I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Trouble chord chart by Taylor Swift. Taylor’s songs are always super fun to play and this one if particularly catchy.
This song does have to occasional Bm Barre chord. You could always do the easier version below to make it a bit easier, but the strumming in this song can vary and be a little more complicated. I would usually categorize this song as a little more intermediate.
We are going to be using a capo at the 4th fret here.
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Let’s talk about the strumming pattern below which is going to be an accented 8th note pattern for the verse:
Strumming:
> > >
1 + 2+ 3+ 4+
DU DU DU DU
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I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE Chord Chart:
CAPO 4TH FRET
Intro: D D
Verse:
D D
Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago,
A A
I was in your sights, you got me alone. You
Bm Bm G G
found me, you found me, you found me- e- e- e- e. I
D D
guess you didn’t care, and I guess I liked that. And
A A
when I fell hard you took a step back. With-
Bm Bm G G
out me, without me, without me- e- e- e- e- e-
Prechorus:
D D A A
And he’s long gone when he’s next to
Bm Bm G G (hold)
me. And I re——alize the blame is on me. ‘Cause
Chorus : One Strum Per Chord
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A |
so shame on me now
Bm G A
Flew me to places I’d never been,
|D A |
’till you put me down, oh
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A |
so shame on me now
Bm G A
Flew me to places I’d never been,
D (mute) Bm
Now I’m lying on the cold, hard ground
G A
Oh, oh, trouble,
|D A| Bm G A
trouble, trouble. Oh, oh trouble,
|D A |
trouble, trouble
Verse: Back to Strumming
A A
No apologies, he’ll never see you cry. Pre-
A A
tend he doesn’t know that he’s the reason why. You’re
Bm Bm G G
drowning, you’re drowning, you’re drowning- ing- ing- ing-ing- ing. Now I
D D
heard you moved on from whispers on the street. A
A A
new notch in your belt is all I’ll ever be. And
Bm Bm G G
now I see, now I see, now I see- e- e- e- e- e-
Prechorus:
D D A A
And he’s long gone when he’s next to
Bm Bm G G (hold)
me. And I re——alize the blame is on me. ‘Cause
Chorus : One Strum Per Chord
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A |
so shame on me now
Bm G A
Flew me to places I’d never been,
|D A |
’till you put me down, oh
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A |
so shame on me now
Bm G A
Flew me to places I’d never been,
D (mute) Bm
Now I’m lying on the cold, hard ground
G A
Oh, oh, trouble,
|D A| Bm G A
trouble, trouble. Oh, oh trouble,
|D A |
trouble, trouble
Bridge: Single Strum
G
saddest fear comes
Bm G
creeping in that you never loved me or her, or
(8th note strumming all downs)
A A
anyone, or anything, yeah
Chorus :
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A |
so shame on me now
Bm G A
Flew me to places I’d never been,
|D A |
’till you put me down, oh
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A |
so shame on me now
Bm G A
Flew me to places I’d never been,
D (mute) Bm
Now I’m lying on the cold, hard ground
G A
Oh, oh, trouble,
|D A| Bm G A
trouble, trouble. Oh, oh trouble,
|D A |
trouble, trouble
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A|
trouble, trouble.
Bm G A
I knew you were trouble when you walked in,
|D A|
trouble, trouble.
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