Invisible String Tab

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The melody of this tab is based on a performance of co-writer Aaron Dessner playing the unreleased song "Stella" on Instagram Live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZJjNOZQm8 at 26:26), which later became Invisble String.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	D
Capo:	no capo
Author dickbuttmylife [a] 55.
1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 26, 2021
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[Intro]
 
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D|-5---------------4---------------2--------------------4------4--| x2
A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
 
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A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Green was the color of the grass
Where I used to read at Centennial Park
 
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G|-----4------4--------2------2--------4------4-----------0---0-0-|
D|-5---------------4---------------2--------------------4------4--|
A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
I used to think I would meet somebody there
 
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A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Teal was the color of your shirt
When you were sixteen at the yogurt shop
 
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You used to work at to make a little money
 
[Chorus]
 
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A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Time, curious time
Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs
 
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D|-----7------7--------7------7--------5------5--------5------5--|
A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Were there clues I didn't see?
 
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A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
And isn't it just so pretty to think
All along there 
 
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A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
was some
Invisible string
Tying you to
 
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B|-------3---3-3---------3---3-3---------0---0-0------------3-----|
G|-----4------4--------4------4--------4------4-----------0---0-0-|
D|-5---------------4---------------2--------------------4------4--|
A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
me?
 
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G|-----4------4--------4------4--------4------4-----------0---0-0-|
D|-5---------------4---------------2--------------------4------4--|
A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
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A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bad was the blood of the song in the cab
On your first trip to LA
 
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
You ate at my favorite spot for dinner
 
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A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip
Getting lunch down by the Lakes
 
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
She said I looked like an American singer
 
 
[Chorus]
 
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A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Time, mystical time
Cutting me open, then healing me fine
 
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D|-----7------7--------7------7--------5------5--------5------5--|
A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Were there clues I didn't see?
 
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D|-----7------7--------7------7--------5------5--------5------5--|
A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
And isn't it just so pretty to think
All along there 
 
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D|-----7------7--------7------7--------5------5--------5------5--|
A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
was some
Invisible string
Tying you to
 
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B|-------3---3-3---------3---3-3---------0---0-0------------3-----|
G|-----4------4--------4------4--------4------4-----------0---0-0-|
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A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
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me?
 
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
A string that pulled me
 
[Bridge]
 
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Out of all the wrong arms, right into that dive bar
 
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Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire
 
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chains around my demons
Wool to brave the 
 
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
seasons
One single thread of gold
Tied me to
 
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you
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
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Cold was the steel of my axe to grind
For the boys who broke my heart
 
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Now I send their babies presents
 
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A|--------------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gold was the color of the leaves
When I showed you around Centennial Park
 
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Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven
 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Time, wondrous time
Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies
 
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
And it's cool
Baby, with me
 
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
And isn't it just so pretty to think
All along there was 
 
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D|-----7------7--------7------7--------5------5--------5------5--|
A|-5---------------5---------------7---------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
some
Invisible string
Tying you to 
 
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B|-------5---5-5---------5---5-5---------3---3-3----------3---3-3-|
G|-----5------5--------5------5--------4------4---------2------2--|
D|-7---------------7---------------5----------------0-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
me?
 
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D|-7---------------7---------------5----------------0-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
 
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D|-7---------------7---------------5----------------0-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Me
 
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
 
[Outro]
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
(Ah-ah-ah)
 
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
(Ah-ah-ah)
 
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
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Invisible String – Taylor Swift
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sick name dude!
i just noticed part of the intro kinda sounds like love story
the most accurate tab on here!!