I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

                     Words & Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

                        Album: A Hard Day's Night (1964)


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INTRO: (Play lick 4x)
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   G      D
 |---------------|
 |-3-3----5-6-5--|
 |-4-4----5-7-5--| (Harmonica transcribed for guitar)
 |-5-5-----------|
 |---------------|
 |---------------|


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VERSE 1:
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     G     D     G      D                G              D
I________________   should have known better with a girl like you____

G       D                G           D
         That I would love everything that you do___

Em                C                D                  G        D
        And I do__   Hey hey hey___       And I do___



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VERSE 2:
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G     D            G        D           G           D          G     D
     Whoa___Whoa___I______Ne-ver realized what a kiss could be___     This could

G       D            Em                C                 B7     Em
Only hap-pen to me___    Can't you see___Can't you see___         That when I

C                      G         B7       Em
tell you that I love___you___  Oh___       You're gonna say___you love me too___

G            G7            C             D7                  G
___Hoo hoo hoo______Oh____   And when I ask you to be mine___

Em     C                 D7                   G     D      G     D
        You're gonna say___  you love me too______               So___oh___



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VERSE 3 (Same as VERSE 1 but with these lyrics):
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I should have realized a lot of things before____
If this is love you've got-ta give me more___
Give me more___  Hey hey hey___   Give me more___


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Solo:
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  w
|-------------||------------------||----------------||----------------|
|-3^----------||^3-----5^5-3-3----||-3--3----3-3--5-||---------3-3----|
|-------------||--------------4---||------4---------||-------------4--|
|-------------||------------------||----------------||----------------|
|-------------||------------------||----------------||----------------|
|-------------||------------------||----------------||----------------|

                                      h               h              w
|------------------||--------------||--------------||--------------|-12-------|
|--3--3----3---3-5-||--------3-4-5^||^5------4-5-7^||^7--------6-7-|-12-------|
|-------4----4-----||--------------||--------4-5-7^||^7--------6-7-|-12-------|
|------------------||--------------||--------------||--------------|----------|
|------------------||--------------||--------------||--------------|----------|
|------------------||--------------||--------------||--------------|----------|



[Repeat VERSE 2 and FADE]



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Notation:

w=whole note
h=half note
^=hold note/ties two notes
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INTRO: Downwards on all five quick strums.
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(STRUM pattern for rhythm guitar: &2&3&4& and 1&2&3&4&.)


     Chords used in this song:


      Chord Names:             Frets:          Fingerings:

     G                         320003           320004
     D                         xx0232           xx0132
     Em                        022000           023000
     C                         x32010           x32010
     B7                        x21202           x21304
     G7                        320001           320001
     D7                        xx0212           xx0213



STRUM Pattern for LEAD [electric] guitar on VERSE 2: Strum each chord starting
with the B7 once and let ring.  The last two C chords played by the electric
guitar in the verse are described as "C2" down below.


LEAD guitar chords:

     G                         335433           113411
     D                         xx0232           xx0132
     Em                        x79987           x13421
     C                        81010988          134211
     C2                        x3555x           x1333x
     B7                        797877           131211
     G7                        353463           131241
     D7                        x5777x           x1333x




Submitted by: Michael Hatch
Email: watching_wheels@hotmail.com
Date: 7/01/01