I Should Have Known Batter Chords

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I Should Have Known Batter by Roberta Flack is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C, B7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G  D G  D                             G                 D                  G D 
I          should have known better with a girl like you 
                       G           D                            Em 
That I would love everything that you do  
            C                     D              G D G  D 
And I do, hey hey hey,    and I do.            Whoa, whoa 
G  D G  D  G                 D                 G D 
Never realized what a kiss could be 
                   G    D                  Em 
This could only happen to me 
                      C                       B7 
Can't you see,   can't you see 
Em                C                   G            B7 
That when I tell you that I love you, oh 
Em                                             G                         G7     C       
You're gonna say you love me too, hoo, hoo, hoo,    oh 
                    D                             G  Em  C 
And when I ask you to be mine 
                      D                         G  D G   
you're gonna say you love me, too 
D       G  D G  D                          G                 D                 G D 
So, oh I            should have realized a lot of things before 
               G               D                         Em 
If this is love you gotta give me more 
                   C                         D                     G D G D 
Give me more, hey, hey, hey,    give me more 
G  D G D                G             D                   G D 
I            never realized what a kiss could be 
                   G    D                  Em 
This could only happen to me 
                      C                      B7 
Can't you see, can't you see 
Em                C                   G            B7 
That when I tell you that I love you, oh 
Em                                             G                         G7  C       
You're gonna say you love me too, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh 
                    D                          G Em  C 
And when I ask you to be mine 
                      D                          G  D G   
You're gonna say you love me, too 
         D                G  D  G            D                G D G   
You love me, too,              you love me, too 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante