Taylor Swift – How You Get The Girl - Clean (Guitar)

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If you are playing this on the guitar, use the chords against the lyrics below, if you are playing this on the piano, this is what I *think* she is doing. Much like other surprise songs she plays really simple chords and does some fun stuff to make them all merge together. Intro chords Eb: Left hand - Eb Right hand - Bb Eb Bb: Left hand - Bb Right hand - Bb Eb Ab: Left hand - Ab Right hand - Bb Eb During the first verse she's adding an F and a G in the right hand before changing back to the Eb Pre chorus chords She moves up the keyboard, so: Eb: Left hand - Eb Right hand - Eb G Bb Bb: Left hand - Bb Right hand - D F Bb Ab: Left hand - Ab Right hand - C Eb Bb Note that the Ab has a Bb on top (I think), this gives it a seamlessness and interest. She does this a lot and it's very cool. Chorus chords Same as the prechorus but play an octave in the left hand. Using the combinations above I think you can start to work out how she is doing it in the Clean transitions too. Also, controversially I think she made a mistake in the live performance but if she did she pulls it off so seamlessly it comes across as flawless. I *think* it probably should have gone back into the 2nd chorus of Clean and not repeat the bridge bit of Clean but who knows, I kinda think it's perfect the way she does it. [Intro] Eb Bb Ab [Verse 1]
Eb                   Bb
 Stand there like a ghost

                 Ab
Shaking from the rain, rain

Eb                   Bb                      Ab
 She'll open up the door and say are you insane-ane

Eb                Bb         Ab
 Say it's been a long, six months

Eb                  Bb                          Ab
 And you were too afraid to tell her what you want, want
[Pre-Chorus]
                  Eb     Bb
And that's how it works

                       Ab
That's how you get the girl
And then you say: [Chorus]
Eb              Bb
I want you for worse or for better

Ab
I would wait forever and ever

Eb                      Bb
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together

Ab
I would wait forever and ever

Eb                  Bb
And that's how it works, it's

                Ab               Eb
How you get the girl, girl, ohohoh

                  Bb
And that's how it works, it's

                Ab
How you get the girl, girl
[Transition 1]
Eb       Bb                       Cm    Ab
  The drought was the very worst

Eb            Bb                Cm            Ab
  When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst

Eb          Bb                            Cm    Ab
  It was months, and months of back and forth

Eb                  Bb              Cm                         Ab
  You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore
[Pre-Chorus 1]
 Bb                  Ab                     Bb                     Ab
Hung my head, as I lost the war, and sky turned to black like a perfect storm
[Chorus]
 Eb          Bb     Cm
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning

  Ab                           Eb
That's when I could finally breathe

        Bb       Cm                        Ab                     Eb
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

Bb                     Cm      Ab
I think I am finally clean   ahahahahahahoh

Eb      Bb                     Cm    Ab
  Said I think I am finally clean
[Transition 2]
    Eb    Bb      Ab
And yo-ou kno-ow, ohohohoh

     Eb      Bb       Ab
That I don't want you, to go ohoh
[Transition 3]
Eb
It's been 10 months sober, I must admit

Ab
Just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss it

Eb
10 months older, I won't give in

Ab
Now that I'm clean I'm never gonna risk it

Eb       Bb                       Cm    Ab
  The drought was the very worst

Eb           Bb               Cm            Ab
  When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst
[Chorus]
 Eb          Bb     Cm
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning

  Ab                           Eb
That's when I could finally breathe

        Bb       Cm                        Ab                     Eb
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally the

 Eb          Bb     Cm
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning

  Ab                           Eb
That's when I could finally breathe

        Bb       Cm                        Ab                     Eb
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean, but then you said
[Transition 4]
Eb             Bb
I want you for worse or for better

Ab
I would wait forever and ever

Eb                     Bb
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together

Ab
I would wait forever and ever

Eb                  Bb
And that's how it works, it's

                Ab               Eb
How you get the girl,     ohohoh

                  Bb
And that's how it works, it's

                Ab
How you get the girl, ohohoh
[Transition 5]
Eb
It's been 10 months sober, I must admit

Ab
Just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss him

Eb
10 months older, I won't give in

Ab
Now that I'm clean I'm never gonna risk it
[Transition 6]
                   Bb
That's how you get clean, ohohoh

                 Ab         Eb
That's how you get clean,       yeah

                  Bb
And that's how you get clean, yeah

                    Eb    Bb   Cm
I think I'm finally clean

Ab                    Eb
I said I think I'm finally clean