Taylor Swift - 22 - Chord

Key D major – B minor Chords D, C, G Difficulty already in its easiest key

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G D C D

G               D               C              D
It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters
G                   D    C     D
And make fun of our exes, uh uh uh uh
G               D               C               D
It feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight
G               D              C     D
To fall in love with strangers uh uh uh uh


G       D
Yeaaaah
        C            D                        G        D
We're happy free confused and lonely at the same time
        C            D      G       D
It's miserable and magical oh yeah
        C            D                          G    D
Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines,
   C      D
it's time uh uh



G        D                 C          D
I don't know about you but im feeling 22
G               D          C              D
Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you
G         D                C          D
You don't know about me but I bet you want to
G               D            C              D                
Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 
G D C D
22     22


G                       D      
It seems like one of those nights
C              D        
This place is too crowded 
G        D        C    D
too many cool kids uh uh uh uh 
G                       D
It seems like one of those nights
C             D          C          D         C          D
We ditch the whole scene and end up dreaming instead of sleeping



G   D
Yeaaaah
       C          D                        G       D
We're happy free confused and lonely in the best way
     C              D      G      D
It's miserable and magical oh yeah
   C                      D                    G         D       C    D
Tonight's the night when we forget about the heartbreaks, it's time uh uh



G        D                 C          D
I don't know about you but im feeling 22
G               D          C              D
Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you
G         D                C          D
You don't know about me but I bet you want to
G               D            C              D                
Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 
G D C D
22   22
G D C D
I don't know about you, 22, 22



G               D
It feels like one of those nights
C               D
We ditch the whole scene
G               D
It feels like one of those nights
C               D
We won't be sleeping
G               D
It feels like one of those nights
C               D        G      D        C        D
You look like bad news I gotta have you, I gotta have you



G        D                 C          D
I don't know about you but im feeling 22
G               D          C              D
Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you
G         D                C          D
You don't know about me but I bet you want to
G               D            C              D                
Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 
G D C D
22 , 22
G D C D
Dancing like 22, yeah, 22, yeah yeah



G               D
It feels like one of those nights
C               D
We ditch the whole scene
G               D
It feels like one of those nights
C               D
We won't be sleeping
G               D
It feels like one of those nights

C               D       G      D        C        D
You look like bad news I gotta have you, I gotta have you

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Taylor Swift - 22 Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Taylor Swift – 22: key and chord analysis

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

Major view

D major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = C# (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = G (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

B minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

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

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the D major side because it comes to rest on D and D is heard 84 times while Bm never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from B minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to D or to Bm; 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 D major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	D	Tonic — home	D · F# · A	84×
ii	Em	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · B	—
iii	F#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	F# · A · C#	—
III	F#	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	F# · A# · C#	—
IV	G	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · B · D	41×
V	A	Dominant — strongest pull home	A · C# · E	—
vi	Bm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	B · D · F#	—
bVII	C	bVII — borrowed (Mixolydian / parallel minor)borrowed chord	C · E · G	43×
vii°	C#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	C# · E · G	—

Seen from B minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Bm	Tonic — home	B · D · F#	—
bII	C	Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord	C · E · G	43×
ii°	C#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G	—
III	D	Relative major — the bright side	D · F# · A	84×
iv	Em	Subdominant — moves away from home	E · G · B	—
v	F#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	F# · A · C#	—
V	F#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	F# · A# · C#	—
VI	G	Submediant — warm colour	G · B · D	41×
VII	A	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	A · C# · E	—

Analysis

The key pair is D major and its relative B minor (2 sharps). 3 different chords appear 168 times in total; 2 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. C is borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

C D DbVII → IbVII → I BmbII → III ×43
G D DIV → Iplagal cadence BmVI → III ×41

The move to watch is C → D, heard 43 times. From the D side it reads bVII → I (bVII → I: a rock / Mixolydian arrival); from the Bm side it is bII → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

D major pentatonic and B minor pentatonic are the same five notes (D – E – F# – A – B): start from D for a brighter phrase, from B for a bluesier one.
Over D, land on D, F#, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over C, land on C, E, G — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over G, land on G, B, D — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
On C, follow the chord's notes (C · E · G) rather than the key's scale — it's a borrowed colour.

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 D major shapes

No capo — open D shapes
Capo 2 + C shapes
Capo 5 + A shapes

With B minor shapes

Capo 2 + Am shapes
Capo 7 + Em shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

The song is already written in its easiest key for guitar.

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is G; the ear learns where home is within a second. D, C, G carry the song: I–bVII–IV relative to D, III–bII–VI relative to Bm. C briefly darkens the picture: bvii — borrowed (mixolydian / parallel minor). Keep an ear on C → D (bVII → I in D, bII → III in Bm): bVII → I — a rock / Mixolydian arrival. It closes on D, letting the D side have the last word.

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.