I Should've Known Better Chords
by Nickel Creek
I Should've Known Better by Nickel Creek is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, C, Bb and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed By: PJ White
Chords:
G C Bb D
e -3--0--1---0---
B -3--1--3---3---
G -0--0--3---2---
D -0--2--3---0---
A -2--3--1-------
E -3-----1-------
Intro: G G Bb G C Bb (x2)
C Bb G
Been a long time coming
And the cards were stacked
C G
It's been a long hard road to hell and back
Your love meant trouble
From the day we met
C G
You won every hand, I lost every bet
C
Now you think that I
G
Should've Known Better
C
Now I think that I
G
Should've seen it come
C Bb
My heart sank
G
When I read that letter
C D
Sank like a stone, sank like a stone
G
Cup of cold coffee
Yesterday's mail
C
A bad love like this is always
G
Bound to fail
G G Bb G
Your love meant trouble from the day we met
C Bb C
If you want your things
G
They're on the front step
C
Now you think that I
G
Should've Known Better
C
Now I think that I
G
Should've seen it come
C Bb
My heart sank
G
When I read that letter
C D
Sank like a stone, sank like a stone.
Mandolin Solo (use chords from verse)
G
All alone in my kitchen
All alnoe in my head
C
Some things you can't take back
G
Once they've been said
G
I don't know what
This love is for
C
All I know is I
G
Don't want it anymore
C
Now you think that I
G D
Should've Known Better
C
Now I think that I
G
Should've seen it come
C Bb
My heart sank
G
When I read that letter
C D
Sank like a stone, sank like a stone.
I did this from a live show. It's pretty darn accurate.