Should Have Known Better Chords by Sufjan Stevens

[Start]

[Intro]
Em Am G C Bm C Am Em
■  ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ 
                           Am
I should have known better ■ 
                    G  
To see what I could see
         C     
My black shroud
                Bm      
Holding down my feelings
                        C
A pillar for my enemies ■


[Verse]
Em                             
■  I should have wrote a letter
Am                             G     
■  And grieve what I happen to grieve
         Cmaj7 
My black shroud
                 Bm      
I never trust my feelings
                 C     
I waited for the remedy
Am                  C             Bm  
■  When I was three ■ three maybe four
Gmaj7    Bm               Cmaj7 C D
She left us at that video store ■ ■
G        D          C      
Oh be my rest be my fantasy
G        D          Am     
Oh be my rest be my fantasy


[Inst]
C Em Am G Cmaj7 Bm7
■ ■  ■  ■ ■     ■  
Bm Bm7 C Em
■  ■   ■ ■ 


[Verse]
               Am     
I'm light as a feather
                         G     
I'm bright as the Oregon breeze
         Cmaj7 
My black shroud
                 Bm      
Frightened by my feelings
       Gmaj7      Bm    
I only wanna be a relief
C Em              Am      
■ ■  No I'm not a gogetter
                         G 
The demon had a spell on me
         Cmaj7 
My black shroud
              Bm      
Captain of my feelings
Bm7                    Cmaj7  
The only thing I wanna believe


[Chorus]
Am                  C             D      
■  When I was three ■ and free to explore
                              Cmaj7    D
I saw her face on the back of the door ■
Gmaj7    D          C       Gmaj7
Oh be my rest be my fantasy ■    
         D          C      
Oh be my rest be my fantasy


[Intro]
G C D Bm7 G Bm7 C Cmaj7
■ ■ ■ ■   ■ ■   ■ ■    
C D Em D G
■ ■ ■  ■ ■
                    C     
I should have known better


[Verse]
               D      
Nothing can be changed
    Bm7               G   
The past is still the past
    D         C      
The bridge to nowhere
Cmaj7                 C     
I should have wrote a letter
D Bm7        D      Em   Em7  D     G      
■ Explaining what I feel that empty feeling
           C                   D     
Don't back down concentrate on seeing
                    G       D          C       
The breakers in the bar the neighbor's greeting
   G             C       
My brother had a daughter


[Chorus]
D                   G      D           
The beauty that she brings illumination
           G      C          D           
Don't back ■ down ■ there is nothing left
                G       D            C   
The breakers in the bar no reason to live
      G           C     
I'm a fool in the fetter
D                 Em7   G     D             G 
■ Rose of Aaron's beard where you can reach me
C                              D      
Don't back down nothing can be changed
G                     D       Em7   
Cantilever bridge the drunken sailor
G                C       
My brother had a daughter
    D                 Em7    D           
The ■ beauty that she brings illumination
C            D C Am
Illumination ■ ■ ■ 


[Outro]

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