Key: :[] (w: Taylor Swift) (BPM: 121)
It follows the chord progression of C2–G5–D5–C2–D5

INTRO:
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh [E] [B] [F#] [G#m] [E] [B] [F#]
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh [E] [B] [F#] [G#m] [E] [B] [F#]

VERSE 1:
[E] You were in [B] college working [F#] part-time, [G#m] waiting tables
[E] Left a [B] small town [F#] never looked back
[E] I was a [B] flight risk [F#] with a [G#m] fear of falling
[E] wondering why we [B] bother with [F#] love if it never lasts

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[E] [B] I [F#] say can you believe it?
[E] [B] [F#] As we're lying on the [E] couch[B]
The [F#] moment I could see it
[E] yes, [B] yes, [F#] I can see it now

CHORUS 1:
[E] Do you remember we were [B] sitting there by the water
[F#] You put your arm around [G#m] me for the [F#] first time
[E] You made a rebel of a [B] careless man's careful daughter
[F#] You are the best thing [G#m] that's ever [F#] been mine [E]

VERSE 2:
[E] Flash [B] forward and we're [F#] taking on the [G#m] world together
[E] And there's a [B] drawer of [F#] my things at your place
[E] You learned my [B] secrets and you [F#] figure out [G#m] why I'm guarded?
[E] You say we'll [B] never make my [F#] parents' mistakes

PRE-CHORUS 2:
[E] [B] [F#] We got bills to pay
[E] [B] [F#] We got nothing figured [E] out[B] [F#]
When it was hard to take, [E] yes [B] yes
[F#] This is what I thought about

CHORUS 2:
[E] Do you remember we were [B] sitting there by the water
[F#] You put your arm around [G#m] me for the [F#] first time
[E] You made a rebel of a [B] careless man's careful daughter
[F#] You are the best thing [G#m] that's ever [F#] been mine

CHORUS 3:
[E] Do you remember all the [B] city lights on the water
[F#] You saw me start to be[G#m] lieve for the [F#] first time
[E] You made a rebel of a [B] careless man's careful daughter
[F#] You are the best thing [G#m] that's ever [F#] been mine

BREAK: [E] [B] [F#] / [E] [B] [F#]

BRIDGE:
And I re-[G#m]-member that fight, 2-[E]-30 AM
'Cause [F#] everything was slipping right out of our hands
[G#m] I ran out crying and you [E] followed me out into the [F#] street

PRE-CHORUS 4:
[E] [B] Brace my-[F#]-self for the goodbye
[E] [B] Cause that's [F#] all I've ever known
[E] [B] And [F#] you took me by surprise
[E] [B] You said I'll [F#] never leave you a-[E]-lone

CHORUS 4:
You said,[E] "I remember how we [B] felt sittin' by the water
[F#] And every time I look at [G#m] you, it's like the [F#] first time
[E] I fell in love with a [B] careless man's careful daughter
[F#] She is the best thing that's ever been mine [E]

OUTRO:
[E] Hold on, [B] make it last
[F#] Hold on, [G#m] never turn [F#] back
[E] You made a rebel of a [B] careless man's careful daughter
[F#] You are the best thing that's ever been m[E] ine[B] [F#]
([E] Yeah, [B] yeah) [F#] Do you believe it?
([E] Yeah, [B] yeah [F#] hey) we’re gonna make it now
([E] Yeah, [B] yeah [F#] hey) and I can see it
[E] Yeah, [B] yeah [F#] (And I can see it now, see it now, see it now)