Didn't Know What I Was In For chords by Better Oblivion Community Center

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Standard Tuning, no capo. Note the progression changes slightly after the first verse.

Chords Used:
 D/F#D/F# Gsus2Gsus2  Asus4Asus4  Bm11Bm11   F#m7F#m7 (optional)
E MajorE|--2---x----------0-----0--------0------|
BB|--3---3----------3-----3--------3------|
G+G|--2---2----------2-----2--------2------|
D MajorD|--0---0----------2-----0--------0------|
A augmentedA|--0---x----------0-----2--------0------|
E MajorE|--2---3----------x-----x--------2------|

Intro:
D/F#D/F# x2

Verse 1: Phoebe Bridgers:

D/F#D/F#              Gsus2Gsus2
My telephone, it doesn't have a camera
D/F#D/F#              Gsus2Gsus2
If it did I'd take a picture of myself
D/F#D/F#                Gsus2Gsus2
If it did I'd take a picture of the water
Bm11Bm11
And the man on the offramp
    F#m7F#m7       Gsus2Gsus2
Holding up the sign that's asking me for help

D/F#D/F#

Gsus2Gsus2                 D/F#D/F#
I got a job and I'll work here for the summer
Gsus2Gsus2                D/F#D/F#
I fold the towels and set them by the pool
Gsus2Gsus2             D/F#D/F#
Everyone looks happy with each other
Bm11Bm11          F#m7F#m7           Gsus2Gsus2
'Til they step away and say the thing they really meant
             D/F#D/F#
They always sound so cruel

Asus4Asus4

Chorus: Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst:
Asus4Asus4           Gsus2Gsus2
I didn't know what I was in for
Bm11Bm11           Gsus2Gsus2
When I signed up for that run
Asus4Asus4           Gsus2Gsus2
There's no way I'm curing cancer
     Bm11Bm11
But I'll sweat it out
     F#m7F#m7         Gsus2Gsus2     D/F#D/F#
I feel so proud now for all the good I've done

Verse 2: Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst:
Gsus2Gsus2                   D/F#D/F#
I know a girl who owns a boutique in the city
Gsus2Gsus2                D/F#D/F#
Selling clothes to the fashionably late
Gsus2Gsus2                    D/F#D/F#
Says she cries at the news but doesn't really
      Bm11Bm11         F#m7F#m7
Cause it's too much fun, it's too much time
    Gsus2Gsus2            D/F#D/F#
And too much plastic money to be made

Asus4Asus4

Chorus: Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst:
Asus4Asus4           Gsus2Gsus2
I didn't know what I was in for
Bm11Bm11            Gsus2Gsus2
When they took my belt and strings
Asus4Asus4          Gsus2Gsus2
They told me I'd gone crazy
  Bm11Bm11           F#m7F#m7
My arms are strapped in a straight jacket
    Gsus2Gsus2            D/F#D/F#
So I couldn't save those TV refugees

       Asus4Asus4
When they're on their backs
   Bm11Bm11
In a bloody bath
    F#m7F#m7
Full of Sarin gas
    Gsus2Gsus2
On a screen

Asus4Asus4

Chorus: Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst:
Asus4Asus4            Gsus2Gsus2
I didn't know what I was in for
Bm11Bm11         Gsus2Gsus2
When I laid out in the sun
Asus4Asus4           Gsus2Gsus2
We get burned for being honest
       Bm11Bm11    Gsus2Gsus2      D/F#D/F#
I've really never done anything, for anyone


Outro: Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst:
Gsus2Gsus2                  D/F#D/F#
To fall asleep I need white noise to distract me
Gsus2Gsus2              D/F#D/F#
Otherwise I have to listen to me think
Asus4Asus4          Gsus2Gsus2
Otherwise I pace around, hold my breath, let it out
  Bm11Bm11       F#m7F#m7
Sit on the couch and think about
  Gsus2Gsus2
How living's just a promise that I made