3 2 1 2 (31)
Her name was Kit-ty.

3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 (42)
Made her mon-ey be-ing pret-ty and wit-ty.

4 4 4 4 5 1 1 2 3
They gave her the keys to this cit-y,

3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 2          1
then they said she did-n’t do it le-git-ly, uh.

3 2 1 2 (31)
I bought a tick-et.

2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 (42)
She’s danc-ing in her gar-ters and fish-nets.

4 3 4 3 4 3 1 2 3
Fif-ty in the cast, ze-ro mis-steps.

3 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 2
Look-ing back, I guess it was Kis-met.

3 2 1
I

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wait-ed by the stage door,

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packed in with the au-to-graph hounds bark-ing her name.

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Then glow-ing like the end of a cig-a-rette,

1 1 3 1
wow, she came out.

5 5 5 3′ 2′ 1′ (42)
I said, “You’re liv-ing my dream.”

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Then she said to me,

(31)  3 2 3 2 3 2 1 (42)
“Hey,  thank you for the love-ly bou-quet.

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You’re sweet-er than a peach.

5 5 1′ 1′ 5 5 5 5 3′ (1’6) 2′ 1′ 2′
But you don’t know the life of a show-girl, babe,

5 5 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ (31)
and you’re nev-er, ev-er gon-na. Wait.

1 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 (42)
The more you play, the more that you pay.

4 4 3 4 3 4 4
You’re soft-er than a kit-ten,

5 5 1′ 1′ 5 5 5 5 3′ (1’6) 2′ 1′ 2′
so you don’t know the life of a show-girl, babe,

5 5 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′
and you’re nev-er gon-na wan-na.”

6 5 4 5 (64)
She was a men-ace,

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the ba-by of the fam-‘ly in Len-ox.

2 6# 6 6# 6 6# 6 4 5 (64)
Her fath-er whored a-round like all men did,

4 6 5 6 6 5 4 6 (52)
Her moth-er took pills and played ten-nis.

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So she wait-ed by the stage door,

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as the club pro-mo-ter ar-rived.

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She said, “I’d sell my soul

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to have a taste of a mag-nif-i-cent life,

1 6 (42)
that’s all mine.”

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But that’s not what show-girls get.

4′ 6′ 5′ 4′ 5′
They leave us for dead.

(31)  3 2 3 2 3 2 1 (42)
“Hey, thank you for the love-ly bou-quet.

4 4 3 4 3 4
You’re sweet-er than a peach.

5 5 1′ 1′ 5 5 5 5 3′ (1’6) 2′ 1′ 2′
But you don’t know the life of a show-girl, babe,

5 5 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ (31)
and you’re nev-er, ev-er gon-na. Wait.

1 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 (42)
The more you play, the more that you pay.

4 4 3 4 3 4 4
You’re soft-er than a kit-ten,

5 5 1′ 1′ 5 5 5 5 3′ (1’6) 2′ 1′ 2′
so you don’t know the life of a show-girl, babe,

5 5 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ 4′ 3’
and you’re nev-er gon-na wan-na.”

3 3 3 3 1 1 1
I took her pearls of wis-dom,

3 3 3 1 1
hung them from my neck.

4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4
I paid my dues with ev-‘ry bruise.

4 4 4 5 4 3
I knew what to ex-pect.

1 1 3 3 3 2 1         3 3 3 3 3 2 1
Do you wan-na take a skate on the ice in-side my veins?

1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
They ripped me off like false lash-es

3 4 4 5 4 (31)
and then threw me a-way.

5 5 5 3′ 3′ 2′ 1′ 4           4 4 3 1
And all the head-shots on the walls of the dance hall

1 1 2 3 1      5 5 5 3′ 3′ 2′ 1′ 2′ 1′ (641) 1′
are of the bitch-es who wish I’d hur-ry up and die.

5# 5# 6# 1′ 5# 5 (31) 4 3
But I’m im-mor-tal now, ba-by dolls.

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I couldn’t if I tried… So I say,

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“Thank you for the love-ly bou-quet.

1 4 3 4 3 4 3
I’m mar-ried to the hus-tle,

5 5 1′ 1′ 5 5 5 5 3′ (1’6) 2′ 1′ 2′
and now I know the life of a show-girl, babe,

5 5 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ (31)
and I’ll nev-er know an-oth-er. Pain

3 2 3 2 3 2 1 (42)
hid-den by the lip-stick and lace,

4 3 4 3 4 4
se-quins are for-ev-er.

5 5 1′ 1′ 5 5 5 5 3′ (1’6) 2′ 1′ 2′
And now i know the life of a show-girl, babe.

5 5 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ (3’1′)
Wouldn’t have it an-y oth-er way.”

1′ 2′ 3′ 2′
Oh.

5 5 5 5 5 4 4 1
Thank you for the love-ly bou-quet.

5 5 4′ 3′ 4′ 3′ 4′ 3’ (1’53)
Would-n’t have it an-y oth-er way.

5 5 5 5 5 4 3 (42)
Thank you for the love-ly bou-quet.

1 2 3
Hey, Kit-ty.

5 5 5 5 5 4 3 (42)
Thank you for the love-ly bou-quet.

3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 1
Now I make my mon-ey be-ing pret-ty and wit-ty.

5 5 5 5 6 3 3 3 2 1
Thank you for the love-ly bou-quet.

• Artist: Taylor Swift
• Kalimba Brand: Chill Angels

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How To Read The Tabs

SOLFEGE	DO	RE	MI	FA	SO	LA	TI
Letter Notes	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
Number Notes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

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-Notes inside a parentheses (ex: (135) ) are played together (slide/glissando)
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