I Know Better Now

G                        Bm
Oh I must have left some stones unturned
   C        D       G
Or could be quite a few
G                       Bm                C   D
There's a lot I've overlooked and  never knew
             G                      Bm
There's some things you learn while getting burned
C               D      G
Don't feel good at the time
G               Bm     Am C
Playing by your set of rules
   G            Bm           Am7   D
Pretending that you'll never lose
G          Bm     Am7
But I know better now
G      Bm     Am7
I know better now
G       Bm     C         D      G    Am
It just took a while to figure out
G                           Bm
There's so much to take for granted
     C       D      G
When life is going well
                        Bm              C   D
And when the tides will turn no one can tell
G                       Bm
Some wise men knew that played the blues
     C          D      G
That no one has hardly heard
G                Bm       Am  C
The high cost of fooling yourself
G         Bm            Am7  D
Not mentioning everyone else
G          Bm     Am7
But I know better now
G      Bm     Am7
I know better now
G       Bm     C         D      G
It just took a while to figure out
F          G   F           D
Some mysteries hang on the breeze

G  O

          G              Bm
And we'll all go to some big hotel
      C      D          G
Where weary hearts can rest
            Bm     Am   C        G            Bm           Am7  D

Getting and giving more of the faith and the hope and the love
G          Bm     Am7
But I know better now
G      Bm     Am7
I know better now
G       Bm     C         D      G
It just took a while to figure out


From Kelly Willis "Kelly Willis"
MCA Records 1993
                              BMI
Mighty Nice Music/Laudersongs