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You Need To Calm Down

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[Intro]
|   D|   D|   G|   G|
[Verse 1]
DYou are somebody that I don't know
But you're Dtakin' shots at me like it's Patrón
And I'm just like "GDamn, it's 7 a.Gm."
DSay it in the street, that's a knock-out
But you Dsay it in a tweet, that's a cop-out
And I'm just like "GHey, are you oGkay?"
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And DI ain't tryna mess with your self-expression but I've learned the lesDson
That stressin' and obsessin' 'bout somebody else is no Gfun
      AN.C.
And snakes and stones never broke my bones
[Chorus]
So Doh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Doh-oh
You need to calm Gdown, you're being too Gloud
And I'm just like Doh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Doh-oh
You need to just sGtop, like can you just Gnot step on my gown?
You need to calm DdownD  
[Verse 2]
DYou are somebody that we don't know
But you're Dcomin' at my friends like a missile
Why are you Gmad, when you could be GGLAAD? (You could be GLAAD)
DSunshine on the street at the parade
But Dyou would rather be in the dark ages
Makin' that sGign, must've taken all Gnight
[Pre-Chorus 2]
DYou just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peaDce
And control your urges to scream about all the people you Ghate
         AN.C.
'Cause shade never made anybody less gay
[Chorus]
So Doh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Doh-oh
You need to calm Gdown, you're being too Gloud
And I'm just like Doh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Doh-oh
You need to just sGtop, like can you just Gnot step on his gown?
You need to calm Ddown
[Bridge]
And we see you over there on the internet
  DComparing all the girls who are killin' it
  GBut we figured you out, we all know Gnow
           N.C.
We all got crowns, you need to calm down
[Chorus]
N.C.
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
You need to calm Gdown (You need to calm down)
You're being too Gloud (You're being too loud)
And I'm just like Doh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Doh-oh
You need to just sGtop (Can you stop?)
Like can you just Gnot step on our gowns?
You need to calm Ddown

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You Need To Calm Down

by Taylor Swift

Lyrics & chords · Original key

[Intro]

D D G G

| | | | |

[Verse 1]

You are somebody that I don't know

But you're takin' shots at me like it's Patrón

G G

And I'm just like "Damn, it's 7 a.m."

Say it in the street, that's a knock-out

But you say it in a tweet, that's a cop-out

G G

And I'm just like "Hey, are you okay?"

[Pre-Chorus 1]

D D

And I ain't tryna mess with your self-expression but I've learned the lesson

That stressin' and obsessin' 'bout somebody else is no fun

N.C.

And snakes and stones never broke my bones

[Chorus]

D D

So oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

G G

You need to calm down, you're being too loud

D D

And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

G G

You need to just stop, like can you just not step on my gown?

D D

You need to calm down

[Verse 2]

You are somebody that we don't know

But you're comin' at my friends like a missile

G G

Why are you mad, when you could be GLAAD? (You could be GLAAD)

Sunshine on the street at the parade

But you would rather be in the dark ages

G G

Makin' that sign, must've taken all night

[Pre-Chorus 2]

D D

You just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace

And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate

N.C.

'Cause shade never made anybody less gay

[Chorus]

D D

So oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

G G

You need to calm down, you're being too loud

D D

And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

G G

You need to just stop, like can you just not step on his gown?

You need to calm down

[Bridge]

And we see you over there on the internet

Comparing all the girls who are killin' it

G G

But we figured you out, we all know now

N.C.

We all got crowns, you need to calm down

[Chorus]

N.C.

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to calm down (You need to calm down)

You're being too loud (You're being too loud)

D D

And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to just stop (Can you stop?)

Like can you just not step on our gowns?

You need to calm down

About You Need To Calm Down Chords by Taylor Swift

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