I Should Have Known Better (chromatic)

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
By Lennon & McCartney
The Beatles
Key: G

|-5 6-66-5.|..6-66-5.|
|..6-66-5|~-56-66-5|

-5   6    -5  -5-4  -5  -5
I should have known bet-ter 
-5  -4  -5   -5   6
with a girl like you 
-5  -5  -4    -5 
That I would love 
-5  -4  -5    -5  -5   6
ev-‘ry-thing that you do 
6   6  6  -5   6  -6*   6 -6* 7
And I do, hey hey hey, and I do 

6-6*  6-6* -5
Whoa, whoa, I 
6   -5 -5 -4  -5   -5 -4  -5   -5   6
Nev-er re-al-ized what a kiss could be 
-5    -4   -5 -5 -5  -5  -5 6
this could on-ly hap-pen to me 
6      6   6     6    6  -6*
Can't you see, can't you see 

-4    6  -6* 7   -6*  6   5  6   -4   -4
That when I tell you that I love you, oh 
-4      6 -6*  7  -6*   6  7  -4
You're gon-na say you love me too, 
(-3*)-4 (-3*)-4 -3-4-3  3  -4-3
hoo,    hoo,     hoo,  hoo, oh 

3    -3 -4 -5   4  -4 -3  -5-4 -5  -8
And when I ask you to be mi-ah-ah-hine 
-3     -4  4  -5   4   -4  -3 -33
You're gon-na say you love me too 

6-6* 6-6* -5
So,  wo    I 
6       -5  -5 -4  -5
Should have re-al-ized
-5 -5 -4   -5   -5  6
A lot of things be-fore
-5  -5  -4  -5  -5  -5  -4  -5  -5  6
If this is love you got-ta give me more
6    6   7    -5    6   -6*   6  -6*  7
Give me more, hey, hey, hey, give me more

-4    6  -6* 7   -6*  6   5  6   -4   -4
That when I tell you that I love you, oh 
-4      6 -6*  7  -6*   6  7  -4
You're gon-na say you love me too, 
(-3*)-4 (-3*)-4 -3-4-3  3  -4-3
hoo,    hoo,     hoo,  hoo, oh 

3    -3 -4 -5   4  -4 -3  -5-4 -5  -8
And when I ask you to be mi-ah-ah-hine 
-3     -4  4  -5   4   -4  -3 -33
You're gon-na say you love me too

6-6*  6-6* -5
Whoa, whoa, I 
6   -5 -5 -4  -5   -5 -4  -5   -5   6
Nev-er re-al-ized what a kiss could be 
-5    -4   -5 -5 -5  -5  -5 6
this could on-ly hap-pen to me 
6      6   6     6    6  -6*
Can't you see, can't you see

-4    6  -6* 7   -6*  6   5  6   -4   -4
That when I tell you that I love you, oh 
-4      6 -6*  7  -6*   6  7  -4
You're gon-na say you love me too, 
(-3*)-4 (-3*)-4 -3-4-3  3  -4-3
hoo,    hoo,     hoo,  hoo, oh 

3    -3 -4 -5   4  -4 -3  -5-4 -5  -8
And when I ask you to be mi-ah-ah-hine 
-3     -4  4  -5   4   -4  -3 -33
You're gon-na say you love me too
-5    6 -6* -5
You love me too 
-5    6 -6* -5
You love me too 

~  means rest
() means grace note

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