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Lori McKenna - I Know You
CAPO: 5th Fret
[Intro]
Em
[Verse 1]
You never woke up beside a stranger
EmBut you never spent the night alone
In your jacket is a flask of Southern Comfort
EmIn your pocket you got a comb
I know B7you 
I know Emyou
[Verse 2]
You've been pushed right to the limit
EmLived on a lonesome road
Chopped up an old pine dresser
EmTo heat the house once in the cold
I know B7you 
I know Emyou
[Verse 3]
I Dknow where you go when you Cwant to be alone
I know Djust how hard you work
And how much Cmoney you bring home
You Dlove the sound of church bells
But you Chate sitting in the Ampew
Baby, I know Emyou
[Verse 4]
D.H. Lawrence would be your favourite poet
EmIf you thought poetry was cool
You have too much pride to be a thief
EmAnd just enough gut to be a fool
I know B7you 
I know Emyou
[Verse 5]
I know the sound of your thunder
EmAnd I know the smell of your rain
I know every time you walk out that door
EmYou might stumble back in it again
Yeah, I know B7you
Yes I do, baby blue, I know Emyou
[Verse 6]
Well, I Dknow that you feel bad
For every Cbad thing that you do
You got a Dscar on your right cheek
And the fear of Cgod embedded in you
Your Dmother had a wooden spoon
And a Cshamrock tatAmtoo
Baby, I know Emyou
[Verse 7]
Well, no other woman's gonna feel beneath
EmThe skin that you are in
No other woman's gonna read your mind 
Or be sorry for your sins
I know B7you 
I know Emyou
[Verse 8]
I Dknow what you look like Cjust before you cry
I know Dhow to make you sick
And I know Chow to make you die
The Donly thing I could never do
Is Clet you say goodbye
Say goodbye Emto you
'Cause I Amknow Emyou
I Amknow B7you
[Verse 9]
You Emnever woke up beside a stranger
But you never spent the night alone
EmIn your jacket is a flask of Southern Comfort
In your pocket you got a comb

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I Know You

by Lori McKenna

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

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Lori McKenna - I Know You

CAPO: 5th Fret

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

You never woke up beside a stranger

But you never spent the night alone

In your jacket is a flask of Southern Comfort

In your pocket you got a comb

I know you

[Verse 2]

You've been pushed right to the limit

Lived on a lonesome road

Chopped up an old pine dresser

To heat the house once in the cold

I know you

[Verse 3]

D C

I know where you go when you want to be alone

I know just how hard you work

And how much money you bring home

You love the sound of church bells

C Am

But you hate sitting in the pew

Baby, I know you

[Verse 4]

D.H. Lawrence would be your favourite poet

If you thought poetry was cool

You have too much pride to be a thief

And just enough gut to be a fool

I know you

[Verse 5]

I know the sound of your thunder

And I know the smell of your rain

I know every time you walk out that door

You might stumble back in it again

Yeah, I know you

Yes I do, baby blue, I know you

[Verse 6]

Well, I know that you feel bad

For every bad thing that you do

You got a scar on your right cheek

And the fear of god embedded in you

Your mother had a wooden spoon

C Am

And a shamrock tattoo

Baby, I know you

[Verse 7]

Well, no other woman's gonna feel beneath

The skin that you are in

No other woman's gonna read your mind

Or be sorry for your sins

I know you

[Verse 8]

D C

I know what you look like just before you cry

I know how to make you sick

And I know how to make you die

The only thing I could never do

Is let you say goodbye

Say goodbye to you

Am Em

'Cause I know you

Am B7

I know you

[Verse 9]

You never woke up beside a stranger

But you never spent the night alone

In your jacket is a flask of Southern Comfort

In your pocket you got a comb

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