Biography:
Jim Diamond (born 28 September 1953, Glasgow) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Diamond is best known for his three Top 5 hits. The first was "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer in the trio Ph.D., with Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips. His solo performance, "I Should Have Known Better", was a United Kingdom number one in 1984. The third track was the theme song from Boon, "Hi Ho Silver" which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986.
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From [email protected] Sat Jun 18 05:24 CDT 1994
From: [email protected] ( neil bergin xd/gk)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 94 11:24:34 BST
To: [email protected]
Subject: CRD: I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - Jim Diamond
Posted by: [email protected] (Enrico_Giuseppe BETTIO)
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - performed by Jim Diamond
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Fadd9 Bb
And I should have known better to
Asus4 A7 Dm C
lie with one as beautiful as you. Yeah I should have known
Bb Asus4 A7 Dm
better to take a chance on ever losing you, But I
Gm7 Gm7/C
thought you'd understand. can you forgive me.
Fadd9 Bb C
I saw you walking by the other
true I took our love for granted all a-
Fadd9 Bb C Dm C
day I know you saw me you turned away and I was lost.
-long and trying to explain where I went wrong I just dont know.
Bb A Fadd9 Bb C
You see__ Ive never loved no-one as much as
I cry__ but tears dont seem to help me carry
Fadd9 Bb C Dm C
you,__ Ive fooled around but tell me now just who is hurting who?
on,__ and now there is no chance youll come back home, got too much pride
Bb Bb/C
And I should have known
Bb Asus4 A7 Dm C
better to lie with one as beautiful as you. Yeah I should have known
Bb Asus4 A7 Dm
better to take a chance on ever losing you, But I
Gm7 Gm7/C
thought you'd understand. can you forgive me?
F Bb C
I__________________ should have known better
I__________________ love_________________
F Bb C F Bb C
I__________________ should have known better
you__ I____________ love_________________ you__
1.
|F |Bb C :||
Its
2.
|F |Bb C |F |Bb C |F |Bb C Bb/C|
La la la I love you la la la yeah
| |Bb |Asus4 A7 |Dm | ||
And I should have known better to lie with one as beautiful as you
I hope thats easy enough to follow
for the chord shapes, in the first collumn I will
put the chord shapes the book shows. I will put what I
prefer to play in the second collumn, either because I
like it more, or because I disagree with the books fingering
(for Asus4, book actually shows the fingering for A7sus4!)
Fadd9 XX3243
Bb XX3331 X1333X
Asus4 X02233 X02230
A7 X02223
Dm XX0231
C X32010
Gm7 XX3333 353333
Gm7/C XX3333 X33333
A X02220
Bb/C XX3331 X3333X
F XX3211 133211
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From [email protected] Sat Jun 18 05:24 CDT 1994
From: [email protected] ( neil bergin xd/gk)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 94 11:24:34 BST
To: [email protected]
Subject: CRD: I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - Jim Diamond
Posted by: [email protected] (Enrico_Giuseppe BETTIO)
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - performed by Jim Diamond
--------------------------
Fadd9 Bb
And I should have known better to
Asus4 A7 Dm C
lie with one as beautiful as you. Yeah I should have known
Bb Asus4 A7 Dm
better to take a chance on ever losing you, But I
Gm7 Gm7/C
thought you'd understand. can you forgive me.
Fadd9 Bb C
I saw you walking by the other
true I took our love for granted all a-
Fadd9 Bb C Dm C
day I know you saw me you turned away and I was lost.
-long and trying to explain where I went wrong I just dont know.
Bb A Fadd9 Bb C
You see__ Ive never loved no-one as much as
I cry__ but tears dont seem to help me carry
Fadd9 Bb C Dm C
you,__ Ive fooled around but tell me now just who is hurting who?
on,__ and now there is no chance youll come back home, got too much pride
Bb Bb/C
And I should have known
Bb Asus4 A7 Dm C
better to lie with one as beautiful as you. Yeah I should have known
Bb Asus4 A7 Dm
better to take a chance on ever losing you, But I
Gm7 Gm7/C
thought you'd understand. can you forgive me?
F Bb C
I__________________ should have known better
I__________________ love_________________
F Bb C F Bb C
I__________________ should have known better
you__ I____________ love_________________ you__
1.
|F |Bb C :||
Its
2.
|F |Bb C |F |Bb C |F |Bb C Bb/C|
La la la I love you la la la yeah
| |Bb |Asus4 A7 |Dm | ||
And I should have known better to lie with one as beautiful as you
I hope thats easy enough to follow
for the chord shapes, in the first collumn I will
put the chord shapes the book shows. I will put what I
prefer to play in the second collumn, either because I
like it more, or because I disagree with the books fingering
(for Asus4, book actually shows the fingering for A7sus4!)
Fadd9 XX3243
Bb XX3331 X1333X
Asus4 X02233 X02230
A7 X02223
Dm XX0231
C X32010
Gm7 XX3333 353333
Gm7/C XX3333 X33333
A X02220
Bb/C XX3331 X3333X
F XX3211 133211
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