Beetlejuice The Musical - What I Know Now chords by Soundtracks

INTRO: Em   C

Verse 1:
B7    Em
I was hot
  G
I went to parties a lot  Y'know?
      Am
I was driving Lamborghinis
Bbm
Sipping super-dry martinis
               C                 B7
In the tiniest bikinis on a yacht

            Em
But I was depressed
      G
Also completely obsessed
     Am
An unhappy beauty queen
A#m
Who dreamed to be Miss Argentina
      B7
I had such low self-esteem

I was a mess

     Am
So I gave it all up for the netherworld
          Em
I've been here forever, girl
D
If I was more clever, girl
G
I would've stuck it out
B7
Knowing what life's about

Bridge:
Am
Pain and joy and suffering
G
Failing but recovering
F#m
I'll tell you another thing
Bm               C
Everyone here is alone
   Bm7
So if you are breathing
B7
Go home!


Em
If I knew then
     B7
What I know now
                                               Em
I would have looked within and let love in somehow
Em
If I only knew
    Am         Em
The truth back then
  B7
I wouldn't have had my little "accident"

INTRO: Em  E  B7

Verse 2:
B7       Em
Don't be blind
G
You left your whole life behind
Am
See a shrink, Call a priest
Bbm
Ask the recently deceased
         C                               B7
Death is final and you cannot press rewind
Am
Don't jump when the light is red
Em
Toasters should be used for bread
D
Never smoke cigars in bed
G                               B7
Nietzsche was right, y'know, to live is to suffer, bro
Am
Don't cheat on the one you wed
G
Never whip a thoroughbred
B7
Angry pygmys shrunk his head
B7                       C
Why did it take death to see
B7
Happiness was up to me?


Em
If I knew then
            B7
What I know now

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

I thought I knew
          Am
But I was wrong
       B7
'Cause life is short
                   Em
But death is super long

I exploded!

Instrumental
 A#7     D#m7
G#m       A#m
B7      E
B       C7


   Fm
If I knew then (If I knew)
     C7
What I know now
C7
I would've crossed every line

And drank all the wine
 Fm
Before my final bow
F
If I knew (If I knew)
                A#m   C
The things that now I know
C7
I would ride the highs and cherish the lows
Going, it's a quick trick 'round the rodeo
   C                                                      C7
So before they lower the curtain, be certain to enjoy the show
              Fm
That's what I know!
Life is short but death is long
D#
Here, one minute then it's gone
C#
Thought I knew but I was wrong
                      F   Fm
If I only knew what I know now!