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Little Did I Know

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Little Did I Know – Over the Rhine
CAPO 1
[Intro]
A  Amaj7 A7 D6    Fmaj7   G   A
*Riff
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------O--2---0--------0-|
E|--0--2------------2--0----|
[Verse 1]
 ALittle did I Amaj7know that I A7almost let you D6go
  Fmaj7Until I caught a glGimpse of life without yoAu
*Riff
 ALittle did I Amaj7know how A7deep these roots had D6grown
 Fmaj7Until I felt the earth Gquake here without yoAuA7  
[Chorus]
And this Emache is gonna A7(add6)break me, love
  Dmaj7Until you come back AhomeA/C#, right or wronF#mg
B7There is no home without E7susyouE  
And these Emeyes are never A7(add6)gonna dry
    Dmaj7I never knew hA/C#ow I couF#mld cry
  B7Until I thought I'd really lE7susost youE  
[Verse 2]
 ALittle did I Amaj7know that I A7almost let you D6go
  Fmaj7Until I caught a glGimpse of life without yoAu
*Riff
[Instrumental]
A  Amaj7 A7 D6    Fmaj7   G   A
*Riff
A  Amaj7 A7 D6    Fmaj7   G   A  A7
[Chorus]
And this Emache is gonna A7(add6)break me, love
  Dmaj7Until you come back AhomeA/C#, right or wronF#mg
B7There is no home without E7susyouE  
And these Emeyes are never A7(add6)gonna dry
    Dmaj7I never knew hoA/C#w I coulF#md cry
  B7Until I thought I'd really lE7susost youE  
[Verse 3]
 ALittle did I Amaj7know that I A7almost let you D6go
  Fmaj7Until I caught a glGimpse of life without yoAu

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Little Did I Know

by Over the Rhine

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Amaj7

Fmaj7

A7(add6)

Dmaj7

A/C#

F#m

E7sus

Little Did I Know – Over the Rhine

CAPO 1

[Intro]

A Amaj7 A7 D6 Fmaj7 G A

*Riff

e|--------------------------|

B|--------------------------|

G|--------------------------|

D|--------------------------|

A|--------O--2---0--------0-|

E|--0--2------------2--0----|

[Verse 1]

A Amaj7 A7 D6

Little did I know that I almost let you go

Fmaj7 G A

Until I caught a glimpse of life without you

*Riff

A Amaj7 A7 D6

Little did I know how deep these roots had grown

Fmaj7 G A A7

Until I felt the earth quake here without you

[Chorus]

Em A7(add6)

And this ache is gonna break me, love

Dmaj7 A A/C# F#m

Until you come back home, right or wrong

B7 E7sus E

There is no home without you

Em A7(add6)

And these eyes are never gonna dry

Dmaj7 A/C# F#m

I never knew how I could cry

B7 E7sus E

Until I thought I'd really lost you

[Verse 2]

A Amaj7 A7 D6

Little did I know that I almost let you go

Fmaj7 G A

Until I caught a glimpse of life without you

*Riff

[Instrumental]

A Amaj7 A7 D6 Fmaj7 G A

*Riff

A Amaj7 A7 D6 Fmaj7 G A A7

[Chorus]

Em A7(add6)

And this ache is gonna break me, love

Dmaj7 A A/C# F#m

Until you come back home, right or wrong

B7 E7sus E

There is no home without you

Em A7(add6)

And these eyes are never gonna dry

Dmaj7 A/C# F#m

I never knew how I could cry

B7 E7sus E

Until I thought I'd really lost you

[Verse 3]

A Amaj7 A7 D6

Little did I know that I almost let you go

Fmaj7 G A

Until I caught a glimpse of life without you

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