Taylor Swift – Evermore (Guitar Tab)
Capo 4
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Chords
novo amor and jose gonzales style tab
custom tuning - F#C#F#FC#d# (without the capo - DADC#Ab)
key of Db Major
studio version
my interpretation for the guitar, focuses on the piano melody
on the 5th string, there is two differences, open note and 2nd fret note
that repeats mostly in the entire song
[Main Melody] - intro, verse, interlude, chorus and post-chorus
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
[Verse 1]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
gray november
i've been down since july
motion capture
put me in the bad light
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------0---2---|-------0-----------0---2---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
i replay my footsteps on each stepping stone
tryna find the one where i went wrong
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------0---2---|-------0-----------0---2---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
writing letters
addressed to the fire
[Chorus]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
and i was catching my breath
staring out an open window
catching my death
and i couldn't be sure
i had a feeling so peculiar
that this pain would be for
evermore
[Interlude]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
[Verse 2]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
hey december
guess i'm feeling unmoored
can't remember
what i used to fight for
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------0---2---|-------0-----------0---2---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
i rewind the tape but all it does is pause
on the very moment all was lost
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------0---2---|-------0-----------0---2---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
sending signals
to be double crossed
[Chorus]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------0---2---|-------0-----------0---2---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
and i was catching my breath
barefoot in wildest winter
catching my death
and i couldn't be sure
i had a feeling so peculiar
that this pain would be for
evermore
[Interlude]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------0---2---|-------0-----------0---2---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat the last until bridge
[Bridge]
d#|-----------0-----------0-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---5-----------5-----------5-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| d#|-----------0-----------0-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---3-----------3-----------3-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---2-----------2-----------2-------|
* (think of all the cost)
**(just get a pause)
d#|-----------0-----------0-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---5-----------5-----------5-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---4-----------4-----------4-------| d#|-----------5-----------5-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---5-----------5-----------5-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---4-----------4-----------4-------|
* (things that will be lost)
**(certain to be tall again)
cannot think of all the cost
and the things that will be lost
oh, can we just get a pause?
to be certain to be tall again
d#|-----------0-----------0-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---5-----------5-----------5-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| d#|-----------0-----------0-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---3-----------3-----------3-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---2-----------2-----------2-------|
* (weather be the frost)
**(violence of the dog days)
d#|-----------0-----------0-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---5-----------5-----------5-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---4-----------4-----------4-------| d#|-----------5-----------5-----------| C#|-------0-----------0-----------0---| F |---5-----------5-----------5-------| F#|---0-----------0-----------0-------| C#|-----------------------------------| F#|---4-----------4-----------4-------|
* (waves out being tossed)
**(line that i could just go cross?)
whether weather be the frost
or the violence of the dog days
i'm on waves out being tossed
is there a line that i could just go cross?
d#|---------------5-------| C#|-----------------------| F |---5---3---5---5---8---| (strumming with more attack) F#|---0---0---0---0---0---| C#|---0---0---0---0---0---| F#|---0---2---4---4---7---|
* - last chord to play; ...but i swear, you were there
and when i was shipwrecked
i thought of you
in the cracks of light
i dreamed of you
but it was real enough
to get me through
but i swear
then strumming of those 4 chord parts in the bridge with more cresendo
and tension release then back to the main melody
[Main Melody]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
...you were there
[Outro]
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
and i was catching my breath
floors of a cabin creaking
under my step
and i couldn't be sure
i had a feeling so peculiar
this pain wouldn't be for
evermore
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
repeat once
evermore (evermore)
evermore
this pain wouldn't be for
evermore
d#|---------------------------|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------|---------------------------| F |---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------| F#|-----------0---------------|-----------0---------------| C#|-------0-----------2---0---|-------0-----------2---0---| F#|---7-----------------------|---7-----------------------| d#|-------------------| C#|-------------------| F |-------------------| F#|-------------------| C#|-------0-------0---| F#|---0-------0-------|
some ghost notes you might hear at the end of the song
d#|-------------------------------| C#|---(2)---(po0)---(2)---(po0)---| F |-------------------------------| F#|-------------------------------| C#|-------------------------------| F#|-------------------------------| d#|---------------------------| C#|---(7)---(5)---(4)---------| F |---------------------------| F#|---------------------------| C#|---------------------------| F#|---------------------(0)---|
huge thanks to @morgan.brookmusic on tiktok -
your ideas and inspiration helped shape not just this evermore tab, but also loml.
as a Swiftie since ’23, I honestly couldn’t have cracked these without you.
thank you so much for sparking something that felt impossible.