I should have known better

Lennon / McCartney - Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

 

Intro: G  D7  G  D7  G  D7  G  D7 (Harmonica C: 78 78 89 89 89)

G  D7  G  D7                             G                    D7          G       D7

I ........    should have known better with a girl like you,

                       G               D7                    Em Em7

That I would love everything that you do,

           C                    D7              G     D7        G

And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do

 

  D7           G  D7  G  D7           G                   D7              G     D7

Whoa, oh, I ........    never realized what a kiss could be,

                    G     D7             Em         Em7

This could only happen to me,

                   C                     B7 Em

Can’t you see, can’t you see

 

                      C                     G              B7     Em

That when I tell you that I love you, oh,

                                                      G                                G7             C

You’re gonna say you love me too – oo – oo – oo – oo, oho

                     D7                     G               Em  C

And when I ask you to be mine, aha - ha

                         D7                          G D7        G

You’re gonna say you love me too.

 

D7         G  D7  G   D7                G                     D7           G    D7

So – oh  I........... should’ve realized a lot of things before,

               G                       D7          Em                       Em7

If this is love you gotta give me more,

                 C                        D7                   G  D7        G

Give me more, hey, hey, hey, give me more

 

Solo: G D7 G D7 G D7 G D7 G D7 Em Em7 C D7 G D7 G (Harmonica: Em- 23, C- 89, D7- 89)

 

Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be,

This could only happen to me,

Can’t you see, can’t you see

 

That when I tell you that I love you, oh,

You’re gonna say you love too – oo – oo – oo – oo, aha

And when I ask you to be mine, aha - ha

                         D7                         G  D7        G         D7           G  D7  G         D7          G

You’re gonna say you love me too.......  you love me too......... you love me too.

 

Solo:

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