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FYeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   FyeahBb  
I knew you Dmwhen you were Eblonely    C     F   C#I knew you Fmwhen you were oF#nly
                       Ab            Bbm                 F<trill  F-  F#notes>
A girl all alone without love          I knew you when
BbmI knew you when Abyou were sad and all alone
F#You didn't have anyone Abthat you could call your Bbmown
I knew you when Abyour heart belonged to only me
F#I used to be your only love  FNow your love is just a memory
FYeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   FyeahBb  
I knew you Dmwhen you were Eblonely    C     F   C#I knew you Fmwhen you were oF#nly
                       Ab            Bbm                 F<trill>
A girl all alone without love          I knew you when
BbmI knew you when - Abwe used to have a lot of fun
F#But someone else could offer more      AbNow I'm the lonely oBbmne
I knew you when Abyou were just a scared little girl
F#But that was many tears ago  FNow you've come up in the world
FYeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   Fyeah   FyeahBb  
I knew you Dmwhen you were Eblonely    C     F   C#I knew you Fmwhen you were oF#nly
A girl all Abalone without C#love  (Yeah Bbmyeah yeah)
I knew you C#when (Yeah yBbmeah yeah) .  .  . <fade on / C# / Bbm / C# / Bbm...>
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e-mail me about Joe South's music               Rick        [email protected]

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I Knew You When

by Joe South

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F F F F F F F F F Bb

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Dm Eb C F C# Fm F#

I knew you when you were lonely I knew you when you were only

Ab Bbm F F F#

A girl all alone without love I knew you when

Bbm Ab

I knew you when you were sad and all alone

F# Ab Bbm

You didn't have anyone that you could call your own

I knew you when your heart belonged to only me

F# F

I used to be your only love Now your love is just a memory

F F F F F F F F F Bb

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Dm Eb C F C# Fm F#

I knew you when you were lonely I knew you when you were only

Ab Bbm F

<trill>

A girl all alone without love I knew you when

Bbm Ab

I knew you when - we used to have a lot of fun

F# Ab Bbm

But someone else could offer more Now I'm the lonely one

I knew you when you were just a scared little girl

F# F

But that was many tears ago Now you've come up in the world

F F F F F F F F F Bb

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Dm Eb C F C# Fm F#

I knew you when you were lonely I knew you when you were only

Ab C# Bbm

A girl all alone without love (Yeah yeah yeah)

C# Bbm

I knew you when (Yeah yeah yeah) . . . <fade on / C# / Bbm / C# / Bbm...>

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e-mail me about Joe South's music Rick [email protected]

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