If I Had Known chords by Greg Brown

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:
C/GC/G 332010

G+G walk:
G7G7 323003
G6G6 3x2003
G+G  320003
G/AG/A x00003
G/BG/B x20003

D MajorD walk:
D MajorD  xx0232
D/C x3023x (D5/C)
G/BG/B x2003x
D/AD/A x00323

Intro:
G7G7 G6G6 G+G G/AG/A G/BG/B x4

Verse 1:
G+G
A augmentedA little creek you could spit across
   C/GC/G
Well, Jimmy and me each took one more toss
    E minorEm
Oh, our spinners bright in the evening air
D MajorD       D/C        G/BG/B    D/AD/A
People always said, "There ain't no fish in there"
   G+G
Well, grown-ups they ain't always right
    C majorC
'Cause Jimmy and me walked home slow that night
   E minorEm
Well, right down Main Street in our PF Flyers
     D MajorD     D/C     G/BG/B    D/AD/A
With two five pound bass making grown men liars

Chorus 1:
  G+G
And Jimmy, if I had known
C/GC/G
I might have stopped fishing right then
E minorEm
 It's just as well we don't know when things
   D MajorD    D/C    G/BG/B  D/AD/A  G+G
Will never be that good again, mmm

Interlude:
G7G7 G6G6 G+G G/AG/A G/BG/B x4

Verse 2:
G+G
Hayride on an Autumn night
     C/GC/G
Well, we was 15 if I remember right
    E minorEm
We were far apart at the start of the ride
     D MajorD     D/C   G/BG/B   D/AD/A
Yeah, but somehow we ended up side by side
    G+G
Oh, we hit a bump and she grabbed my arm
    C/GC/G
And the night was as cold as her lips were warm
   E minorEm
And I shivered as her hand held mine
     D MajorD   D/C    G/BG/B   D/AD/A
Yeah, and then I kissed her one more time

Chorus 2:
  G+G
And Jane, if I had known
C/GC/G
I might have stopped kissing right then
E minorEm
 It's just as well we don't know when things
   D MajorD    D/C    G/BG/B  D/AD/A  G+G
Will never be that good again, mmm

Instrumental:
G7G7 G6G6 G+G G/AG/A G/BG/B x4
G+G C/GC/G E minorEm D MajorD D/C G/BG/B D/AD/A x2 G+G

Verse 3:
G+G
She was older than me, I guess
  C/GC/G
And summer was invented for her to wear that dress
   E minorEm
Oh I, I knew about risk and she knew about proof
     D MajorD     D/C   G/BG/B    D/AD/A
And that night she took me up on the roof
     G+G
We could see the lights of the little towns
     C/GC/G
We could watch the August stars come down
    E minorEm
Oh, the shooting stars and the meteorites
   D MajorD      D/C       G/BG/B   D/AD/A
Yeah, we went on a ride through the sky that night

Chorus 3:
   G+G
And, oh, if I had known
C/GC/G
I'd do it all over again
E minorEm
Some things just get better and better
  D MajorD        D/C   G/BG/B  D/AD/A G+G
And better than they already been, mmm

Outro:
G7G7 G6G6 G+G G/AG/A G/BG/B x3 G+G