"Eldest Daughter" Guitar Chords | Taylor Swift

Oct 10, 2025

2 min read

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Difficulty: Beginner (easy)

No Capo

Swifties, it’s time to grab your guitar and channel your inner Showgirl ❤️‍🔥 because we’re diving track 5 from The Life Of A Showgirl: Eldest Daughter Guitar Chords

Eldest Daughter Guitar Chords and Lesson (exactly how Taylor plays it)

In this post, I’ll walk you through:

Eldest Daughter guitar chords (exactly how Taylor would play them)

The strumming pattern that she would play on the acoustic set

(Scroll down for the chords and playthrough!)

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Scroll down for the full breakdown, or jump straight into the video lesson below! 👇

https://youtu.be/cIborV0mR3Q

Watch my YouTube guitar tutorial for "Eldest Daughter" guitar chords!

Eldest Daughter Guitar Chords

The Eldest Daughter Guitar Chords = 5 easy chords that Taylor would play on the acoustic set!

Am guitar chord
C major guitar chord
G major guitar chord chart
D major guitar chord chart
Em guitar chord chart

Strumming Pattern

The guitar in Eldest Daughter doesn't truly come into the mix until the second verse, but based on the rhythm, I feel like Taylor would most definitely use this pattern during the first half:

D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DU (that’s 8 down strums + 1 up strum) for each chord.

When the guitar comes strumming into the second verse, this pattern below is exactly what you're hearing and I feel like Taylor would most likely play it like this on the acoustic set!

D--------D--UDU-D-D-DU (that's down, rest.....down, up, down, up, down, down, down, up) per chord