What I Know Now

[Intro] Em  C  B7

      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
Go home!

  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
Ask the recently deceased
           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
And drank all the wine
 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