I Know Better Chords
by John Legend
I Know Better by John Legend is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Dm7, Dm, F6 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C
They say sing what you know
F Dm7
But I've sung what they want
C
Some folks do what they're told
F Dm7
But baby this time I won't
F C
Will look through that door
Dm
I know the truth from lie
F C Dm
Some things I've done before I can't justify
Pre-Chorus
C
There are kings in my past
F6 Dm7
Things no one can be proud of
C
But I stand in the light I've cast
F6 Dm7
And turn away from any lack of love
F C
Oh, when I walked through that door
Dm
I say here I go
F C
You see me and nothing more
Dm
I'm singing what I know
C F
I know better
C F
I know better
verse 2
C
Legend is just a name
F Dm7
I know better than to be so proud
C
I won't drink in all this fame
F Dm7
I'll take more love than I'm allowed
Pre-Chorus
F C Dm
I won't hide or cut it off from where it came
F C Dm
My history has brought me to this place
F C Dm
This power and the color of my face
C F
And I know better
C F
I know better
Bridge
Am C F6
I'll rise from the floor if I don't win
Am C F6
I'll bust upon that door so let me in
Am C F
And the music chooses me to sing I let her
Dm F
I'll sing what I know, yes
C F
I know better, oh
C F
I know better, yes
C F
I know better
C F
I know better
Outro
C F x3
C