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I Should Have Known Better

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[Refrain]
  FAnd I shoulda known Bbbetter
To Asus4lie to one as A7beautiful as Dmyou
  CYeah, I should have known Bbbetter
To Asus4take a chance on A7ever losing Dmyou
But I Gm7thought you'd understand,      Gm7/Ccan you forgive me
[Verse]
FI   Bbsaw you walking Cby the other Fday
I Bbknow that you saw Cme, you turned aDmway
And CI was BblostA  
You Fsee, I've Bbnever loved no Cone as much as Fyou
I've Bbfooled around but Ctell me now just Dmwho is Churtin' BbwhoC  
[Refrain]
And I shoulda known Bbbetter
To Asus4lie to one as A7beautiful as Dmyou
  CYeah, I should have known Bbbetter
To Asus4take a chance on A7ever losing Dmyou
But I Gm7thought you'd understand,      Gm7/Ccan you forgive me
[Chorus]
FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-BbI-I-I
CShoulda known better
FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-BbI-I-I
CShoulda known better
[Instrumental]
F     Bb  C
F     Bb  C
[Verse]
It's Ftrue, I Bbtook our love for Cgranted all aFlong
And Bbtrying to exCplain where I went Dmwrong
I Cjust don't BbknowA  
I Fcry but Bbtears don't seem to Chelp me carry Fon
BbNow there is no Cchance you'll come back Dmhome, got Ctoo much BbprideC  
[Refrain]
And I shoulda known Bbbetter
To Asus4lie to one as A7beautiful as Dmyou
  CYeah, I should have known Bbbetter
To Asus4take a chance on A7ever losing Dmyou
But I Gm7thought you'd understand,      Gm7/Ccan you forgive me
(Drum Fill)
Oooh yeah
[Chorus]
FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-BbI-I-I Clove Fyou
FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-BbI-I-I Clove Fyou
F         Bb    C
F         Bb    C
FNo-no-no-no-noBb-no I Clove Fyou
FNo-no-no-no-Bbno-no, Cyeah
[Outro]
And I should have known Bbbetter
To Asus4lie to one as A7beautiful as Dmyou

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I Should Have Known Better

by Jim Diamond

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Asus4

Gm7

Gm7/C

[Refrain]

F Bb

And I shoulda known better

Asus4 A7 Dm

To lie to one as beautiful as you

C Bb

Yeah, I should have known better

Asus4 A7 Dm

To take a chance on ever losing you

Gm7 Gm7/C

But I thought you'd understand, can you forgive me

[Verse]

F Bb C F

I saw you walking by the other day

Bb C Dm

I know that you saw me, you turned away

C Bb A

And I was lost

F Bb C F

You see, I've never loved no one as much as you

Bb C Dm C Bb C

I've fooled around but tell me now just who is hurtin' who

[Refrain]

And I shoulda known better

Asus4 A7 Dm

To lie to one as beautiful as you

C Bb

Yeah, I should have known better

Asus4 A7 Dm

To take a chance on ever losing you

Gm7 Gm7/C

But I thought you'd understand, can you forgive me

[Chorus]

F Bb

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I

Shoulda known better

F Bb

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I

Shoulda known better

[Instrumental]

F Bb C

[Verse]

F Bb C F

It's true, I took our love for granted all along

Bb C Dm

And trying to explain where I went wrong

C Bb A

I just don't know

F Bb C F

I cry but tears don't seem to help me carry on

Bb C Dm C Bb C

Now there is no chance you'll come back home, got too much pride

[Refrain]

And I shoulda known better

Asus4 A7 Dm

To lie to one as beautiful as you

C Bb

Yeah, I should have known better

Asus4 A7 Dm

To take a chance on ever losing you

Gm7 Gm7/C

But I thought you'd understand, can you forgive me

(Drum Fill)

Oooh yeah

[Chorus]

F Bb C F

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I love you

F Bb C F

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I love you

F Bb C

F Bb C F

No-no-no-no-no-no I love you

F Bb C

No-no-no-no-no-no, yeah

[Outro]

And I should have known better

Asus4 A7 Dm

To lie to one as beautiful as you

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