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!