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I THOUGHT YOU KNEW
Written by Skip Ewing, Keith Urban and Matt Rollings
The chord voicings in this arrangement mimic the big piano chords
on a single guitar. The chord names allow for either the extension
or the bass note to be omitted in a simplified performance.
[Intro]
  Am      Cmaj7    Fadd9`      Am      Cmaj7    Fadd9`
[Verse]
   C           G/C    Fadd9`           C    G/C     Dm7  E7/G#  
  I thought you knew        I guess I as-sumed too
     Am          Am9       C/D           D    Fadd9        C    G7sus4`
Much I don't know how but now we're so far out of touch
       C     G/C    Fadd9`      C      G/C    Dm7  E7/G#  
  And I never planned     to so mis-un-  der-
        Am        Am9      C/D           D         Fadd9`                Gsus4  G  
stand but what you needed you never asked me to give and I swear as I live
[Chorus]
   C`               Bb/C`                   Fadd9`          Dm7  G11  
  I thought you knew my heart was yours and that we were so to-gether that
        C`        Bb/C`                 F       F/E       Dm7'G11   'E7/G#
We would always be  I don't be-lieve you leavin' me's the answer I'm not
            Am               Em/G           Fadd9'   'E7/G#
Askin' you to let me rush back in and fail a-gain   I'm
             Am               Em/G     Fadd9'    'C/E
Askin' for one chance not to as-sume so I can say
   Dm7`      G7sus4`
And do     all the things I thought you
[Instrumental]
  Am      Cmaj7    Fadd9`      Am      Cmaj7    Fadd9`
Knew
[Verse]
    C       G/C    Fadd9`      C         G/C     Dm7  E7/G#  
  So here we are         so far we're still so
       Am        Am9       C/D               D           Fmaj9`                Gsus4  G  
Far from where we know we should be I'm searching for words and you haven't heard
[Chorus]
   C`               Bb/C`                   Fadd9`          Dm7  G11  
  I thought you knew my heart was yours and that we were so to-gether that
        C`        Bb/C`                 F       F/E       Dm7'G11   'E7/G#
We would always be  I don't be-lieve you leavin' me's the answer I'm not
            Am               Em/G           Fadd9'   'E7/G#
Askin' you to let me rush back in and fail a-gain   I'm
             Am               Em/G     Fadd9'    'C/E
Askin' for one chance not to as-sume so I can say
   Dm7`      G7sus4`
And do     all the things I thought you
[Outro]
  Fmaj9`    G/F`    Fmaj9`    Gsus4`
Knew                                 I thought you
  Am    Cmaj7    Fadd9`                   Am    Cmaj7    Fadd9`
Knew           oh God I thought you knew
Am  Cmaj7  Fmaj9

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I Thought You Knew

by Keith Urban

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Fadd9

G/C

Dm7

E7/G#

Am9

C/D

G7sus4

Gsus4

Bb/C

G11

F/E

Em/G

Fmaj9

G/F

I THOUGHT YOU KNEW

Written by Skip Ewing, Keith Urban and Matt Rollings

The chord voicings in this arrangement mimic the big piano chords

on a single guitar. The chord names allow for either the extension

or the bass note to be omitted in a simplified performance.

[Intro]

Am Cmaj7 Fadd9 Am Cmaj7 Fadd9

` `

[Verse]

C G/C Fadd9 C G/C Dm7 E7/G#

I thought you knew I guess I as-sumed too

Am Am9 C/D D Fadd9 C G7sus4

Much I don't know how but now we're so far out of touch

C G/C Fadd9 C G/C Dm7 E7/G#

And I never planned to so mis-un- der-

Am Am9 C/D D Fadd9 Gsus4 G

stand but what you needed you never asked me to give and I swear as I live

[Chorus]

C Bb/C Fadd9 Dm7 G11

` ` `

I thought you knew my heart was yours and that we were so to-gether that

C Bb/C F F/E Dm7

` ` 'G11 'E7/G#

We would always be I don't be-lieve you leavin' me's the answer I'm not

Am Em/G Fadd9

' 'E7/G#

Askin' you to let me rush back in and fail a-gain I'm

Am Em/G Fadd9

' 'C/E

Askin' for one chance not to as-sume so I can say

Dm7 G7sus4

` `

And do all the things I thought you

[Instrumental]

Am Cmaj7 Fadd9 Am Cmaj7 Fadd9

` `

Knew

[Verse]

C G/C Fadd9 C G/C Dm7 E7/G#

So here we are so far we're still so

Am Am9 C/D D Fmaj9 Gsus4 G

Far from where we know we should be I'm searching for words and you haven't heard

[Chorus]

C Bb/C Fadd9 Dm7 G11

` ` `

I thought you knew my heart was yours and that we were so to-gether that

C Bb/C F F/E Dm7

` ` 'G11 'E7/G#

We would always be I don't be-lieve you leavin' me's the answer I'm not

Am Em/G Fadd9

' 'E7/G#

Askin' you to let me rush back in and fail a-gain I'm

Am Em/G Fadd9

' 'C/E

Askin' for one chance not to as-sume so I can say

Dm7 G7sus4

` `

And do all the things I thought you

[Outro]

Fmaj9 G/F Fmaj9 Gsus4

` ` ` `

Knew I thought you

Am Cmaj7 Fadd9 Am Cmaj7 Fadd9

` `

Knew oh God I thought you knew

Am Cmaj7 Fmaj9

About I Thought You Knew Chords by Keith Urban

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What key is "I Thought You Knew" in?

The chords for "I Thought You Knew" show the original chord names (including Am, Cmaj7, Fadd9, C, G/C, Dm7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.