Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better (Guitar)

Capo 7
Key
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Chords

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
[Interlude] Am D C Fmaj7/A G/B F6 [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