Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better (2015) Chords 21/04/2015 by Stefan Iyapah (stefan.guitartuition@gmail.com) Tuning: Standard (Capo 7th fret) Have spiced up some of the chords to add to the open fingerstyle feel of the song and to tease out the overall harmonies. Chord List Am x02210 Amadd11 x00210 Dadd9/11 x54030 C x32010 Fmaj7/A x03210 Fmaj7/C x33210 Fmaj7 1x221x G6/B x20030 G/B x2003x F 1332xx F6/A x0323x G 320003 Cadd9 x32030 F/C x33211 Play fingerstyle [INTRO] | Am Amadd11 | Dadd9/11 | C | Fmaj7/A Fmaj7/C | G6/B | F | F | [Verse] Am Amadd11 Dadd9/11 ...I should have known better

To see what I could see ^C My black ^Fmaj7/Ashroud

^Fmaj7/CHolding down my fe^G/Belings A pillar for my enemies ^F ^F

Am Amadd11 Dadd9/11 ...I should have wrote a letter

And grieve what I happen to gri^Ceve My black ^Fmaj7/Ashroud

I ^Fmaj7/Cnever trust my fe^G/Belings I waited for the remedy ^F ^F

[CHORUS]

^F6/A....When I was th^Fmaj7/Aree, three maybe four ^G/B She left us at that ^Fvideo store ^Fmaj7 ^G ^C

Be my res^Gt, be my ^Ffantasy ^Fmaj7 ^G ^C Be my res^Gt, be my ^Ffantasy ^F

[INTERLUDE] | Am Amadd11 | Dadd9/11 | C | Fmaj7/A Fmaj7/C | G6/B | F | F | [VERSE II] Am Amadd11 Dadd9/11 ...I’m light as a feather

I’m bright as the Orego^Cn breeze My black ^Fmaj7/Ashroud

^Fmaj7/CFrightened by my fe^G/Belings I only wanna be a relie^Ff ^F

Am Amadd11 Dadd9/11 ...No, I’m not a go-getter

The demon had a spell on ^Cme My black ^Fmaj7/Ashroud

^Fmaj7/CCaptain of my feelings ^G/B The only thing I wanna believ^Fe ^F

[CHORUS]

^F6/A....When I was three, and fr^Fmaj7/Aee to explore I saw her face on the b^Fack of the door ^Fmaj7 ^G ^C

Be my ^Grest, be my ^Ffantasy^Fmaj7 ^G ^C Be my rest^G, be my fantasy ^F ^F

^C...I should have known better ^Fmaj7/C Nothing can be c^G/Bhanged

The past is still the ^Cpast The b^G/Bridge to nowhere ^Fmaj7/A

I should have wrote a letter ^Fmaj7 ^G Explaining what I ^Am7feel, that e^G/Bmpty feeling

[OUTRO]

^C....Don’t bac^Fmaj7/Ck down, concentrate on se^G/Being The breakers in the ^Cbar, the ^G/Bneighbor’s greetin^Fmaj7/Ag

My brother had a daughter ^Fmaj7 ^G The beauty that she ^Am7brings, il^G/Blumination

^C....Don’t bac^Fmaj7/Ck down, there is nothing le^G/Bft The breakers in the ^Cbar, no ^G/Breason to live ^Fmaj7/A

I’m a fool in the fette^Fmaj7r ^G Rose of Aaron’^Am7s beard, wher^G/Be you can reach me

^C....Don’t bac^Fmaj7/Ck down, nothing can be ch^G/Banged Cantilever ^Cbridge, the ^G/Bdrunken sailor ^Fmaj7/A

My brother had a daughter ^Fmaj7 ^G The beauty that she ^Am7brings, ^Gillumination

^F....i^Gllumination [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO]

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