Beetlejuice The Musical - What I Know Now Acordes

	  INTRO: Em   C 


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 


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 

 
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!