this is fate
                              G
When it's all roses, portrait poses
                          F
Central Park Lake in tiny rowboats
                     C
What a charming Saturday

That's when she sees the 
         G
littlest leaks
G
Down in the floorboards
          F
And she just knows
F
She must bolt
 
 
[Chorus]
C
Started with a kiss
                               G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"

But it always ends up 
                F
with a town car speeding
F
Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
                      G
Then he'll call her a whore
G
Wish he wouldn't be sore
               F
But as she was leaving
F
It felt like breathing
G               Am
All her f*ckin' lives
                   F
Flashed before her eyes
G                 Am
It feels like the time
                     F
She fell through the ice
F
Then came out alive
 
 
[Bridge]
G
She's been many places with
Am
Men of many faces
              G
First they're off to the races
          Am
And she's laughing drawin' aces
     G
But, none of it is changin'
         Am
That the chariot is waitin'
           G
Hearts are hers for the breakin'
        Am
There's escape in escaping
 
 
[Chorus]
C
Started with a kiss
                               G
"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"

But it always ends 
                F
with a town car speeding
F
Out the drive one evenin'
C
Ended with the slam of a door
                       G
But she's got the best stories
G
You can be sure
                F
That as she was leaving
F
It felt like freedom
G               Am
All her f*ckin' lives
                   F
Flashed before her eyes
F
And she realized
G                 Am
It feels like the time
                     F
She fell through the ice
F
Then came out alive

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