my tears ricochet by Taylor Swift, which is part of the album folklore, talks about betrayal and mourning after the end of a relationship. Swift describes how love turned into bitterness can haunt the person who left, symbolized here by the images of ghosts and mourning. She wrote this song alone and mentioned that it was one of the first songs she wrote for the album, considering it the narrative beginning of the entire folklore project.
Key: C
Introduction:
C
G
Em
F
Am
G
Em
F
x2
Am
G
We gather here, we line up
Em
F
Weeping in a sunlit room
Am
G
Em
F
And if I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too
Am
G
Even on my worst day, did I deserve babe
Em
F
All the hell you gave me
Am
'Cause I loved you
G
Em
F
I swear I loved you 'til my dying day
C
Dm
Am
F
C
Dm
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace
Am
F
C
Dm
And you're the hero flying around saving face
Am
F
C
And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake
Dm
Am
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
F
Look at how my tears ricochet
C
Dm
Am
F
Am
G
Em
F
We gather stones, never knowing what they'll mean
Am
G
Em
F
Some to throw, some to make a diamond ring
Am
G
You know I didn't want to have to haunt you
Em
F
But what a ghostly scene
Am
G
Em
F
You wear the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me
C
Dm
Am
F
C
Dm
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace
Am
F
C
Dm
'Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I was brave
Am
F
C
And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake
Dm
Am
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
F
Look at how my tears ricochet
C
Dm
Am
And I can go anywhere I want
F
C
Anywhere I want, just not home
Dm
Am
And you can aim for my heart, go for blood
F
C
But you would still miss me in your bones
Dm
Am
F
C
And I still talk to you (When I'm screaming at the sky)
Dm
Am
F
And when you can't sleep at night (You hear my stolen lullabies)
Am
F
C
Dm
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace
Am
F
C
Dm
And so the battleships will sink beneath the waves
Am
F
C
You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same