Father Figure
Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl, 2025
Writers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback, George Michael
Producers: Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift
Label: Republic
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Em When I Bmfound you, you were Cyoung, wayward, Glost in the cold,
Em pulled up tBmo you in the CJag’, turned your Grags into gold.
Em The winBmding roadC leads toG the chateau –Em
“you remBmind me of a younCger me,”
I Cmsaw potential…
G I’ll be your father figure,
Gmaj7 switch up my mood quicker,
C I can make deals and just break ‘em because my Dpride’s bigger.
G This love is pure profit,
Gmaj7 just step into my office,
C I dry your tears with my sleeve. D
Leave it with Gme, I protect the Gmaj7family,
leave it with Cme, I protect the family…
Em I pay the Bmcheck before it kCisses the maGhogany grain,
Em said, “they Bmwanna see you Crise, they don’t Gwant you to reign.”
Em I showed Bm you all C the tGricks of the trade,
Em all I asBmked for is your Cloyalty,
my dear protégé.
G I’ll be your father figure,
Gmaj7 switch up my mood quicker,
C I can make deals and just break ‘em because my Dpride’s bigger.
G This love is pure profit,
Gmaj7 just step into my office,
C they’ll know your name in the stAmreets.
LDeave it with Gme,
I protect the family.
Am I sawD a change in yG/Bou.
(I saw a change, Csaw a change in you)
My dear Amboy –
they don’t make Dloyalty like they Bmused to.
Em(not like they used to)
Am Your thoughtless ambition Dsparked the ignition
on foolish deGcisions, which led to misguided Cvisions
that to fulfill your Amdreams
you had to get rid of Bme…
I protect the family.
G I was your father figure,
Gmaj7 switched up our moods quicker,
C you made a deal and just broke it – turns out my Dpride’s bigger.
G You want a fight? You found it,
Gmaj7 I got the place surrounded,
C you’ll be swimmin’ with the fishes til suddenly you’re drownin’.
A Whose portrait’s on the mantel?
Amaj7 Who covered up your scandals?
D Mistake my kindness for weakness and find your Ecard cancelled.
A I was your father figure,
Amaj7 you crossed the wrong river –
D this empire belongs to me.
Leave it with Ame, I protect the Amaj7family,
leave it with Dme, I protect the family,
Eleave it with Ame…
“You know, Amaj7 you remind me of a Dyounger me,”
I Bmsaw potenEtialA…