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Now You Know

Anaïs Mitchell

OtherMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
Dmaj7Diagram coming soon
A×
BDiagram coming soon
D××
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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This is tabbed from the Xoa album. The pattern is pretty much the same throughout 
the song, changing a bit on the "oohs." On the CD recording she does a couple of 
things as tabbed below: 
  1. hammer on for the G and C/G chords 
  2. slide up from C/G to Dmaj7/A (it's the same finger placement) 
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    G                C/G             Dmaj7/ A       G 
e|--3----3---3-------0----0---0------0/0---0--0-----3----3---3----| 
B|--0----0---0-------1----1---1------1/3---3--3-----0----0---0----| 
G|--0----0---0-------0----0---0------0/0---0--0-----0----0---0----| 
D|--0----0---0-------0h2--2---2------2/4---4--4-----0----0---0----| 
A|--0h2--2---0h2-----3----3---3------3/5---5--5-----0h2--2---2----| 
E|--3----3---3-------3----3---3------3/5---5--5-----3----3---3----| 
 
 
Intro: G  C/G  Dmaj7/A  G 
 
G                   G 
When I think about dying 
              C/G 
I think about children 
                       Dmaj7/A 
And when I think about children 
              G 
I think about you 
                       G 
And when I think about you 
          C/G        Dmaj7/A 
I feel like crying 
              G 
Crying for my youth 
 
 
                       G 
And when I think of my youth 
              C/G 
I think of my freedom 
                       Dmaj7/A 
And when I think of my freedom 
          G 
I feel so alone 
                G 
And when I feel lonely 
              C/G       Dmaj7/A 
I want you to hold me 
                G 
Hold me in your arms 
 
 
G    C/G       Dmaj7/A      G 
Oooh oooooh oohooooooohooh 
G    C/G 
Oooh oooh 
 
C/G                      G 
And when I think of your arms 
I think about sleeping 
Sleeping like a baby 
All through the night 
And then I think of the night 
And I feel like weeping 
Weeping for my life 
 
Oooh oooooh oohooooooohooh 
Oooh oooh 
 
And when I think of my life 
I want to be with you 
Shoulder to shoulder 
When we?re waking up 
And we?re waking up 
And we?re one day older 
And we?re making love 
 
Oooh oooooh oohooooooohooh 
Oooh oooh 
Oooh oooooh oohooooooohooh 
Oooh oooh 
 
C/G              G 
And when we make love 
              C/G 
I think about children 
                  Dmaj7/A 
And I think about dying 
              G 
Lying in your arms 
                 G       C/G     Dmaj7/A 
You want to know why I?m crying 
Now you know 
 
Oooh oooooh oohooooooohooh 
Oooh oooh 
Oooh oooooh oohooooooohooh 
Oooh oooh (end on G) 
 
 
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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| b   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 
 
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Chord set

G · C · Dmaj7 · A · B · D · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.