Opalite
Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl, 2025
Writers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback
Producers: Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift
Label: Republic
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Cmaj7
D/F#
I had a bad
Cmaj7
habit
of
D/F#
missing lovers
Cmaj7
past.
My
D/F#
brother used to
Cmaj7
call
it
“
D/F#
eating out of the
Em
trash,”
it’s never gonna
D/F#
last.
I thought my house was
Cmaj7
haunted,
I
D/F#
used to live with
Cmaj7
ghosts.
And
D/F#
all the perfect
Cmaj7
couples
said, “
D/F#
when you know, you
Em
now,”
and, “when you don’t, you
D/F#
don’t.”
And
Cmaj7
all of the foes, and all of the friends,
D/F#
(ha
ha)
have
Cmaj7
seen it before, they’ll see it again,
D/F#
(ha
ha)
Cmaj7
life is a song, it ends when it ends,
D/F#
I was
Em
wrong.
D/F#
But my mama told me, “
G
It’s
alright,
you were dancin’ through the
Em
lightnin’
strikes,
sleepless in the
Am
onyx
night,
but now the sky is
D
opalite.
(oh-oh, oh, oh, oh)
G
Here we are,
never met no one like
Em
you
bеfore,
you had to make your
Am
own
sunshine
but now thе sky is
D
opalite.”
(oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
You couldn’t under
Cmaj7
stand
it,
D/F#
why you felt a
Cmaj7
lone.
You were in it
Cmaj7
for real –
D/F#
she was in her phone
and
Em
you were just a pose.
And don’t we try to
D/F#
love love?
Cmaj7
(love
love)
We
D/F#
give it all we
Cmaj7
got. (give it all we got)
You
D/F#
finally left the
Cmaj7
table (uh uh)
and
D/F#
what a simple
Cmaj7
thought,
you’re
Em
starvin’ ’til you’re
D/F#
not.
And
Cmaj7
all of the foes and all of the friends,
D/F#
(ha
ha)
have
Cmaj7
messed up before, they’ll mess up again
D/F#
(ha
ha)
Cmaj7
life is a song, it ends when it ends,
D/F#
you move
Em
on…
D/F#
And that’s when I told you, “
G
It’s
alright,
you were dancin’ through the
Em
lightnin’
strikes,
sleepless in the
Am
onyx
night,
but now the sky is
D
opalite.
(oh-oh, oh, oh, oh)
G
Here we are,
never met no one like
Em
you
bеfore,
you had to make your
Am
own
sunshine
but now thе sky is
D
opalite.”
(oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
G
This is just
a storm inside a
Em
teacup,
but shelter here with
Am
me, my love.
Thunder like a
D
drum
–
this life will beat you up, up, up, up.
G
This is just
a temporary
Em
speed
bump,
but failure brings you
Am
freedom
and I can bring you
D
love, love, love, love. (love)
Don’t you sweat it, baby, “
G
it’s
alright,
you were dancin’ through the
Em
lightnin’
strikes,
sleepless in the
Am
onyx
night,
but now the sky is
D
opalite.
(oh-oh, oh, oh, oh)
G
Here we are,
never met no one like
Em
you
bеfore,
you had to make your
Am
own
sunshine
but now thе sky is
D
opalite.”
(oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)