Anti-Hero

How to play Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift on guitar

Anti-Hero is a great beginner play-along because the groove stays steady and the progression feels easy to lock into once you hear the pattern. You get a strong, upbeat pulse in C# minor, so it feels satisfying even when you keep the shapes simple.

You can lean on the open shapes E and A to keep things comfortable, but the harder changes come when you move into B and C#m. The main thing to watch is the shift from the open chord feel into the barre shapes, especially when the progression circles back through E - B - C#m - A.

Start by looping the opening progression slowly, one clean change at a time. Then practice the barre moves separately until your hand stays relaxed, and finally bring the whole song up to tempo by playing along with the steady beat.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.