Should Have Known Better — Sufjan Stevens

Em                                A
I should have known better
                                G
To see what I could see
                     C
My black shroud
                                 Bm
Holding down my feelings
                              Am
A pillar for my enemies

Em                                A
I should have wrote a letter
                                              G
And grieve what I happen to grieve
                     C
My black shroud
                                Bm
I never trust my feelings
                                Am
I waited for the remedy

(Am)

Am             C                            D
When I was three three maybe four
(D)                     Em Em-D-G
She left us at that video store
(G)      D                      Am Am-D-G
Be my rest be my fantasy
(G)      D                       Am
Be my rest be my fantasy

(Am)

Em                       A
I'm light as a feather
                                          G
I'm bright as the Oregon breeze
                      C
My black shroud
                                  Bm
Frightened by my feelings
                                Am
I only wanna be a relief

Em                          A
No I'm not a go-getter
                                        G
The demon had a spell on me
                     C
My black shroud
                             Bm
Captain of my feelings
                                        Am
The only thing I wanna believe

Am             C                         D
When I was three and free to explore
(D)                           Em Em-D-G
I saw her face on the back of the door
(G)      D             Am Am-D-G
Be my rest be my fantasy
(G)       D             Am
Be my rest be my fantasy

Am

G C D Em D C Am D Em D G

G                                 C
I should have known better
                                D
Nothing can be changed
                             Em
The past is still the past
        D                    C
The bridge to nowhere
(C)                                Am
I should have wrote a letter
                         D                       Em D G
Explaining what I feel that empty feeling

G               C                                D
Don't back down concentrate on seeing
(D)                      Em        D                     C
The breakers in the bar the neighbor's greeting
(C)                              Am
My brother had a daughter
                              D                    Em D G
The beauty that she brings illumination

G               C                             D
Don't back down there is nothing left
(D)                      Em       D              C
The breakers in the bar no reason to live
(C)                         Am
I'm a fool in the fetter
                       D                                     Em D G
Rose of Aaron's beard where you can reach me

G               C                                   D
Don't back down nothing can be changed
(D)          Em             D             C
Cantilever bridge the drunken sailor
(C)                               Am
My brother had a daughter
                             D                    Em D
The beauty that she brings illumination
G
illumination.