How to Play I Knew You Were Trouble on Guitar?

Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble can be played in the key of D using the D, A, Bm, G chords. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play I Knew You Were Trouble with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble Chords

Chord reference D, A, Bm, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D]Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago [A]I was in your sights, you got me alone [Bm]You found me, you found me, you [G]found me

[D]I guess you didn’t care, and I guess liked that And [A]when I fell hard, you took a step back [Bm]Without me, without me, [G]without me [D]

And he’s long [A]gone, when he’s next to [Bm]me and I [G]Realize the [-stop]blame is on me

‘Cause [Bm]I knew you [G]were trouble when you walked [A]in So [D]shame [A]on me [Bm]now-ow Flew me to [G]places I’d never [A]been ‘Till you [D]put [A]me down, oh [Bm]I knew you were [G]trouble when you walked [A]in So [D]shame on [A]me [Bm]now-ow Flew me to [G]places I’d never [A]been Now I’m [D]lying on the cold hard [Bm]ground!

[Bm]Ahh [G]oh [A]oh, trouble, [D]trouble, [A] [Bm]trouble [Bm]Ahh [G]oh [A]oh, trouble, [D]trouble, [A]trouble

[D]No apologies, he’ll never see you cry [A]Pretends he doesn’t know, that he’s the reason why You’re [Bm]drowning, you’re drowning, you’re [G]drowning

And I [D]heard you moved on, from whispers on the street A [A]new notch in your belt, is all I’ll ever be And [Bm]now I see, now I see, [G]now I [D]see

He was long [A]gone, when he met [Bm]me And I [G]realize, the joke is on me, [G]yeah

[Bm]I knew you were [G]trouble when you walked [A]in So [D]shame on [A]me [Bm]now-ow Flew me to [G]places I’d never [A]been ‘Till you [D]put me [A]down, oh [Bm]I knew you were [G]trouble when you walked [A]in So [D]shame on [A]me [Bm]now-ow Flew me to [G]places I’d never [A]been Now I’m [D]lying on the [A]cold hard [Bm]ground!

[Bm]Ahh [G]oh [A]oh, trouble, [D]trouble, [A] [Bm]trouble [Bm]Ahh [G]oh [A]oh, trouble, [D]trouble, [A]trouble

And the [G]saddest fear, comes [Bm]creeping in That you [G]never loved me or her, Or [A]anyone, [A]or [A]anything, yeah yeah

[Bm]I knew you were [G]trouble when you walked [A]in So [D]shame on [A]me [Bm]now-ow Flew me to [G]places I’d never [A]been (never been) ‘Till you [D]put me [A]down, oh [Bm]I knew you were [G]trouble when you walked [A]in (you were right there) So [D]shame on [A]me [Bm]now-ow Flew me to [G]places I’d never [A]been Now I’m [D]lying on the [A]cold hard [Bm]ground!

[Bm]Ahh [G]oh [A]oh, trouble, [D]trouble, [A] [Bm]trouble [Bm]Ahh [G]oh [A]oh, trouble, [D]trouble, [A]trouble

[Bm]I knew you were [G]trouble when you walked [A]in Trouble, [D]trouble, [A]trouble [Bm]I knew you were [G]trouble when you walked [A]in trouble, [D]trouble, [A]trouble

Artist Taylor Swift

Album Red

Genres Pop

Year 2012

Key D

Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble can be played in the key of D using the D, A, Bm, G chords.

For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play I Knew You Were Trouble with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.