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Never Really Knew

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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A*              Bm*
|x-7-7-9-10-9|  |7-9-9-7-7-7|
A**
|5-7-7-6-5-5|
[Intro]
 A*      Bm     C#m  Bm  
[Verse]
A*                        Bm  
I never felt like this before
                                   C#m  Bm*
And all that I have slowly become so irrelevant
ATo see you walkin' up the dBmoor
                                       C#m  Bm*
And all that I was, beginning to form so irrelevant
A*                             Bm  
I will find it on the edge of light
C#mI was doin' okay, I was doin' alright
Bm*
Before I met you, girl
A*                                  Bm  
And in the (You're a) shadow of my teenage life
C#mAll that I was slowly become so iBmrrelevant
[Chorus]
A(A**)                   
And I never knew what love was about
BmUntil I met you girl I was doin' fine
C#mI never knew, I never knew how much love Bmcould hurt
AAnd I never knew what love was about
BmUntil I met you boy, I was doin' fine
C#mI never knew, I never knew how much love Bmcould hurt
F#mI never ever felt this way beBmfore
I was doin' oC#mkay, doin' alright
Before I Bmmet you, boy
F#mI never ever felt this way beBmfore
I was doin' oC#mkay, doin' alright
Before I Bmmet you, boy
[Verse]
F#mI didn't see how much yoBmu tried
All of your wC#mords, all became so iBmrrelevant
And F#min the (You're a)shadow of my teBmenage life
PlC#maying the game, slowly became too iBmrrelevant
[Chorus]
A(A**)
And I never knew what love was about
BmUntil I met you girl, I was doin' fine
C#mI never knew, I never knew how much love Bmcould hurt
AAnd I never knew what love was about
BmUntil I met you boy, I was doin' fine
C#mI never knew, I never knew how much love Bmcould hurt
F#mI never ever felt this way beGfore
I was doin' oC#mkay, doin' alright
         A**
Before I met you, boy
F#mI never ever felt this way beGfore
I was doin' oC#mkay, doin' alright
         A**
Before I met you, boy
[Bridge]
And F#mwhen I get my hand upon the Gwater
All I see is what I G#mlike 
                          A**
and I'm obsessive all too form
And F#mnow I'll push you all upon the Gtracks 
If I could ever win you Eback
                            A**
If I got one more chance to leave
  A**     A**
I would ,I would, 
I Dwould-would-would-would Awould (Bmwo..)        C#m  
BmAnd I never ever felt this way...
[Chorus]
A(A**) 
And I never knew what love was about
BmUntil I met you girl I was doin' fine
C#mI never knew, I never knew how much love Bmcould hurt
AAnd I never knew what love was about
BmUntil I met you boy, I was doin' fine
C#mI never knew, I never knew how much love Bmcould hurt
      A**
And I never really knew
And I Bmnever ever felt this way
And I C#mnever really knew
Cause' I was Bmdoing okay, until I met you girl
      A**
And I never really knew
And I Bmnever ever felt this way
And I C#mnever really knew
And Bmhaving you I had a surprise
      A**
And I never really knew
And I Bmnever ever felt this way
And I C#mnever really knew
                                          Bm  A**
Cause' I was doing okay until I met you girl
[Outro]
E||-12---------12---------|
B||-----------------------|
G||----14---------14------|
D||-----------------------|
A||-----------------------|
E||-----------------------|
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| x  Dead note
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Never Really Knew

by Simian Ghost

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

F#m

G#m

Optional:

A Bm

* *

|x-7-7-9-10-9| |7-9-9-7-7-7|

|5-7-7-6-5-5|

[Intro]

A Bm C#m Bm

[Verse]

A Bm

I never felt like this before

C#m Bm

And all that I have slowly become so irrelevant

A Bm

To see you walkin' up the door

C#m Bm

And all that I was, beginning to form so irrelevant

A Bm

I will find it on the edge of light

C#m

I was doin' okay, I was doin' alright

Before I met you, girl

A Bm

And in the (You're a) shadow of my teenage life

C#m Bm

All that I was slowly become so irrelevant

[Chorus]

(A**)

And I never knew what love was about

Until I met you girl I was doin' fine

C#m Bm

I never knew, I never knew how much love could hurt

And I never knew what love was about

Until I met you boy, I was doin' fine

C#m Bm

I never knew, I never knew how much love could hurt

F#m Bm

I never ever felt this way before

C#m

I was doin' okay, doin' alright

Before I met you, boy

F#m Bm

I never ever felt this way before

C#m

I was doin' okay, doin' alright

Before I met you, boy

[Verse]

F#m Bm

I didn't see how much you tried

C#m Bm

All of your words, all became so irrelevant

F#m Bm

And in the (You're a)shadow of my teenage life

C#m Bm

Playing the game, slowly became too irrelevant

[Chorus]

(A**)

And I never knew what love was about

Until I met you girl, I was doin' fine

C#m Bm

I never knew, I never knew how much love could hurt

And I never knew what love was about

Until I met you boy, I was doin' fine

C#m Bm

I never knew, I never knew how much love could hurt

F#m G

I never ever felt this way before

C#m

I was doin' okay, doin' alright

Before I met you, boy

F#m G

I never ever felt this way before

C#m

I was doin' okay, doin' alright

Before I met you, boy

[Bridge]

F#m G

And when I get my hand upon the water

G#m

All I see is what I like

and I'm obsessive all too form

F#m G

And now I'll push you all upon the tracks

If I could ever win you back

If I got one more chance to leave

A A

** **

I would ,I would,

D A Bm C#m

I would-would-would-would would (wo..)

And I never ever felt this way...

[Chorus]

(A**)

And I never knew what love was about

Until I met you girl I was doin' fine

C#m Bm

I never knew, I never knew how much love could hurt

And I never knew what love was about

Until I met you boy, I was doin' fine

C#m Bm

I never knew, I never knew how much love could hurt

And I never really knew

And I never ever felt this way

C#m

And I never really knew

Cause' I was doing okay, until I met you girl

And I never really knew

And I never ever felt this way

C#m

And I never really knew

And having you I had a surprise

And I never really knew

And I never ever felt this way

C#m

And I never really knew

Bm A

Cause' I was doing okay until I met you girl

[Outro]

E||-12---------12---------|

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

G||----14---------14------|

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

A||-----------------------|

E||-----------------------|

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| x Dead note

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