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Should Have Known Better by Sufjan Stevens - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            The chords might seem a bit convoluted, let's say it's an approximation.
Try playing around with the bass notes, or your own preferred chord shapes.

Capo VII

Suggested fingerings:

Dm      x0323x
Fmaj7/A x03210
G/B     x2003x
F/C     x3321x
F6      1302xx

Fmaj7/C x33210
G6/B    x20030
F       1332xx
G6      320030


[Intro]

Am  D  C  Fmaj7/A  G/B  F6


[Verse]

Am                        D
I should have known better
                    C
To see what I could see
         Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
                 G/B
Holding down my feelings
                   F6
A pillar for my enemies

Am                        D
I should have wrote a letter
                             C
And grieve what I happen to grieve
          Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
                  G/B
I never trust my feelings
                     F6
I waited for the remedy


[Chorus]

Dm           F/C                 G/B
When I was three, three maybe four
                    F6           ( F/A - G/B ) C
She left us at that video store
      G            F6            ( F/A - G/B ) C
Be my rest, be my fantasy
      G            F6            
Be my rest, be my fantasy


[Verse]

Am                        D
I'm light as a feather
                         C
I'm bright as the Oregon breeze
         Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
                 G/B
Frightened by my feelings
                    F6
I only want to be a relief

Am                        D
No, I'm not a go-getter
                         C
The demon had a spell on me
         Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
               G/B
Captain of my feelings
                          F6
The only thing I want to believe


[Chorus]

Dm           F/C                 G/B
When I was three, and free to explore
                    F6           ( F/A - G/B ) C
I saw her face on the back of the door
      G            F6            ( F/A - G/B ) C
Be my rest, be my fantasy
      G            F6            
Be my rest, be my fantasy


[Instrumental]

C        Fmaj/C  G6/B   C G6/B   
Fmaj/A   Fmaj7   G6     Am7 G6/B


[Verse]

C                       Fmaj7/C
I should have known better
                G6/B
Nothing can be changed
                      C  
The past is still the past
    G6/B              Fmaj/A
The bridge to nowhere
                       Fmaj7       G6
I should've wrote a letter
                  Am7          G6/B  
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling


C          Fmaj7/C
Don't back down, 
                G6/B
concentrate on seeing
                    C
The breakers in the bar
    G6/B                Fmaj/A
the neighbor's greeting
                       Fmaj7       G6
My brother had a daughter
                  Am7          G6/B  
The beauty that she brings, illumination


C           Fmaj7/C
Don't back down, 
                 G6/B
there is nothing left
                    C
The breakers in the bar, 
    G6/B              Fmaj/A
no reason to live
                       Fmaj7       G6
I'm a fool in the fetter
                  Am7          G6/B  
Rose of Aaron's beard, where you can reach me


C          Fmaj7/C
Don't back down: 
                G6/B
nothing can be changed
           C
Cantilever bridge, 
    G6/B             Fmaj/A
the drunken sailor
                   Fmaj7       G6
My brother had a daughter
                     C        G6/B       Fmaj7  G6        F 
The beauty that she brings, illumination,     illumination
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