Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better (Ukulele)

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[Intro] Em A G Cmaj7 Bm Am [Verse]
Em                          A
   I should have known better

                    G
To see what I could see

         Cmaj7
My black shroud

                Bm
Holding down my feelings

                      Am    
A pillar for my enemies

Em                             A
   I should have wrote a letter

                              G
And grieve what I happen to grieve

         Cmaj7
My black shroud

                 Bm
I never trust my feelings

                      Am   
I waited for the remedy
[Chorus]
Am            Cmaj7             D
   When I was three three maybe four

                    Em          Em D
She left us at that video store

G         D          Am       D
Oh, be my rest be my fantasy

G         D          Am       
Oh, be my rest be my fantasy
[Instrumental] Em A G Cmaj7 Bm Am Am [Verse]
Em                     A
  I'm light as a feather

                         G
I'm bright as the Oregon breeze

         Cmaj7
My black shroud

                 Bm
Frightened by my feelings

                  Am     
I only wanna be a relief

Em                      A
   No I'm not a go-getter

                         G
The demon had a spell on me

         Cmaj7
My black shroud

              Bm
Captain of my feeling

                             Am    
The only thing I wanna believe
[Chorus]
Am            Cmaj7               D
   When I was three and free to explore

                      Em               Em D
I saw her face on the back of the door

G         D          Am      Am D
Oh, be my rest be my fantasy

G         D          Am       
Oh, be my rest be my fantasy
[Instrumental] G C D Em D Cmaj7 Am D Em D G [Outro]
G                        C
I should have known better

               D
Nothing can be changed

                      Em
The past is still the past

    D                Cmaj7
The bridge to nowhere

                           Am   D
I should have wrote a letter

                  Em        D             G
Explaining what I feel that empty feeling

           C                    D
Don't back down, concentrate on seeing

                    Em       D                    Cmaj7
The breakers in the bar, the neighbour's greeting

                        Am      D
My brother had a daughter

                    Em       D           G
The beauty that she brings, illumination

           C                      D
Don't back down, there is nothing left

                    Em      D             Cmaj7
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live

                        Am   D
I'm a fool in the fetter

                Em          D                G
Rose of Aaron's beard where you can reach me

           C                    D
Don't back down, nothing can be changed

           Em          D             Cmaj7
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor

                        Am   D
My brother had a daughter

                    Em       D
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Cmaj7
(illumination)

D            Cmaj7
Illumination