If I Had Known chords by Greg Brown

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:
C/G 332010

G walk:
G7  323003
G6  3x2003
G   320003
G/A x00003
G/B x20003

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


Intro:
G7  G6  G  G/A  G/B x4

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

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

Interlude:
G7  G6  G  G/A  G/B x4

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

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

Instrumental:
G7  G6  G  G/A  G/B x4
G  C/G  Em  D  D/C  G/B  D/A x2  G

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

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

Outro:
G7  G6  G  G/A  G/B x3  G