Misc Musicals – Beetlejuice - What I Know Now (Guitar)

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[INTRO] Em C [VERSE]
B7    Em
I was hot

  G
I went to parties a lot  Y'know?

      Am
I was driving Lamborghinis

Bbm
Sipping super-dry martinis

               C                 B7
In the tiniest bikinis on a yacht
[VERSE]
            Em
But I was depressed

      G
Also completely obsessed

     Am
An unhappy beauty queen

A#m
Who dreamed to be Miss Argentina

      B7
I had such low self-esteem
I was a mess
     Am
So I gave it all up for the netherworld

          Em
I've been here forever, girl

D
If I was more clever, girl

G
I would've stuck it out

B7
Knowing what life's about
[BRIDGE]
Am
Pain and joy and suffering

G
Failing but recovering

F#m
I'll tell you another thing

Bm               C
Everyone here is alone

   Bm7
So if you are breathing

B7
Go home!
[CHORUS]
Em
If I knew then

     B7
What I know now

                                               Em
I would have looked within and let love in somehow

Em
If I only knew

    Am         Em
The truth back then

  B7
I wouldn't have had my little "accident"
[INTRO] Em E B7 [VERSE]
B7       Em
Don't be blind

G
You left your whole life behind

Am
See a shrink, Call a priest

Bbm
Ask the recently deceased

         C                               B7
Death is final and you cannot press rewind

Am
Don't jump when the light is red

Em
Toasters should be used for bread

D
Never smoke cigars in bed

G                               B7
Nietzsche was right, y'know, to live is to suffer, bro

Am
Don't cheat on the one you wed

G
Never whip a thoroughbred

B7
Angry pygmys shrunk his head

B7                       C
Why did it take death to see

B7
Happiness was up to me?
[CHORUS]
Em
If I knew then

            B7
What I know now
I would've laughed and danced
                        Em
And lanced every sacred cow
I thought I knew
          Am
But I was wrong

       B7
'Cause life is short

                   Em
But death is super long
I exploded! [INSTRUMENTAL] A#7 D#m7 G#m A#m B7 E B C7 [CHORUS]
   Fm
If I knew then (If I knew)

     C7
What I know now

C7
I would've crossed every line
And drank all the wine
 Fm
Before my final bow

F
If I knew (If I knew)

                A#m   C
The things that now I know

C7
I would ride the highs and cherish the lows
Going, it's a quick trick 'round the rodeo
   C                                                      C7
So before they lower the curtain, be certain to enjoy the show

              Fm
That's what I know!
Life is short but death is long
D#
Here, one minute then it's gone

C#
Thought I knew but I was wrong

                      F   Fm
If I only knew what I know now!