Taylor Swift - Loml - Chord

Key C major – A minor Chords G, Am, F, C, Dm Easy key G (capo 5)

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C  Am  G  F

C                        Am                           G
Who's gonna stop us from waltzing back into rekindled flames
      G
If we know the steps anyway
C                  Am                         G
We embroidered the memories of the time I was away
           G
Stitching: We were just kids, babe
F                     Am
I said: I don't mind, it takes time
  G                G
I thought I was better safe than starry eyed
F              Am        G            G
I felt a glow like this, never before and never since

C                  Am
If you know it in one glimpse, it's legendary
G
You and I go from one kiss to getting married
C                    Am
Still alivе, killing time at the cemеtery
 G
Never quite buried

                  F                   Am
And your suit and tie, in the nick of time
             G                  G
You low down boy, you stand up guy
      F                 Am                   G
Holy ghost, you told me I'm the love of your life
G                        C    Am
Said I'm the love of your life
G               F
About a million times

C                        Am
Who's gonna tell me the truth when you blew in with the winds of
G
Fate
G
And told me I reformed you
C                       Am                                    G
When your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakes
               G
Well, you took me to hell too
F                Am
And all at once, the ink bleeds
G                 G
A con man sells a fool a get love quick scheme
F                  Am    G           G
I felt a hole like this, never before and ever since

C                  Am
If you know it in one glimpse, it's legendary
G
What we thought was for all time was momentary
C                    Am
Still alivе, killing time at the cemеtery
 G                 G
Never quite buried

          F                Am
You cinephile in black and white
           G                G
All those plot twists and dynamite
                    F                 Am
Mister Steal Your Girl, then make her cry
                         G     G
Said I'm the love of your life

Dm                           C
You shit talked me under the table
                          F
Talking rings and talking cradles
                    G                        Dm
I wish I could unrecall how we almost had it all
                        C
Dancing phantoms on the terrace
                        F
Are they second hand embarrassed
                         G
That I can't get out of bed
                              C
'Cause something counterfeit's dead

Am                F
It was legendary
G                 C
It was momentary
Am
It was unnecessary
F
Should've let it stay buried

G                  F
Oh, what a valiant roar
                  Am
What a bland goodbye
           G                G
The coward claimed he was a lion
             F                   Am
I'm combing through the braids of lies
            G           G
I'll never leave, never mind
               F                 Am
Our field of dreams engulfed in fire
               G                 G
Your arson's match, your somber eyes
                 F          Am
And I'll still see until I die
                        G       G
You're the loss of my life

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Harmony analysis

Taylor Swift – Loml: key and chord analysis

The song opens on C and ends on G. Its chords belong to both C major and Am, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

C major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = B (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = F (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

A minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = F (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = G (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: we can't honestly pick a side here — the song moves freely between C major and A minor because it opens on C and Am is heard 24 times against 14 for C. Try reading the chords both ways and see which feels more like home to you.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to C or to Am; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from C major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	C	Tonic — home	C · E · G	14×
ii	Dm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	D · F · A	2×
iii	Em	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	E · G · B	—
V/vi	E	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Amsecondary dominant	E · G# · B	—
IV	F	Subdominant — moves away from home	F · A · C	18×
V	G	Dominant — strongest pull home	G · B · D	43×
vi	Am	Relative minor — the melancholy side	A · C · E	24×
vii°	Bdim	Leading-tone chord — tension	B · D · F	—

Seen from A minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Am	Tonic — home	A · C · E	24×
ii°	Bdim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F	—
III	C	Relative major — the bright side	C · E · G	14×
iv	Dm	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F · A	2×
v	Em	Minor dominant — soft pull	E · G · B	—
V	E	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	E · G# · B	—
VI	F	Submediant — warm colour	F · A · C	18×
VII	G	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	G · B · D	43×

Analysis

The key pair is C major and its relative A minor (no sharps or flats). 5 different chords appear 101 times in total; 5 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Everything stays inside one scale, which is why the song is easy to follow by ear.

Chord movement

F Am CIV → vi AmVI → iVI → i ×12
G C CV → Iauthentic cadence AmVII → III ×9
F G CIV → VIV → V AmVI → VIIVI → VII ×4
F C CIV → Iplagal cadence AmVI → III ×2

The move to watch is F → Am, heard 12 times. From the C side it reads IV → vi; from the Am side it is VI → i (VI → i: falls a half step into home). Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

C major pentatonic and A minor pentatonic are the same five notes (C – D – E – G – A): start from C for a brighter phrase, from A for a bluesier one.
Over G, land on G, B, D — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Am, land on A, C, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over F, land on F, A, C — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With C major shapes

No capo — open C shapes
Capo 3 + A shapes
Capo 5 + G shapes

With A minor shapes

No capo — open Am shapes
Capo 5 + Em shapes
Capo 7 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones down · capo 5 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on C, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The chords that keep coming back are G, Am, F, C; read them as V–vi–IV–I in C or VII–i–VI–III in Am. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on F → Am (IV → vi in C, VI → i in Am): VI → i — falls a half step into home. The final chord is G; the ear comes to rest in C.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.