Should Have Known Better Cifras

Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better (2015)
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
 
                          C
To see what I could see
 
         Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
 
Fmaj7/C           G/B
Holding down my feelings
 
                        F    F
A pillar for my enemies
 
Am    Amadd11               Dadd9/11
...I should have wrote a letter
 
                               C
And grieve what I happen to grieve
 
         Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
 
  Fmaj7/C          G/B
I never trust my feelings
 
                        F    F
I waited for the remedy
 
[CHORUS]
F6/A             Fmaj7/A               G/B
....When I was three, three maybe four
 
                    F           Fmaj7  G  C
She left us at that video store
 
         G        F       Fmaj7  G  C
Be my rest, be my fantasy 
 
         G        F       F
Be my rest, be my fantasy  
 
 
[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
 
                         C
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
 
         Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
 
Fmaj7/C            G/B
Frightened by my feelings
 
                       F     F
I only wanna be a relief
 
Am        Amadd11          Dadd9/11
...No, I’m not a go-getter
 
                         C
The demon had a spell on me
 
         Fmaj7/A
My black shroud
 
Fmaj7/C                   G/B
Captain of my feelings
 
                             F     F
The only thing I wanna believe
 
[CHORUS]
F6/A                        Fmaj7/A
....When I was three, and free to explore
 
                       F               Fmaj7   G   C
I saw her face on the back of the door
 
      G           F      Fmaj7   G   C
Be my rest, be my fantasy
 
          G               F    F
Be my rest, be my fantasy
 
[INTERLUDE II]
 
|    Cadd9   |    Fmaj7/C     |    G6/B    |   C  G6/B   |
 
|   Fmaj7/A  |       F        |       G    |  Am7 G6/B   |
 
 
[VERSE III]
C                             Fmaj7/C
...I should have known better
 
                G/B
Nothing can be changed
 
                      C
The past is still the past
 
     G/B               Fmaj7/A
The bridge to nowhere
 
                             Fmaj7      G
I should have wrote a letter
 
                  Am7         G/B
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling
 
 
[OUTRO]
C              Fmaj7/C                  G/B
....Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
 
                    C        G/B                 Fmaj7/A
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
 
                          Fmaj7     G
My brother had a daughter
 
                    Am7       G/B
The beauty that she brings, illumination
 
C              Fmaj7/C                    G/B
....Don’t back down, there is nothing left
 
                    C       G/B             Fmaj7/A
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
 
                         Fmaj7     G
I’m a fool in the fetter
 
                Am7          G/B
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me
 
C              Fmaj7/C                  G/B
....Don’t back down, nothing can be changed
 
           C           G/B            Fmaj7/A
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
 
                          Fmaj7    G
My brother had a daughter
 
                    Am7     G
The beauty that she brings, illumination
 
F    G
....illumination
 
[INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO]
 
E--0----0----0--------------0----0----0----0----0---------0----|
B--1----0----3----1----0----0----2----1----0----3----1----0----|
G--2----2----2----0----0----2----3----2----2----2----0----0----|
D--3----3----3----0----0----3----5----3----2----3----0----0----|
A--3----3----0----0----2----3----5----3----2----0----0----2----|
E--1----1---------3----1----0------------------------3----1----|
   T    T 
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