Key: E
Introduction:
Em
I was hot
G
I went to parties a lot
Y'know?
Am
I was driving Lamborghinis
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
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
Am
Pain and joy and suffering
G
Failing but recovering
D
I'll tell you another thing
B7 C
Everyone here is alone
B
So if you are breathing
Em
If I knew then
B
What I know now
Em
I would have looked within and let love in somehow
If I only knew
Am
The truth back then
B C B7
I wouldn't have had my little accident
Em
Don't be blind
G
You left your whole life behind
Am
See a shrink
Call a priest
C B
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 B
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
B
Angry pygmies shrunk his head
B7 C
Why did it take death to see
B
Happiness was up to me?
Em
If I knew then
B
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
C B
But death is super long
I exploded!
Fm
If I knew then
(If I knew)
C
What I know now
I would've crossed every line
Fm
Before my final bow
Fm
If I knew (If I knew)
Bbm
The things that now I know
C
I would ride the highs and cherish the lows
Going, it's a quick trick 'round the rodeo
Gb C
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
Eb
Here, one minute then it's gone
Db
Thought I knew but I was wrong
Fm
If I only knew what I know now