Greg Brown – If I Had Known chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
GA little creek you could spit across
      C/GWell, Jimmy and me each took one more toss
        EmOh, our spinners bright in the evening air
D             D/C                G/B        D/APeople always said, "There ain't no fish in there"
      GWell, grown-ups they ain't always right
       C'Cause Jimmy and me walked home slow that night
      EmWell, right down Main Street in our PF Flyers
         D          D/C         G/B       D/AWith two five pound bass making grown men liars

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    GAnd Jimmy, if I had known
C/GI 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   GWill never be that good again, mmm

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
GHayride on an Autumn night
         C/GWell, we was 15 if I remember right
        EmWe were far apart at the start of the ride
          D          D/C      G/B     D/AYeah, but somehow we ended up side by side
       GOh, we hit a bump and she grabbed my arm
        C/GAnd the night was as cold as her lips were warm
      EmAnd I shivered as her hand held mine
          D      D/C        G/B      D/AYeah, and then I kissed her one more time

[Chorus 2]
    GAnd Jane, if I had known
C/GI 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   GWill never be that good again, mmm

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
GShe was older than me, I guess
    C/GAnd summer was invented for her to wear that dress
     EmOh I, I knew about risk and she knew about proof
         D         D/C     G/B       D/AAnd that night she took me up on the roof
         GWe could see the lights of the little towns
         C/GWe could watch the August stars come down
        EmOh, the shooting stars and the meteorites
      D            D/C              G/B      D/AYeah, we went on a ride through the sky that night

[Chorus 3]
     GAnd, oh, if I had known
C/GI'd do it all over again
EmSome things just get better and better
    D                D/C     G/B   D/A  GAnd better than they already been, mmm

[Outro]
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