Chords for How Could I Have Known (Sun and Shadow)
Tempo:
122.6 bpm
Chords used:
Em
E
Am
A
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[E] How could I have [Em] known my words would have such power?
How could I [A] have known a curse would [E] be my cry?
How [Em] could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How [A] could I have known such magic [E] was nearby?
[Am] I only wanted a [Em] daughter
Who would treat me the [E] way I treated [Am] her
I only wanted a [G] daughter
Who would let me be [F#m] a friend to her
[Am] Kiss me on the cheek and say good morning
[A] Maybe bring me [E] a flower from the fields
[Am]
Maybe stay and share the day together
Surely [F#] she must know how it hurts me [G] so
Surely [F#m] she must know the [F#] way I feel
[B] [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be [E] my cry?
[Em] How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby?
[Am] See how she sleeps away the [Em] daylight
Off she [E] runs, a child of the night
[Am]
Hastens into the dark of evening
To think [D] where she might go [F#m] cause us a fright
[Am] Maybe she has found some kind of [Em] trouble
[A] Maybe evil [E] ways have found her too
[Am] Maybe she has found a secret lover
Surely she must [G] know how [F#m] it hurts me so
[Em] Surely she must know [F#] what I go through
[F#m]
[Em] [Am]
[F#] [Em]
[D] [F#]
[Am] [F#]
[F#m]
[Em] [A] [F#]
[Em] [D]
[C]
[B]
[Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How could [A] I have known a curse would [Em] be my cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could I have known such magic was [Am] nearby?
See how I wept beside the [Em] water
See how my [E] heart was [Am] agonized
See how vainful magic cursed my [G] daughter
I wish somehow [F#m] I would have realized
[Am] Life's too short to sleep away the [Em] daylight
Words I spoke [E] beside a magic pool
[Am]
Words that put her into daytime slumber
How [F#m] could I have been [G] in such oblivion?
How [F#m] could I have been [F#] such a fool?
[B] [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be my [E] cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby?
[E]
[B] [E] How [Em] could I have known that I would be the charmer
Who can never do the [B] shadows [Em] of the night?
[E] [Em]
[E] How could I have [Em] known my words would have such power?
How could I [A] have known a curse would [E] be my cry?
How [Em] could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How [A] could I have known such magic [E] was nearby?
[Am] I only wanted a [Em] daughter
Who would treat me the [E] way I treated [Am] her
I only wanted a [G] daughter
Who would let me be [F#m] a friend to her
[Am] Kiss me on the cheek and say good morning
[A] Maybe bring me [E] a flower from the fields
[Am]
Maybe stay and share the day together
Surely [F#] she must know how it hurts me [G] so
Surely [F#m] she must know the [F#] way I feel
[B] [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be [E] my cry?
[Em] How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby?
[Am] See how she sleeps away the [Em] daylight
Off she [E] runs, a child of the night
[Am]
Hastens into the dark of evening
To think [D] where she might go [F#m] cause us a fright
[Am] Maybe she has found some kind of [Em] trouble
[A] Maybe evil [E] ways have found her too
[Am] Maybe she has found a secret lover
Surely she must [G] know how [F#m] it hurts me so
[Em] Surely she must know [F#] what I go through
[F#m]
[Em] [Am]
[F#] [Em]
[D] [F#]
[Am] [F#]
[F#m]
[Em] [A] [F#]
[Em] [D]
[C]
[B]
[Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How could [A] I have known a curse would [Em] be my cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could I have known such magic was [Am] nearby?
See how I wept beside the [Em] water
See how my [E] heart was [Am] agonized
See how vainful magic cursed my [G] daughter
I wish somehow [F#m] I would have realized
[Am] Life's too short to sleep away the [Em] daylight
Words I spoke [E] beside a magic pool
[Am]
Words that put her into daytime slumber
How [F#m] could I have been [G] in such oblivion?
How [F#m] could I have been [F#] such a fool?
