I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
                                 (Lennon/McCartney)
                                     The Beatles
		             A Hard Day's Night (1963)



[Harmonica intro]
G    D    G    D    G    D    G    D


G    D    G    D               
I           should have known
G              D          G     D
Better with a girl like  you,
              G          D            Em
That I would love everything that you do,
      C              D         G    D    G    D
And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do.           Whoa


G    D    G
I           
  D       G            D         G     D
Never realized what a kiss could be,
            G     D       Em
This could only happen to me,
           C              B7
Can't you see, can't you see?

 
Em              C               G        B7
   That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
Em                               G              G7
   You're gonna say you love me too oo oo oo oo oh
C              D             G   Em   
   And when I ask you to be mine,     
C                D               G    D    G   D
   you're gonna say you love me too.          So


G    D    G     D
I             should have 
    G               D       G     D
realized a lot of things before,     
            G                 D       Em
If this is love you've gotta give me more,
         C             D            G     D    G    D
Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more.



[Guitar solo: see below]
G    D    G    D     G     D     G     D
G    D    Em   C     D     G     D     G     D



G    D    G
I           
  D       G            D         G     D
Never realized what a kiss could be,
            G     D       Em
This could only happen to me,
           C              B7
Can't you see, can't you see?

 
Em              C               G        B7
   That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
Em                               G              G7
   You're gonna say you love me too oo oo oo oo oh
C              D             G   Em   
   And when I ask you to be mine,     
C                D               G    D    G
   you're gonna say you love me too. 

     D       G    D    G
You love me too,
     D       G    D    G
You love me too.           (repeat and fade)

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guitar solo:

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transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu