Beetlejuice The Musical - What I Know Now chords by Soundtracks

Chords with lyrics

INTRO: E minorEm  C majorC

Verse 1:
B7B7  E minorEm
I was hot
 G+G
I went to parties a lot Y'know?
   A minorAm
I was driving Lamborghinis
BbmBbm
Sipping super-dry martinis
        C majorC         B7B7
In the tiniest bikinis on a yacht

      E minorEm
But I was depressed
   G+G
Also completely obsessed
   A minorAm
An unhappy beauty queen
A#mA#m
Who dreamed to be Miss Argentina
   B7B7
I had such low self-esteem

I was a mess

   A minorAm
So I gave it all up for the netherworld
     E minorEm
I've been here forever, girl
D MajorD
If I was more clever, girl
G+G
I would've stuck it out
B7B7
Knowing what life's about

Bridge:
A minorAm
Pain and joy and suffering
G+G
Failing but recovering
F# minorF#m
I'll tell you another thing
B minorBm        C majorC
Everyone here is alone
  Bm7Bm7
So if you are breathing
B7B7
Go home!

E minorEm
If I knew then
   B7B7
What I know now
                        E minorEm
I would have looked within and let love in somehow
E minorEm
If I only knew
  A minorAm     E minorEm
The truth back then
 B7B7
I wouldn't have had my little "accident"

INTRO: E minorEm E MajorE B7B7

Verse 2:
B7B7    E minorEm
Don't be blind
G+G
You left your whole life behind
A minorAm
See a shrink, Call a priest
BbmBbm
Ask the recently deceased
     C majorC                B7B7
Death is final and you cannot press rewind
A minorAm
Don't jump when the light is red
E minorEm
Toasters should be used for bread
D MajorD
Never smoke cigars in bed
G+G                B7B7
Nietzsche was right, y'know, to live is to suffer, bro
A minorAm
Don't cheat on the one you wed
G+G
Never whip a thoroughbred
B7B7
Angry pygmys shrunk his head
B7B7            C majorC
Why did it take death to see
B7B7
Happiness was up to me?


E minorEm
If I knew then
      B7B7
What I know now

I would've laughed and danced
            E minorEm
And lanced every sacred cow

I thought I knew
     A minorAm
But I was wrong
    B7B7
'Cause life is short
          E minorEm
But death is super long

I exploded!

Instrumental
 F#7A#7   D#m7D#m7
G# minorG#m    A#mA#m
B7B7   E MajorE
BB    C7C7


  F minorFm
If I knew then (If I knew)
   C7C7
What I know now
C7C7
I would've crossed every line

And drank all the wine
 F minorFm
Before my final bow
FF
If I knew (If I knew)
        A#mA#m  C majorC
The things that now I know
C7C7
I would ride the highs and cherish the lows
Going, it's a quick trick 'round the rodeo
  C majorC                           C7C7
So before they lower the curtain, be certain to enjoy the show
       F minorFm
That's what I know!
Life is short but death is long
D#D#
Here, one minute then it's gone
C#C#
Thought I knew but I was wrong
           FF  F minorFm
If I only knew what I know now!