Should've Been In Love

Which Album?: 
A.M.
Which Track Number?: 
9

Transcribed by Dave Shapiro (dshapir@argo.ecte.uswc.uswest.com)

This piece features an acoustic guitar tuned EADGBD, which is the same
tuning as "Anodyne". It also has an electric guitar (standard tuning) and
a dobro tuned open G (DGDGBD).

The acoustic guitar's chords are these:

-0-----0-----0--------0-----------0--------------0-----------0---
-0-----3-----0--------0-----------0--------------0-------1---3---
-0-----2-----0--------0-----------0--------------2-------0---2---
-0-----0-----2--------2-----------4--------------2-------2---0---
-2-----------2--------3-----------3--------------0-------3---0---
-3-----2-----0---------------------------------------------------

G D/F# Em7 CM7add9 C9sus+4addM7 Asus2add11 C D5/A

The G and Em7 chords have a B/D choice, in that Jeff sometimes plays
the open B string, and sometimes he plays third fret B string. Sometimes
he alternates between the two in the same measure. Whatever.

The electric guitar and dobro have three sections, each labeled as a
Rhythm figure below, with their accompanying acoustic guitar chords:

Rhythm figure 1

G D/F# Em7

E|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
G|---/4--0------------/4--0-----0----------|
u|----------4----------------4-------------|
i|-----------------------------------------|
t|-----------------------------------------|
| |
D|-----------------------------------------|
o|-----------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------|
r|-4/5------4---4\2---------------2/4--0---|
o|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

Rhythm figure 2

CM7add9 CM7sus+4add9 CM7add9 C9sus+4addM7

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-1^0---------------------------------1^0----------------------------
|-----2---0-------0--0----0-------0-------2---0-----0-0------0---0---
|------------0^2--------2---0^2-----------------0^2-----0^2----2-----
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|---------0-----------------------------------0----------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------2-----0--2/4\2-----0---2/4---------2-----0-2--0-------
|-4/5----------------------------------------------------------2-0---
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------

Rhythm figure 3

G Em7 G Em7

|--------------0------0-----------------------0------0----------|
|-----3----3------3-----3------------3----3------3-----3--------|
|-2/4----4---4------4-----4\2-0--2/4----4---4------4-----4\2-0--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------0---0--------------------------0---0----------0---0----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0---0-------------0--------------0---0--|
|-4--------4---2----------0---0--4/5----------2-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

The song, then, goes like this:

Intro

| Rhythm figure 1 four times | Rhythm figure 2 once | Rhythm figure 3 |

Verse [played with Rhythm figure 3]

G Em7
You've been dealing with all of these feelings

G Em7
Like they got you believing they have no meaning,

G Em7 G Em7
But they do

Pre-chorus [played with Rhythm figure 2]

CM7add9 CM7sus+4add9
Your life's been stinking, your heart's been sinking,

CM7add9 CM7sus+4add9
And you're too busy thinking to stop

G Em7 G Em7
You blink and you're blue

Chorus [played with something similar to Rhythm figure 2]

Asus4add9 C
Should've been in love

Asus4add9 C D
Should've been in love

Asus4add9 C C
Should've been in love

Post-chorus 1

| Play Rhythm figure 3 once |

Verse [played with Rhythm figure 3]

G Em7
Your mind's been racing, your heart's been chasing,

G Em7
And you might as well face it, time's wasting,

G Em7 G Em7
It's true

Pre-chorus [played with Rhythm figure 2]

CM7add9 CM7sus+4add9
Your life's been stinking, your heart's been shrinking,

CM7add9 CM7sus+4add9
And you're too busy thinking to stop

G Em7 G Em7
You blink and you're blue

Play Chorus

Post-chorus 2

| Play Rhythm figure 1 four times |

Verse

G Em7
I know how it goes,

G Em7 G Em7 G Em7
So I just had to let you know I know

Play Chorus

CM7add9 CM7sus+4add9
My life's been stinking, my heart's been shrinking,

CM7add9 CM7sus+4add9
And I'm too busy thinking to stop

G
I blink and you're gone

Chorus

Post-chorus 3

| G | Em7 | G | Em7 | fade