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Julia Michaels – Little Did I Know Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC Em D G

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These are the chords for Little Did I Know by Julia Michaels on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
C Em D

[Verse 1]
D                  C
The summer before you
    Em               D
I thought love was Shakespearean
                        C
More or less a painful experience
 Em                       D
Only ever real if you're delirious
                   C
The summer before you
   Em                        D
I let it take a very little oxygen

Nowhere I'd rest my head,
              C
more like a ottomon
            Em
Never had someone like you
         D
to treat me like Solomon

[Chorus]
                  C
But little did I know
          Em                  D
You would be the one I con...fide in
D
Learn how to try with
              C
Little did I know
            Em             D
It was you before I ever decided
            C    G            D
Oh-oh-oh, little....did I know
            C    G            D
Oh-oh-oh, little....did I know

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[Verse 2]
                   C
The summer before you
      Em
You can't spell "drama"
      D
with consonants
                 G
And I admit, I usually
          C
was the cause of it
     Em
Now here we are, you got
            D
me changing all of it
                      G   C
Slow me down, I want you too
                Em
It's different when it comes to you
D
Hey, yeah

[Chorus]
                  C
But little did I know
          Em                  D
You would be the one I con...fide in
D
Learn how to try with
              C
Little did I know
             Em            D
It was you before I ever decided
                    C
Yeah, little did I know
          Em
You would be the one that
       D
would save me
D
Learn how to change me
              C
Little did I know
           Em
Oh-oh-oh, just look at you,
          D
can you blame me?
D                C G        D
Oh-oh-oh, little.....did I know
                 C G        D
Oh-oh-oh, little.... did I know

[Bridge]
                   C
The summer before you
           G
I thought love was Shakespearean
                        C
More or less a painful experience
      G                    D
Only ever real if you're delirious

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[Chorus]
                  C
But little did I know
          G                   D
You would be the one I con...fide in
D
Learn how to try with
              C
Little did I know
             Em            D
It was you before I ever decided
                    C
Yeah, little did I know
          Em
You would be the one
            D
that would save me
D
Learn how to change me
              C
Little did I know
           Em
Oh-oh-oh, just look at you,
          D
can you blame me?

[Outro]
           C             G
Oh-oh-oh, little (Yeah) did
         D
I know (Did I know)
                 C      G
Oh-oh-oh (Oh), little did
         D
I know (Did I know)
            C
Oh-oh-oh, little did I know that
          G               D
it could feel like this (Yeah)
            C
Oh-oh-oh, little, every time
          G            D
I got you on my lips (Hey)
 D
The summer before you

How to play Little Did I Know: key, chords and progression

Little Did I Know by Julia Michaels is in the key of E minor (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: C, Em, D and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Em – D – C (VI – i – VII – VI in E minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.