Tom Petty - I Should Have Known It Chords & Tabs

I Should Have Known It

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Mojo - June 2010 - Track 7

submitted by Greg B.


Tuning: standard

Chord Definitions:
C6 = xx5555
B6 = xx4444
Bb6= xx3333  


repeated lick.  the "G" riff

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------0--3b--0--------------------0-------------|
D|-------------0--3------------------------0--3---------------|
A|-----3---3-----------------------3---3----------------------|
E|---6---6---3-------------------6---6---3--------------------|


Intro:  do the "G" riff 5x's


"G" riff during verses

I shoulda known it
I shoulda seen
Leave it to you
To treat me mean

C6-C6-B6-Bb6, C6-C6-B6-Bb6
Every promise was just a runaround

"G" riff
I shoulda known it
Yeah you're gonna let me down

C-D       C-D          C   Bb-C(3x)
Well it's over now you see
spoken:
It's the last time you're gonna hurt me

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---3-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----5-3----5-3------3-----------------------------|
A|---------5------5-3----5-3-------------------------|
E|---------------------------6--3--------------------|


"G" riff during verses
I shoulda known it
Hard to believe
It was all right there
In front of me
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tom_petty/i_should_have_known_it_crd.html ]
C6-C6-B6-Bb6
Sold down the river
C6-C6-B6-Bb6
Left for dead

"G" riff
Yeah you're putting ideas
In another man's head

C-D       C-D          C   Bb-C(3x)
And it's over now you see
spoken:
It's the last time you're gonna hurt me

Key change.
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------0-3-0--------------------------|
A|---------------5--------3-0----------------------|
E|---1b-3--1b-3------------------------------------|


C6-C6-B6-Bb6
Thanks for nothin'
C6-C6-B6-Bb6
Yeah thanks a lot

"G" riff
Go ahead baby
Take all I got

C-D       C-D          C   Bb-C(3x)
And it's over now ya see
spoken:
It's the last time you're gonna hurt me

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---3-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----5-3----5-3------3-----------------------------|
A|---------5------5-3----5-3-------------------------|
E|---------------------------6--3--------------------|

G-F-G, C5-C5-C5-Bb-C5 (repeat pattern for a while, solo over it)

It's the last time you're gonna hurt me