[B] [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be my [E] cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby?
[E]
[B] [E] How [Em] could I have known that I would be the charmer
Who can never do the [B] shadows [Em] of the night?
[E] [Em]
Key:
Em
E
Am
A
F#m
Em
E
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ How could I have [Em] known my words would have such power?
How could I [A] have known a curse would [E] be my cry?
How [Em] could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How [A] could I have known such magic [E] was nearby?
[Am] I only wanted a [Em] daughter
Who would treat me the [E] way I treated [Am] her
I only wanted a [G] daughter
Who would let me be [F#m] a friend to her
_ [Am] Kiss me on the cheek and say good morning
[A] Maybe bring me [E] a flower from the fields
[Am]
Maybe stay and share the day together
Surely [F#] she must know how it hurts me [G] so
Surely [F#m] she must know the [F#] way I feel
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be [E] my cry?
[Em] How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby?
[Am] See how she sleeps away the [Em] daylight
Off she [E] runs, a child of the night
[Am] _
Hastens into the dark of evening
To think [D] where she might go [F#m] cause us a fright _
[Am] Maybe she has found some kind of [Em] trouble
[A] Maybe evil [E] ways have found her too
[Am] Maybe she has found a secret lover
Surely she must [G] know how [F#m] it hurts me so
[Em] Surely she must know [F#] what I go through
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How could [A] I have known a curse would [Em] be my cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could I have known such magic was [Am] nearby?
See how I wept beside the [Em] water
See how my [E] heart was _ [Am] agonized
See how vainful magic cursed my [G] daughter
I wish somehow [F#m] I would have _ realized
[Am] Life's too short to sleep away the [Em] daylight
Words I spoke [E] beside a magic pool
[Am]
Words that put her into daytime slumber
How [F#m] could I have been [G] in such oblivion?
How [F#m] could I have been [F#] such a fool?
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be my [E] cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby? _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ How [Em] could I have known that I would be the charmer
Who can never do the [B] shadows [Em] of the night?
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ How could I have [Em] known my words would have such power?
How could I [A] have known a curse would [E] be my cry?
How [Em] could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How [A] could I have known such magic [E] was nearby?
[Am] I only wanted a [Em] daughter
Who would treat me the [E] way I treated [Am] her
I only wanted a [G] daughter
Who would let me be [F#m] a friend to her
_ [Am] Kiss me on the cheek and say good morning
[A] Maybe bring me [E] a flower from the fields
[Am]
Maybe stay and share the day together
Surely [F#] she must know how it hurts me [G] so
Surely [F#m] she must know the [F#] way I feel
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be [E] my cry?
[Em] How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby?
[Am] See how she sleeps away the [Em] daylight
Off she [E] runs, a child of the night
[Am] _
Hastens into the dark of evening
To think [D] where she might go [F#m] cause us a fright _
[Am] Maybe she has found some kind of [Em] trouble
[A] Maybe evil [E] ways have found her too
[Am] Maybe she has found a secret lover
Surely she must [G] know how [F#m] it hurts me so
[Em] Surely she must know [F#] what I go through
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How could [A] I have known a curse would [Em] be my cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could I have known such magic was [Am] nearby?
See how I wept beside the [Em] water
See how my [E] heart was _ [Am] agonized
See how vainful magic cursed my [G] daughter
I wish somehow [F#m] I would have _ realized
[Am] Life's too short to sleep away the [Em] daylight
Words I spoke [E] beside a magic pool
[Am]
Words that put her into daytime slumber
How [F#m] could I have been [G] in such oblivion?
How [F#m] could I have been [F#] such a fool?
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] How could I have known my words would have such power?
How [A] could I have known a curse would be my [E] cry?
How could I have known misfortune she'd acquire?
How could [A] I have known such magic [Em] was nearby? _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ How [Em] could I have known that I would be the charmer
Who can never do the [B] shadows [Em] of the night?
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _