Little Did I Know chords by
Julia Michaels (Official Version)

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Key: E minorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Csus2

Em7

Dsus4

Verse 1
Csus2 Csus2 
 
The summer before you
Em7 Em7 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
I     thought love was Shakespearean
Csus2 Csus2 
 
More or less a painful experience
Em7 Em7 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
Only  ever real if you're delirious
Csus2 Csus2 
 
The summer before you
Em7 Em7 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
I let   it take up very little oxygen
Nowhere I'd rest my head,
Csus2 Csus2 
 
more like an ottoman
Em7 Em7 
 
Never had   someone like you
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
treat me       like Solomon

Chorus 1
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
But little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
You   would be the one I confide     in
Learn how to try with
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
It was you   before I ever decided
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh, little   did I know
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh, little   did I know

Verse 2
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
The summer before you
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
You   can't spell drama without consonants
G/B G/B 
 
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
And I admit I usually was the cause    of it, uh
Em7 Em7 
 
Now here  we are, you got me changing
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
all      of it, uh
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Slow me down, I want you to
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
It's different when it comes to you,     hey, hey

Chorus 2
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
But little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
You   would be the one I confide     in
Learn how to try with
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
It was you   before I ever decided
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Yeah, little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
You   will be the one that would save     me
Learn how to change me
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh,   just look at you, can you blame    me?
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh, little   did I know
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh, little   did I know

Verse 3

Cadd9

The summer before you

Em7

Dadd4

I thought love was Shakespearean

Cadd9

More or less a painful experience

Em7

Dadd4

Only ever real if you're delirious

Chorus 3
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
But little did I know
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
You would be the one I confide     in
Learn how to try with
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
It was you   before I ever decided
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Yeah, little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
You   will be the one that would save     me
Learn how to change me
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Little did I know
Em7 Em7 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh,   just look at you, can you blame    me?
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh, little   (yeah), did I know     (did I know)
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
Oh, little   did I know     (did I know)
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Oh, little   did I know that it could
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
feel like this     (yeah)
Cadd9 Cadd9 
 
Oh, little   every time I got you
G G 
 
Dadd4 Dadd4 
 
on my lips     (hey)
The summer before you

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsCsus2 Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9 Dadd4...

Chords

Csus2
Em7
Dsus4
Cadd9
Dadd4
G
G/B

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Csus2: x-3-0-0-1-x
Em7: 0-2-2-0-3-0
Dsus4: x-x-0-2-3-3
Cadd9: x-3-2-0-3-3
Dadd4: x-5-4-0-3-5
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Minor 7ths sit between minor and major in feel. The course covers the shapes and the songs they show up in most often. Learn minor 7th chords

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

This is the definitive original version of Little Did I Know by Julia Michaels, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E minor. It suits players who want to learn Little Did I Know the way Julia Michaels intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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