Should Have Known Better

Sufjan Stevens

  • A
  • Am
  • C
  • Cadd9
  • Cmaj7
  • D
  • Em
  • G
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Key:
Em A G Em D Cadd9 [Verse]
Em A I should have known better
G To see what I could see
Em My black shroud
D Holding down my feelings
Cadd9 A pillar for my enemies
Em A I should have wrote a letter
G And grieve what I happen to grieve
Em My black shroud
D I never trust my feelings
Cadd9 I waited for the remedy
Am Cadd9 D When I was three, three maybe four
Cadd9 C D She left us at that video store
G D Cadd9 C D Be my rest, be my fantasy
G D Cadd9 Be my rest, be my fantasy
Em A I’m light as a feather
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G I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
Em My black shroud
D Frightened by my feelings
Cadd9 I only wanna be a relief
Em A No, I’m not a go-getter
G The demon had a spell on me
Em My black shroud
D Captain of my feelings
Cadd9 The only thing I wanna believe
Am Cadd9 D When I was three, and free to explore
Cadd9 C D I saw her face on the back of the door
G D Cadd9 C D Be my rest, be my fantasy
G D Cadd9 Be my rest, be my fantasy
G C D G D
Cmaj7 Em D G D
G C I should have known better
D Nothing can be changed
G The past is still the past
D The bridge to nowhere
Cmaj7 Em D I should have wrote a letter
G D Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling
G C D Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
G D The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
Cmaj7 Em My brother had a daughter
D G D The beauty that she brings, illumination
G C D Don’t back down, there is nothing left
G D The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
Cmaj7 Em I’m a fool in the fetter
D G D Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me
G C D Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
G D Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
Cmaj7 Em My brother had a daughter
D G D The beauty that she brings, illumination
Em D illumination
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Composition: Sufjan Stevens

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